Fort Steele Historic Town, Canada

To the stamp lovers, with a faint heart, after the previous post, you may want to close your eyes on this one too..if you are a Star Trek fan on top of it all, then just proceed at your own risk... don't say you haven't been warned :))

A fantastic card from one of Bryon's trips to Canada, showing a vintage train in Fort Steele, which is located in the South Kootenays, about 20 km NE of Cranbrook B.C. This train was built in 1923 in Canada and used in logging on Vancouver Island until 1960. To make this train functional again, the water boiler was rebuilt in 1975 by retiree H. Hawkins. The train is dedicated to all the craftsmen who designed, built and maintained "iron steam horse" locomotives.

and here we are at the scene of the crime. Do you see the felony here? Monstrous! Let the people decide what kind of punishment this kind of uglification deserves. I bet Canada post made an effort to issue this so that it can end up being crossed out with black pens.
Issued in 2016 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek - this is one of the several sheets, portraying the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 & Klingon Battle Cruiser

Burnt Cove, Canada

One more card from Glenn sent earlier this year...well actually, arrived earlier this year....it was sent just on the last December day :)

The card shows a beautiful scenery in Burnt Cove, which is a community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the Avalon Peninsula south of St. John's and north of Ferryland. The community's population in 1996 was 196.

One can just feel the crisp air by looking at this card...and with such a small population, seems like a great place to retreat to when you want to recharge....

As for 'cove', the Merriam-Webster defines it nicely as 'a small sheltered inlet or bay'.

Glenn used three great stamps on this card...issued in 2015 in a set of six stamps representing Great Canadian Ice Hockey Goalies - here you can see Martin Brodeur (top left), Tony Esposito (top right), and Ken Dryden (bottom stamp).

Another thank you to Glenn today :)

Winter in Yukon, Canada

well, just one more icy, freezing post for today...which, hmm, also happened to arrive as a surprise (i just realized this honestly...a definitely themed update today :))

I hope my bicycle doesn't get to experience this though :)

The back of the card says: At -40 °C summer seems a long way off...well, even here, even though it is not as extremely cold as -40, summer does seem a long way off..
Alvin is to blame for this lovely card, who visited Canada last September

the stamp is from a set of 5 Baby Wildlife stamps issued in 2014...really cute!

Thanks Alvin for yet another lovely surprise...and thank you all for dropping by!

Until next time, stay well!

Pulteney Point Lighthouse, Canada

last card for today again comes from Glenn (well, we began the update with a card from him, so let's end it in the same manner =))

this amazing view comes from the Canadian Malcolm Island (Northern Vancouver Island), and if you take a better look, you will see the Pulteney Point Lighthouse.
Pulteney Point marks the separation of Broughton and Queen Charlotte Straits. The island and point were named in 1846 by Commander George T. Gorden of the HMS Comorant after Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, a Scottish born British Naval Officer.
Kwakiutl legend tells that their ancestors watched the island rise up out of the water and that someday it would return to its watery grave. For this reason, while the Kwakiutl used the cedar from the island for masks and totem poles, they never inhabited it.
The Pulteney Point Lighthouse, a square, wooden building with a square lantern rising from the center of its roof, exhibited a light at a height of thirty-eight feet above high water. The fixed white seventh-order dioptric light was lit for the first time on September 12, 1905.

There is a really nice and interesting but rather long story behind this lighthouse, so if you want to read the rest of it, just click here

Glenn used some really awesome stamps! Just wondering...when did the Canadian post stop printing the year of issue on the stamp itself? Makes it harder to track them down, but I was lucky this time, cos it turns out they were issued in 2013 and that is the first year I checked :)
and they come from a mini sheet of four stamps, representing Canadian Recording Artists. So cool! Love them!!

Thanks so much again Glenn!

And thank you all for reading! Curious which is that other new country? Well stay tuned and keep following the posts here...and I promise I won't take too long to kill the suspension =)

wishing you all a nice week ahead!

Mennonite Girls, Canada

My last card for today is thus really beautiful ine I received as an official...actually one the sender picked from my favourites and mailed me a copy :)

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the card shows the Mennonite Girls on their way to school.
The Mennonites are a Protestant group based around the church communities of the Christian Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons of Friesland. Over the years, Mennonites have become known as one of the historic peace churches because of their commitment to pacifism (opposition to war and violence).
There are about 1.7 million Mennonites worldwide, where the largest populations can be found in India, Ethiopia, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United States.
Don't know if these girls have in particular prepared themselves for the photo session, but i just love it how they all look alike...actually, they do radiate with some pacifism....i really like their similar dresses...and how they all have those same hats, with their hair braided the same way. And have you notices their blue lunch-boxes??? they look more like some hidden-treasure kind of chests than lunch-boxes. Lovely, lovely card!! 

on the left side we have two cute beneficial insect stamps (i never thought id use cute and insects in one sentence). the one at the top was issued in a set of 5 stamps in 2007, showing the Canada Darner. The one below is from a set of 5 issued in 2010, representing the Paper Wasp. (issued again in 2012 also).
The stamps on the right were both issued in 2012. The one at the top is from a set of 3 Regiment stamps, with this one portraying the The Black Watch. The stamp below is from a set of 4 baby wildlife stamps, and here you can see the Caribou, a species of deer native to Arctic and Subarctic regions.

