here is a happy (or nervous?) duck flying without benefit of a cable car...
See it on a Postcard
vintage and contemporary postcards and stamps from around the world
26 April 2024
lift me up
25 April 2024
10 minutes
This is a 'cable car', though not quite what I was thinking of, but it still fits the theme.
Or, how about this aerial tramway. It is in fact, the world's largest rotating tram car according to their website. During your 10 minutes of travel, the cars rotate slowly, "offering picturesque and spectacular vistas of the valley floor below". All for $30.95 (usd)
Sometime though, these things are called a 'gondola', as is this one in Banff with views of the Rockies that takes you up to the summit of Sulphur Mountain. This ride is slightly less than the others, at 8 minutes. It is also the most expensive, at $60 (cad)
21 April 2024
to slay or not to slay
April 23rd is St George's Day. I couldn't find a stamp featuring that particular saint, but I do have a rather miserable looking St Augustine holding a model church
like this colourful creature, a Year of the Dragon stamp from Hong Kong
18 April 2024
travel on three wheels
at some point, motorized tuk tuks arrived, making the trip much easier on the driver.
I've now exhausted my tuk tuk cards, so you all will be relieved to know this is a one off theme!14 April 2024
the tree of life
a magnificient baobab that can grow up to 100 feet with a massive trunk that stores water from the rainy season.
13 April 2024
11 April 2024
touring in colour
Glasgow Corporation Transportyellow cabs of NYC
and, not to ignore the buses...
this "fall fantasy" is one of four seasonally decorated trolley buses from Dayton, Ohio.below, with a ubiquitous Mountie and a few tulips, is one from Ottawa.
some ways to get around the city for Thursday Postcard Hunt
10 April 2024
maamoul
08 April 2024
07 April 2024
return of the sun
We are in the exciting grips (and endless media coverage) of Eclipse fever in my part of the world and are praying for a clear day - or at the very least, a clear hour between 3 pm and 4 pm tomorrow!
and below, we have the Europa 'flaming sun' from 1972
showing the sun over Niagara Falls, Hopewell Rocks, and Spillars Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador
I have my glasses ready! Happy viewing to anyone who is in the path of totality, or even in the outskirts (sorry, Eva!)
06 April 2024
04 April 2024
on the water
or, for something a little more away from it all, a boat in cottage country
or, even more bucolic, an early sunrise in a canoe
01 April 2024
31 March 2024
easterly things
I have shown this before, but as we have new people to our group, it is worth showing again. This is a huge Pysanka sculpture. It is 31 feet long and three and a half storeys high. A colourful roadside attraction in Alberta.
Happy Easter to all who celebrate
30 March 2024
29 March 2024
28 March 2024
crowning glory
A rather unique style, Frida Kahlo was often seen with flowers in her hair as a symbol of fertility and her Mexican heritage.
Here she is Princess Aspicia in the Pharaoh's Daughter for the Moscow Ballet, 1908
24 March 2024
colours
some uniforms for Sunday Stamps
23 March 2024
21 March 2024
17 March 2024
snakes
this blue racer can only be found on Pelee Island (Lake Erie), which is the most southern point in Canada, but it can also be seen in the US in parts of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa.
It is described as a the most graceful and swiftest of Ontario's snakesI am not a collector of snake stamps, but I am a collector of Lunar New Year Stamps, so...
this is one from 2013
and 2001