panda

 

There are no wild pandas in Mongolia, but there is on this 1974 stamp

As we near the end of this alphabet series, I'm wondering what your thoughts are for after we hit Z

Should we continue with another round of A-Z or would you prefer to have a weekly topic?

I see something

CATURDAY

gardens

This isn't a favourite card, but it came in a lot from someone who may have been clearing out a loved one's collection of postcards from a trip to Worthing.  Featuring two views of Beach House Park, Denton Park with its sunken garden, and Marine Gardens.  I like this one below as much for the architecture and the colourful cars as for the garden view from the windows (Steyne Garden)

oddities

First up is an octopus like creature, originally of Norwegian origin, known as the Kraken

and a serpent like creature named Ogopogo, who is said to live in underwater caves of Lake Okanagan

Ogopogo was seen as a sacred protector who is feared and respected by the Indigenous peoples, but as a demon by the later settlers.  Today, it is seen as an elusive, harmless mascot for the area.

a not so gentle bedtime history of the kraken

blue chair

 

CATURDAY

most photographed

 

Jasper has been a park since 1907, renamed as a National Park since 1930.  Since 1984 it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site

For MAY theme of parks and gardens!

a grand hotel

narcissists?

some spring narcissi from Canada, Germany and China

a diving duck from Poland called a netta rufina

and a nightingale, who may have the most beautiful and varied song

hello

CATURDAY 

Tours, Chambord, Chinon, Villandry, Ambroise, Loches

flower moon

April showers bring May flowers 

Valencia's oldest street