So, that would be all for today folks....enjoy your weekend and see you soon!

Titanic, Canada

as for my last choice today come these two cool Titanic cards, sent by two dear people respectively.

As many of you probably know, 2012 is a year commemorating the 100 year memorial of the Titanic disaster so many Postal services have issued a commemorative stamp (even Macedonia..though I cant say the stamp is anything special, plus as usual, the face value is totally useless....it is enough not for one, but 3 postcards actually..so unfortunately, cant be something to be used on daily mails).
Anyways, Canada also issued the Titanic stamps, plus it issued a reprint of old Titanic postal cards, each one with a matching preprinted stamp. The card above shows the bow of Titanic and I received this card from Glenn as a part of his National Postcard Week Quest! Im honoured and touched to be one of the chosen for this, since you can use like just seven cards. So to be one of those, means a real lot!
I hope that next year Ill be able to take part in this too...though im not sure how ill manage it with Sunday, since post offices here do not work and our mailboxes are not operational..but we'll see...there is till plenty of time to come up with a plan.

as i said, these are matching stamps to go with the card...

the second card shows Titanic's prow and propellers...im not sure if i got the terms 'bow' and 'prow' correctly here, so sorry for any potential misuse.
This second card came from Bryon who as you could have figured out by now, loves making surprises and putting smiles on people's faces :)

I dont know if there is any point in asking if you had watched Titanic...i could say I guess you have...well, I watched it when it came out to the cinema, so long time ago...for that age i was, it was not bad...but even then, Leonardo was not someone i fancied..neither Kate...plus lasting over 3 hours...give me something else please!
I wonder if they're gonna maybe make a movie soon about Costa Concordia......

thanks so much Glenn and Bryon for always cheering me up! I hope I manage to do the same...at least from time to time!

I would like to say that I would try to squeeze in updates every day for the rest of the week....but lets not get overambitious...every second day would be perfectly fine :)

stay well!

Calgary, Canada

Here is something pulled out from the 2009 box...2010 is not so bad, but 2011 is as big as both of them, yet, has not enough room for all the cards, so there is a pile that needs to be stored separately...that is an indicator that ive been pretty lousy with updates here since I had allowed such thing to happen...should I make a New Year resolution about it? :)

the card was sent by Glenn  who wanted to share with me this Tower in Calgary. A pretty impressive structure I must say...completed in 1968, it rises nearly 191 metres in the air.
My first thought regard such buildings is always related to the view from above....and this one must be offering a great view over the city and further beyond (just make sure you are not caught up there during an earthquake :))
Personally, would love to have a cup of coffee up there, and a slice of cheesecake (hopefully they have them on the menu)
Did you know that here you also have the highest 360° observation deck in the world??? Cool, no?

Glenn used a whole set of stamps here issued in 2009 featuring the Canadian Recording Artists. What can I do, I only know of Bryan Adams *blush*

thank you Glenn! Though you might have forgotten you had ever sent me this one :)

Forks Marketplace, Canada

My last card for today (yeah sorry, 4 cards only) is one I received back in 2009, showing the Forks Marketplace in the Canadian Winnipeg.

From what Ive read, once you are in Winnipeg, this place is a must-to-see and a favourite tourist destination.
Located in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, providing you many different opportunities to eat, shop or just relax.
The two rivers freeze during the winter, so you can also skate if you prefer.
Well, I would most probably exploit the cycling/rollerblading facilities.

I think that one of the things I love in Skopje is that SOMETIMES i have the opportunity to go cycling without too much trouble, just by the river Vardar...it is nice in the early morning when it is not crowded...otherwise, in the afternoons, esp. during the summer, it reminds you more of a catwalk with models on bikes and rollerblades...and cycling on the streets of Skopje is like suicide, coz you have no cycling paths and the pavements are always occupied by cars...or are in a reconstruction mode...or just have so many holes that neither the best bike-amortization will save your dear bicycle. So thats why I often wish I was in the Netherlands or Copenhagen or Paris...just for the cycling culture these places have...

anyways, enough of yada-yada :)

there are a number of stamps on this card, all different....the one on the very right is from a set of 4 sports stamps issued in 2009, representing the Ringuette (one of those sports I dont know much about...I think that just every day I see some newly invented sport out there). The stamp next to it is also from 2009 and is called "Montreal Canadians". Another 2009 stamp from the `Lest we forget` issue. The last two are from a set of 8 Handicrafts stamps issued in 1999.

So that would be all for today...hope you are enjoying your Sunday, regardless that Saturday was quite full with some not-so-nice events, following what happened in Norway as well as the death of Amy Whinehouse...that one came as a shocker, even though we all know what kind of life she led, but still.....such news always come out of the blue.

hugs to all!

Moose, Canada

Well, my last card for today is one of those lovely "Did you know cards" that I received back in 2009...but Ive realized Im not the only one who has cards left pending from years ago, so I dont feel THAT bad about it :)

So here what the card has to say, in order to spare you zooming and staring your eyes out while looking at the screen.

