wooden church

St George's Church, one of the oldest and best preserved wooden churches

In honour of  Easter and Orthodox Easter falling on the same day for the first time since 2017.

kittens be born

 c 1910

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catkins

 pussywillows for Easter

artist: Maarit Ailio

bells and bunnies

Easter bells and lilies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an egg vase

girl on a swing ... and a bunny

Easter for Thursday Postcard Hunt

from the north

.50a - mountains avens.   1kr - meadow buttercup
1.50kr - bogbean.               2.00kr - white clover

snowshoe hares typically live for only about 1 year

 

 

 

some white for Sunday Stamps

catch of the day

 

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whimsical birds

robin with a crown of flowers

a charley harper oriole

a singing male cardinal

some songbirds for Thursday Postcard Hunt

"thundering smoke"

 

a majestic waterfall for Sunday Stamps (the correct post for this week!)

Southern Rhodesia was the region south of the Zambezi River where Victoria Falls is located.  North of the Zambezi was Northern Rhodesia.  They are now known as Zimbabwe and Zambia.

catnip

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early bloomers

we are having a bit of an ice storm at the moment... so seeing spring flowers will have to wait

Trillium, provincial flower of Ontario, blooms late May, early June.  It is always exciting to see them in the woods, but it is illegal to pick them.

Daffodils, one of the very early bloomers.  Unlike the trillium, these are not native to North America, but aren't considered invasive.

medals

 

Crosses and medals awarded during WWII    Army (10,386 times), Navy (4,524 times) and Air Force (20,354 times)

 

scarlett

 

Vivien Leigh in 1939

one of four

 

Also known as 'Ragged Point' Lighthouse, this one is on the most easterly point of Barbados looking out over the Atlantic.  I read that there was a plan afoot to restore it, but I don't think that happened.  This is one of four (and the only one I have) stamps from 2013 celebrating the four lighthouses in Barbados.  None of them are open. 

lace and laughter

making lace in Malta
 

reading and laughing in Finland

winter fun

 

I've never skied downhill - and never will - too scared of the combination of height and speed.  But I enjoy watching others taking to the slopes.

dreaming

 

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daytripping

 

beach flamingo

 

walking on a sunny beach with flamingos would be a fun winter escape

gingham cat

 laundry day

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(more women's work?)

women at work

making bread in Mexico

 

 answering the phone in the Germany

iron lace

 

Lacework in iron in Old New Orleans

mardi gras begins

 

One of the oldest buildings in the Vieux Carre (French Quarter),  After three centuries, it is still catering to connoisseurs and discriminating drinkers from around the world

astronaut

 

Roberta Bondar, astronaut as well as neurologist, photographer and author.

She spent  8 days, 1 hour and 14 minutes in space (1992)

seas and gulfs

the Mediterranean Sea

the Tasman Sea

the Gulf of St Lawrence

the Gulf of Mexico

a sad anniversay

 

philosopher

  

If I didn't recognize his face, I'd have no idea this was Aristotle.  I'm sure the writing surrounding the stamp is very profound...

jetoy

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islands

 

Isles of the British Isles

leaves, flowers, stars

 

I know you've all seen the Canadian flag.  It is promoted shamelessly, endlessly, and is slapped on any and all products that are Canadian, as well as many, many stamps.  But, unlike the Americans, we are not a flag waving from your front porch kind of country.  That is changing as, in light of current ... issues, we are being encouraged to fly it proudly this weekend.  Flag makers have been furiously sewing like crazy to keep up!  This FDC shows the very first stamp of the flag that has its 60th anniversary on Feb 15th.  I like the 'simplicity' of this, though remember well having to learn how to get all those points right - which was challenging for a seven year old (but then getting the crosses correct on the Union Jack was equally challenging)

An even simpler design is the Japanese flag, which was adopted as a civil flag in 1858 and as a national flag in 1999. I like how this stamp includes the chrysanthemum imperial seal and the cherry blossoms.

Since 1972, New Zealand has discussed changing their flag, to get rid of the colonial Union Jack, but also to distinguish it from the similar Australian flag. (hint, NZ has red stars inside its white stars. It also only has 4 of these stars of the Southern Cross)

 

siamese

 extremely vocal with a low pitched voice

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