fonts and letters

there are several fonts, and languages, in this message for our June theme of 'shapes', this week: the shape of letters

information cards are always interesting, even if you already know all the information...

and a busy movie poster from 1943

groups

CATURDAY

outback

 

bengal

 

CATURDAY

culture

 

information card from Malaysia, featuring a favourite food - satay

six feet

croatia

grizzly

cast iron

designed by Quirinus Johan Harder, known for making cast iron lighthouses

the rock

Forth Bridge

"Scotland's greatest man-made wonder"

This railway bridge, crossing the Forth estuary in Scotland, had the world’s longest spans (541 m) when it opened in 1890. It remains one of the greatest cantilever trussed bridges and continues to carry passengers and freight. Its distinctive industrial aesthetic is the result of a forthright and unadorned display of its structural components. Innovative in style, materials and scale, the Forth Bridge marks an important milestone in bridge design and construction during the period when railways came to dominate long-distance land travel.

kissing bridge

A vintage chrome postcard of he West Montrose Covered Bridge near Kitchener, Ontario

and a 2019 issue of the same bridge on a stamp.

a kiss (in relative privacy inside the bridge) was required as a toll for crossing. Local girls learned to be wary when their escorts horse stopped inside the bridge without any command from the driver.

one of a creep

"it is unlawful to touch, harm, harass, or collect a wild desert tortoise"

moraine

What this card doesn't mention is that it is, if not the most, then one of the most photographed lakes in Canada.

wile-e

meep-meep

marshes, marshes, marshes

Amsterdam

received 2019

Dogwood

Genuine Natural Color by Dexter Press, West Nyack N.Y.
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