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a lino cat   CATURDAY  

In Eastern traditions, dragons symbolize prosperity and good fortune, embodying a positive force in spiritual journeys.   from Belarus  day ...

In Granada, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, is perhaps the most famous example of Islamic architecture.  It was originally a small fo...

The Zwaanendael Museum was built in 1931 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the first Dutch settlement in Delaware. ...

  in addition to a cool motel and sign, there are these old '50s cars to admire.  and every one is a different colour!  located 1mi. N C...

The Finger Lakes were carved out by glacier.  They flow north, eventually reaching into Lake Ontario Seneca Lake, the gem of the Finger Lake...

  For the second time in less than a year the postal workers stopped working, but they are back now (on rotating strikes, but so far not in ...

 I'm watching you... CATURDAY day 15 of NaBloPoMo  

in the Highlands of Scotland — Glen Etive, part of the Ben Nevis and Glen Coe National Scenic Area day 14 of NaBloPoMo

some peopled landscape views The Humber Bridge, at one time the longest single span suspension bridge in the world (it is now 14th). The bac...

The young boy who sent this card on Postcrossing was an avid cricket fan. Admittedly, it is not a sport I follow or know much about, so I tr...

 issued 2014 This photograph was taken in 1940 by Claude Detloff.  The picture of the five year old boy racing to his father in the Duke of ...

Construction began on the St Lawrence Seaway in 1954 and was completed in 1959.    A series of locks, of which the St Lambert in Montreal is...

  some odd shaped stamps for the letter 'O' In 2001, the Blue Jays, Toronto's baseball team, celebrated its 25th season and Cana...

CATURDAY day 8 of NaBloPoMo   

So, a little introduction may be in order for the newer visitors (hi NaBloPoMo people ).  Postcard and stamp collecting has become an almost...

some black and white Holstein cows ignoring the tulips, with a canal in the foreground a black and white Spitz dog (Fino) and his companion,...

celebrated during the full moon, this year to be held Nov 5 & 6 also known as the Festival of Lights or Floating Lantern Festival kratho...

Dating back to 1517, this former coaching inn in the town of Market Harborough was chosen by King Charles I as a rest stop on his way to the...

The Gastown Steam Clock was installed in the 1970s to cover up one of the vents of the downtown steam heating system.  The steam powers the ...

  This has a distinct look of Dick Bruna's work Japan has a "letter writing day" on the 23rd of each month to encourage people...

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  Issued in 1974 as part of the American Folklore series showing the infamous Headless Horseman pursuing poor Ichabod Crane.  Written in 181...

  There was belief that black cats and witches were 'familiars'  due to the belief that witches could take the form of their black c...

The moon that Luna 1 missed in 1959. The Soviets expected the Luna 1 to impact the moon, but instead became the first human made object to o...

Brown is the least preferred colour of autumn, and yet that was expected to be the more predominant one this year due to our very dry, hot s...

 he said it wouldn't be touched... The East Wing as it once was and will be no more after Trump's demolition crew set to demolishing...

 An old water tower pump clock tower in Norfolk Originally built 1862 as a water reservoir. The clock was presented to the town in 1901 by M...

Celebrating French history.  Designed by Albert Decarie The 'Sun King' with the  Palace of Versailles in the background, into which ...

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  known as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can  received on Postcrossing

 a popular tourist attraction I would love to see this bridge in operation.  It connects the Sundestrand (the only south facing beach in Ger...

  May your Thanksgiving bill o' fare Have spoonfuls of happiness there 

Koalas are sometimes called koala bears , which is wrong, no matter how cuddly teddy bear-ish they look.  They are marsupials, which bears a...