welcoming year of the snake

 of least concern

the common grass snake is 7" at birth and can grow to more than 3'.  It is protected in Denmark and in some Baltic countries is considered sacred with the myth that killing one might bring misfortune.

to a snake that is critically endangered

the ornate ground snake, or St Lucia racer, an endemic snake that was once found all over St Lucia, but now is the rarest with fewer than 20 individuals.

happy february

 

CATURDAY

red

Wrigley Field, the second oldest ballpark (opened 1914 after Fenway Park, Boston, 1912) They are the possibly the only two major league stadia I could immediately name both the city and sport.

Superman and his ubiquitous red cape

who is hungry for a red lobster?

a man and his cat

 

Georges Perec was a French novelist, essayist and filmmaker.  He liked to write books using a curious wordplay - for example a novel without using the letter 'e', and another using only the vowel 'e'.

Perec had a succession of cats, all named Duchat.  This stamp is from a photo done in 1978 by Anne de Brunhof (granddaughter of Jean de Brunhof of Babar fame)

pretty in pink

 

birds

This kemphaan is seriously endangered as a breeding bird in the Netherlands and extinct in Belgium

 

 

 

These budgerigars are golden faced blues (from a photo by Leila Jeffries).  They are small parrots and the most popular to be kept as pets in North America and Europe

Below is a kestrel, a small member of the falcon family.  They are highly adaptable and can live anywhere from mountains to the seaside, to urban areas (even nesting at Notre-Dame Cathedral)

orange moments

 

"funny moments are meant to be shared"

a 'ladybug' resting on a dewy orange petal

It seems Highland cattle can be found in Westphalia Germany. (the text reads: loyal, soft, not overly delicate, that's really Westphalian style)

This cool cat is enjoying his saucer of tea

great lakes lights

 

It's annoying that the cancel cancels out the names of these lighthouses.  One for each of the Great Lakes is shown.  Left to right: Lake Superior's Split Rock; Lake Michigan's St Joseph; Lake Huron's Spectacle Reef; Lake Erie's Marblehead; Lake Ontario's Thirty Mile Point

green

 lady mouse in a mobcap

a hungry, hungry caterpillar

Pettson and Findus in their green kitchen

a green snake

one bite

PostNL wrapped this postcard in plastic with a letter of apology for the "damaged" card.  Except it wasn't actually damaged... it was meant to show a bite taken off the chocolate bar!

czech

I am quite intrigued by the engraved and illustrated stamps from Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic (Czechia) and have not yet seen a stamp that was a photograph.

I haven't gotten enough Slovakian stamps to see if they have continued this tradition, but looking online, I think they have.

from 1955

jewellery

glassware

and from 2003, these aquarium fish which I believe are angel fish

cheshire cat

 from Russia

CATURDAY

blue

 a blue cat by Louis Wain

 

blue dome, blue sky, blue sea

some blues for the first Thursday Postcard Hunt of 2025

the best