See it on a Postcard

  The editorial cartoon is the first thing I look for when reading the paper. Sometimes I like to try to guess which story of the day they c...

two elongated trees from British Honduras (1972) a quamwood tree and a mammee apple tree Back in the British Isles (1973) we have the mighty...

 stamps with images, lyrics and music Les Raftsmen from Quebec  followed by The Alberta Homesteader A Mohawk lullaby called The Bear Will D...

  from 1973 a bridge to Abu Dhabi. Before the Al-Maqta bridge was built in 1968 the only way to get in or out of the city was to wait for lo...

  “ Gastown, Vancouver, B.C. — haunted history : Legend has it the Waterfront Station and several bars and restaurants in the neighbourhood...

a pair of cats enjoying a lazy Sunday in 2004 for stamp collecting month. and this little cutie not necessarily wanting any more siblings, o...

 2003 The gray wolf is the largest wild canine in the world while the timber wolf is considered a sub-species. 1990 for Sunday Stamps - cani...

walking a yellow leafed road in a forest in Germany to finding seasonal fruits and berries and nuts in Britain from 1993, designed by Charlo...

  Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the sailing of the Endeavour. First up is a chart showing the 'discoveries' made by Captain C...

Conservation of water (2002) and a special stamp use for greeting cards (2013).  Bamboo is especially good at conserving water. Once it is e...

I love how the Clyde Auditorium (on the banls of the River Clyde) is now known by the nickname given to it by the people of Glasgow.  It op...

  Lake Pukaki, painted by New Zealand landscape artist John Gully in 1862. It's hard to see, but Mt Cook is in the distance. For LOTR fa...

New Zealand is Butterland according to an article I read on the beloved food. It seems this tiny country has a high consumption rate compare...

  A Newfoundland Marten, a Blotched Tiger Salamander, a Blue Racer Snake, and a Swift Fox from 2006 The marten was once trapped for its fur....

Because I don't collect creepy crawlies (and I am praying that no one posts any spiders - shudder) and I forgot I had no photos anymore ...

 Mysterious Island From Monaco for the 150th anniversary of Jules Verne in 1975  To a 1961 mongoose lemur from Madagascar For Sunday Stamps ...

 Cycling in Munich 1972 Cross Country Skiing in Sarajevo 1984 Figure Skating in Nagano 1998 I wonder how many countries issued stamps for To...

I have missed you all! Apologies for last week. My computer finally crashed and it took a little while getting a new one and even longer get...

It would have been around 1978, when this stamp came out, that I first joined a quilting bee. It did not go well. I so admire the work these...

A souvenir sheet from 2002 featuring a map of the Ramon Crater area of the Negev Desert in Israel with stamps of an ammonite, copper mineral...

As luck would have it, I received these happy vegetables from a Postcrosser this week. These remind me of signs one of our grocery stores us...

At top left is George Klein who came up with, among many other things, the electric wheelchair and the Canadarm for the Space Shuttle. At t...

  Here we have a prepaid postcard version of the 2012 day lily stamp. There is also an orange one which I don't have. These day lilies b...