poetic

 

I do like this series of Alfred, Lord Tennyson stamps with his world weary look, his melancholy deeply etched on his face

Designed by Irene von Treskow showing portraits of Tennyson with  characters from his poems. The 24p portrait from around 1888 with an illustration of Vivien from his poem Vivien and Merlin painted by Sir Edward Burne Jones. The 28p portrait shows him in 1856 with an Arthur Hughes illustration, April Love, which included some lines from The Miller's Daughter when it was first exhibited.

A full, and slightly unruly, beard for Sunday Stamps

white beauty

 

another Dorothy Travers Pope cat

for Caturday

classic cars

 

from Poland

from Germany

city lights out of a desert

About 40% of Mongolia's population live in the capital, Ulaanbaatar

canals

 

The Canal Ring of Amsterdam - Singel, Herengracht, Keizersgracht, Prinsengracht

latte art

 

this could be a cheery escape for a rainy Tuesday

received from Austria

union

 

A Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1908 and 1911 by the same architects who built Central Station in NYC. It's still standing as is, but there are no horses.

mountains

 

A 1960 view of the tiny village of Torla in the Pyrenees

Mt Logan, near the border of Yukon and Alaska, is the highest peak in Canada

some mountain heights for Sunday Stamps

thought bubbles

 

Caturday

built for a ravine

 postcard from the 1970s

There is a very controversial plan to move the Science Centre from its current location in Don Mills to the waterfront and demolish this iconic building (built by Raymond Moriyama in 1969)

springtime

Monet painting of a woman sitting in dappled sunlight and hopefully not getting her dress dirty.

pointe-au-père

Pointe-au-Père lighthouse in Rimouski, built in 1909. 108 feet tall with eight buttresses.

A few gulls watching the fisherman...

mosque-cathedral

 

The Grand Mosque was built in 784 by the Emir of Cordoba, Abd al-Rahman I. In 1236 it became a Roman Catholic church

sailing

 

there are those who sail and those who intend to do so, one day, maybe, if ...

flowers

tulips from the States

 

 hollyhocks from Ukraine

 

 

 

 

 

  sunflowers from Poland

some flowers for spring, summer, and autumn for Sunday Stamps

balloons

make everyone happy

Caturday

tea time

from Howl's Moving Castle
Ghibli Studios
received from Japan

bombay

two fine examples of 19th C Victorian Gothic architecture

a good book

   even dragons need some down time to read

skydome

for many of us, it will always be the 'Skydome', in spite of the name change in 2005

and, yes, it is shocking to see how much the area has been built up over the last few years!

in honour of the Jays home opener

bunny eggs

happy easter

hydrangeas are my favourite indoor Easter flowers, 

although a yard full of these day lilies are a most welcome sight

 

 

 

 

 

 

and, because there's always a chance of snow on Easter, here is snowshoe hare

 

 

Happy Easter

 

cats and flowers

Caturday

getting dressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for Easter

running

 to greet you

really, is there anything cuter than a duckling?!

brasil

 

my first map from South America

lido

feeding the seagulls

Famous Lido Beach Casino, Sarasota, Florida

ladybugs

 ... or, ladybirds, if you prefer

languages

 

water purification

(Dutch)

crocus, an anti inflammatory herbal plant

(Persian)

Eid isn't for another month, but Eid Mubarak is the message on this stamp 

(Arabic)

some foreign languages for Sunday Stamps

... and for the Easter theme next week, which may prove challenging, something even distantly related such as flowers, bunnies, food would be appropriate

warning

 

my most favourited card

Caturday