Also a letter arrived from my dear friend Cathy in England. She made a lovely handmade paper Xmas card for me which I am sharing here. So simple but so beautiful. I am sure I will be making something similar with my students next year with all the Xmas cards I was sent from friends around the world to recycle.
Cathy loves to quilt and she makes very intricate sewing and quilting projects. I really like that especially because I cannot sew or quilt. Some time ago I watched a lovely film about quilting named How to make an American Quilt which was great.I even liked the stamps on Cathy's letter.One was of a Harry Potter book and the other was a very beautiful golden sticker of the Queen.
Later in the day my mum brought me a calendar from the Constantinople Union of Northern Greece where she belongs. My family and I are Greeks born in Constantinople (Istanbul) Turkey and came to Greece in 1969.My family had a great life in Constantinople before we were asked to leave Turkey as so many other Greeks. We live in beautiful Thessaloniki ever since.Anyway I just wanted to show you the calendar which depicts the fantastic mosaic of Mother of God holding baby Jesus in her lap which is in Hagia/Aghia Sophia Church in Constantinople. It was a mosaic revealed in 1934 by Thomas Whittemore.The calendar is made of weaved cloth and it is of excellent quality.It is like a real mosaic. 
4 comments:
Beautiful!
Such a beautiful calendar of the mosaic! Such fun to receive packages from far away places.
I love Istanbul,all those Mosques are beautiful.
Receiving parcels and letters is the best time of the day!
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