See it on a Postcard

Watkins Glen State Park is in the Finger Lakes region of New York.  A two mile hike will take you past 19 waterfalls.  Here are four of them...

 Lobster season is now open on the east coast which is good news if you are into eating, or fishing, lobster and for a different good news s...

here is a happy (or nervous?) duck flying without benefit of a cable car... received from Finland (2010)

This is a 'cable car', though not quite what I was thinking of, but it still fits the theme. I was thinking more along the lines of ...

April 23rd is St George's Day.  I couldn't find a stamp featuring that particular saint, but I do have a rather miserable looking St...

A tuk tuk is a three wheeled bicycle with a seat in either the front or back for passengers, and an awning or umbrella for cover.   at some ...

  a magnificient baobab that can grow up to 100 feet with a massive trunk that stores water from the rainy season. for Sunday Stamps, an en...

  CATURDAY

  Glasgow Corporation Transport yellow cabs of NYC   a cream coloured tram in Germany truly a reason to visit Wuppertal!  it began operation...

melt in your mouth cookies stuffed with a delicious walnut, pistachio, or date filling.  2024 edition of Eid stamp

 corona

We are in the exciting grips (and endless media coverage) of Eclipse fever in my part of the world and are praying for a clear day - or at t...

  CATURDAY

  from China and a ferry from Hong Kong or, for something a little more away from it all, a boat in cottage country or, even more bucolic, a...

 a French tradition

I have shown this before, but as we have new people to our group, it is worth showing again.  This is a huge Pysanka sculpture.  It is 31 fe...

  CATURDAY

  received from Germany

  A rather unique style, Frida Kahlo was often seen with flowers in her hair as a symbol of fertility and her Mexican heritage. Anna Pavlova...

uniforms were much more colourful and elaborate in days of yore   There was a time I was deeply into Gilbert & Sullivan.  I could probab...

 not crying over CATURDAY

  "Russian Beauty"