on the foot

spring flowers

artwork by Susan Appleton

coffee and chocolate

 both received from Ukraine

streetcars

 

yellow streetcar in Berlin, 1950

and a modern Lisbon tram

some yellow for Sunday Stamps

tigger

 

CATURDAY

logs

A logging train in British Columbia

An Alberni Valley Train Load

principality

 

Vaduz Castle, Townhall,  aerial view of Vaduz, Gutenberg Castle, Government Building

lighthouse

 Mulo Lighthouse

built in 1873 on a small island in the Adriatic. The octagonal tower is 18 metres and has a fairly large keepers cottage.

bernard

Kelowna, view looking west along the main downtown street, Bernard Avenue. Angled parking, two wide lanes each way and a centre boulevard of street lights.

 

cinesphere

 in the 1970s Ontario Place was the "showpiece" of Ontario

For this Victoria Day, Ontario Place is celebrating its 50th (+2) anniversary, since covid ruined plans in 2021.

kitties

 

my favourite pet, for Sunday Stamps

2 cats and a bird

on a Spanish balcony

CATURDAY

capri in kelowna

 Capri Motor Hotel

opened in 1958

saw-whet

 a Northern saw-whet owl photographed by Jason Idzerda

trillium

chrome postcard of Ontario's provincial flower (photo by Barry Schneider) they are just starting to bloom!

 

giant buddhas

 

The Great Buddha of Todai-ji Temple, in Nara Japan

 

and the Great Buddha at the Kotoku-in temple, Kamakura, Japan

clovelly steps

Clovelly is a privately owned harbour village in Devon with steep cobbled streets.

mum

 

the mother of Oscar Wilde, Lady Wilde,was also a writer and poet (who wrote under the penname Speranza). Her life was not without scandal and heartbreak (as were that of her two sons and husband). She died penniless, with her funeral paid for by Oscar (who was not allowed a visit from her while he was imprisoned)

2 cats in pots

 

CATURDAY

wildlife

 

northern garden

 

Also known as Reford Gardens in English, it is one of the most northern gardens in North America.

lux

making friends

prettiest town

 

An Aerial view of GODERICH, Ontario.  "The Prettiest Town in Canada" located on the shores of beautiful Lake Huron. The uniquely designed "Shoppers Square" is an octagon, with the County Administration building and Park situated in the centre.  There are over 100 stores and services situated on "Shoppers Square" and the eight radiating streets.

crossing the thames

 

In honour of the Coronation,  a bit of ancient and modern with

two very different bridges from London. On top, the modern and sleek Millennium Bridge (built 1996-2000) and below, the very old (c1176-1209)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

London Bridge with its hodge podge of buildings. I rather like its lack of symmetry of the approximately 138 premises.

wibbly-wobbly and higgledy-piggledy bridges for Sunday Stamps

good luck

 

CATURDAY

south wales

 

glens, braes, and lochs

Loch Finglas,          Falls of Dochart,          Callendar

QE 2 Forest Park,          Loch Ard,          Inchmahome Priory

Lake of Monteith,          SS Sir Walter Scott,          Duke's Pass

mural

 

tea time

 with fox

flamingos

 

Greater Flamingos

or, the more romantic sounding 

Flamant Rose 

(1960)

poetic

 

I do like this series of Alfred, Lord Tennyson stamps with his world weary look, his melancholy deeply etched on his face

Designed by Irene von Treskow showing portraits of Tennyson with  characters from his poems. The 24p portrait from around 1888 with an illustration of Vivien from his poem Vivien and Merlin painted by Sir Edward Burne Jones. The 28p portrait shows him in 1856 with an Arthur Hughes illustration, April Love, which included some lines from The Miller's Daughter when it was first exhibited.

A full, and slightly unruly, beard for Sunday Stamps

white beauty

 another Dorothy Travers Pope cat

CATURDAY

classic cars

 

from Poland

from Germany

city lights out of a desert

About 40% of Mongolia's population live in the capital, Ulaanbaatar

canals

 

The Canal Ring of Amsterdam - Singel, Herengracht, Keizersgracht, Prinsengracht

latte art

 

this could be a cheery escape for a rainy Tuesday

received from Austria

union

 

A Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1908 and 1911 by the same architects who built Central Station in NYC. It's still standing as is, but there are no horses.