symmetry

 

This stamp has been shown before, but I like it, so here it is again.  It was designed by Yauheniya Biadonik who has designed various stamps, especially on culture and arts

 A deceptively simple Japanese forest

 

More conical trees in front of the horizontal schloss with an even number of vertical windows

some patterns for Sunday Stamps

 

 

tiger family

 artist: Feng Dazhong

 

 

 

 

CATURDAY

tulips

 

Holland is the first country that comes to mind with tulips.  Above is Keukenhof and below are the tulips donated to Canada as a thank you for sheltering the future Queen Juliana during WWII

more tulips can be found at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton (above) and Butchart Gardens in Victoria (below)

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

CATURDAY

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

 

CATURDAY

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

CATURDAY

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.