See it on a Postcard

painting by Leonid Afremov received from Russia According to one website, the original painting — oil on canvas with a palette knife (57x...

Continuing from last week's theme, here is a humpback whale. This one, however, is of least concern on the conservation status. They...

A pair of Pirhana

The Petronas Towers were, from 1998 to 2004, the tallest buildings in the world. They are still the tallest twin towers  in the world. Bu...

Painted by William Wells Quartremain, Anne Hathaway's Cottage Garden One of many views of Anne Hathaway's Cottage that W.W. Q...

Eat. Beach. Sleep. Repeat.

I am sure there are many more insects, but these are the glamour shots

This North Atlantic Right Whale stamp was issued as part of a set for endangered species in 2013 when there was thought to be only 500 in...

Regensburg in Winter the snow looks nice and cool in this summer heat we are having

Creole jambalaya includes tomatoes whereas Cajun jambalaya does not

A Siberian Jay from Finland, where it is known as a kuukkeli

National Park Virginia Deer posing at Upper Doyle's River Falls (28' waterfall)

Discover 300,000 sq km of unspoiled, ancient beauty. Labrador boasts towering mountains,  massive rock faces, and an infinite supply of...

Greece Issued in 2015 as part of a series for diving tourism, this underwater stamp shows off 'treeshaped sponges' or achaia. ...

artist: Michael Sowa

House of Books built in 1902-04 for the Singer Sewing Machine Co it has been a massive book store with cafe since 1938

on the Black Sea Tarkhankut Lighthouse built in 1817 Crimea. Still in use and you can even visit and follow the lighthouse keeper as he ...

black grouse lekking — a courtship ritual for attracting the ladies. In the spring the males strut around in a traditional area whilst ma...

Longshan Temple, Taipei — a mix of Taoist, Buddhist and Confucian faiths Built in 1738 and standing in one of Taipei's most histori...

fisherman from Trinity Bay NFLD photo taken almost 50 years ago of three fishermen

A Portrait of a Man in a Turban. Or a self portrait of Jan Van  Eyck. Painted around 1433, it has been hanging in The National Gallery ...

on the Avalon Peninsula

weighing over 97 tonnes, this glass reinforced cement merino stands 18 metres long and 15.5 metres tall. he is 34 years old and if you wi...

Roman Theatre of Orange, Vaucluse France The theatre was a way of spreading (Roman) culture to the colonies,  and also a distraction ...

Lisbon Tram 28 travels through the popular tourist districts on a line that is unsuitable for modern trams because of the sharp turns a...

a modern day large letter postcard

2014, Japan — Agriculture & Food  (food & cooking) — SUSHI The date may say 2015, but this sushi stamp - and it's mate, tem...

artist: Michael Sowa Girl with Bear

artist: Michael Sowa The German for lightbulb is Gluhbirne. birne = pear gluh = glowing I love this even more now!

Cradleboard photographed in 1903 Nez Perce tribe of Oregon

A World Heritage Site since 2007 Lavaux, Vineyards Terraces stretch for 30 kms along Lake Geneva can be traced back to the 11th C when Be...

A Charley Harper Puffin

no two number plates are exactly the same font, yet all look pretty much the same size from Netherlands

2003, US, Arctic Tundra designer: Ethel Kessler artist:  John D Dawson It took some sleuthing to find information on this raven stamp...

Chocolat Menier was founded in 1819  They began using advertising posters in 1893 featuring a pigtailed girl writing 'chocolat graffi...

Berlin 1933 Die Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirsche from before WWII.  Right, the Romanesque Cafe, famous meeting point of literary and int...

The Riviera Hotel and Casino closed in 2015 after 60 years. Its storied past included mobsters, bankruptcies, embezzlements, expansions, ...

Sadly, this gateway is gone the current sign (2016) which replaced this from 2003

cabbage, carrots, apples and cranberries!

1967 Rwanda, Quelea quelea designer: J Van Noten Although it's French name is travailleur a bec rouge , the Latin name is Quelea ...