The moose (so named in North America) is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from the others by the palmate antlers of its males. The great length of the legs gives a decidedly lanky appearance to the moose. The muzzle is long and fleshy with only a very small triangular patch below the nostrils; and the males have a peculiar sac, known as the bell, hanging from the neck. The typical moose stands about 1.9 metres at the shoulder, only the males have antlers. Moose are found in Canadian forests from the Alaska boundary to the eastern tip of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is estimated that there is between 500 000 and 1 million moose in Canada. In Canadian provinces, collisions with moose are frequent enough that all new highways have fences to prevent moose from accessing the road. A moose's body structure, with a large heavy body suspended on long spindly legs, makes these animals particularly dangerous when hit by motor vehicles. Such collisions are often fatal for both the moose and the motorist.

and down to the stamps....there are three samples of the Captain Robert A. Bartlett stamp, issued in 2009, while the other one is from a set of five Beneficial Insects stamps, issued in 2007 and this one here shows us a Golden-eyed Lacewing.

Thank you for following and have a great weekend everyone!  

Newfoundland, Canada

Glenn sent me this very cute card few months ago.

These are called puffins (or Fratercula Arctica) and are inhabitants of Newfoundland. They have very interesting colourful beaks, and this happens during the breeding season.
All puffin species have predominantly black or black and white plumage, a stocky build, and large beaks. They shed the colourful outer parts of their bills after the breeding season, leaving a smaller and duller beak. Their short wings are adapted for swimming with a flying technique under water. In the air, they beat their wings rapidly (up to 400 times per minute) in swift flight, often flying low over the ocean's surface.
They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crevices among rocks or in burrows in the soil..
They are just too cute!!! :)

Apart from the already included pre-paid stamp, Glenn used another one, commemorating the Canadian Navi from 1910 till 2010. Dont know the name of the guy on the stamp but he's quite handsome ;)
Btw...the cancellation is rather interesting too...

Thank you so much Glenn!!

Canadian Rockies, Canada

Glenn has given so many fantastic surprises to my mailbox, and this is one of them

A lovely lovely train card!
The Rocky Mountaineer train runs on few different routes, 'First Passage to the West' (Vancouver- Banff & Calgary), 'Journey to the Clouds' (Vancouver-Jasper), 'Rainforest to Goldrush' route (Whistler-Quesnel-Jasper).

The first one is said to be the most scenic & certainly the most historically-significant route to choose, as it travels over the famous Canadian Pacific Railway. It's the original 'Rocky Mountaineer' route on which the company first started in 1990, when the last regular passenger trains on the line were discontinued. the journey takes 2 full days with 1 overnight hotel stop.

Some of the reviews I had read about this train included: "The Best Train Experience in the world", "The benchmark train ride for jaw-dropping scenery", "One of the world's ultimate experiences", "Rocky Mountaineer's journey through the Canadian Rockies is truly one of the most spectacular train trips in the world", "50 things to do before you die: Rocky Mountaineer", Winner of 4 World Travel Awards - "World's leading travel experience by train", named by National Geographic as one of the World's Greatest Trips.

After seeing this, im left totally speechless....this is not just fantastic...this is far beyond that, totally impossible for me to describe...but it has definitely reserved its place on my 'things i would LOVE to do' list

take a look:



have you been on a trip like this before?

The stamp on the right is a part of a m/s issued in 2009, representing the Year of the Ox, the insect stamp is low value definitive from 2009, representing the Monarch Caterpillar...while the last stamp on the left is from a set of 8 handicrafts stamps issued in 1999, with this one representing Bookbinding.

PS. During the past few days, I had received a few more surprises from you Glenn...thank you so so so much!

Canada

Another surprise card, this time coming from Glenn.

You know I love the Aurora Borealis, and I have a number of postcards with them so far, but this is my first one that actually doesnt come from Europe, but from Canada...and it is really nice to take a glimpse how the northern lights look there...though to be honest, if you just show me the pictures and remove the names from the cards, I wont be able to tell the difference :)

Here is a video which in particular shows the phenomenon as seen in Canada

And something from the Year of the tiger issue, 2010. Great stamp, with an imprinted seal as well, which unfortunately cant be noticed through the scanned image. Btw, this is actually supposed to be a mini sheet, but it is torn on the left side, so a part of it is unfortunately missing =[

as always, thank you Glenn for remembering me and sending me such a beautiful card :)

Canada

Canada is one of those countries where i have so many great cards from, that it has become impossible to pick one for an update....so ive started picking by random, either eyes closed or some eeny-meeny kind of choice.

This is a very interesting card actually....the colours are just fantastic and the entire card is so full of life and positive energy. Me likes it very much
On the back it says: Canada owes much to the First Nations people, the true founders of our country.
I guess this is somewhere in the middle of a dance or a ritual.
Cards with people are not maybe on my very favourites list but this one definitely ranks high.

and a few nice stamps....the Five pin bowling one is from 2009 from a set of 4 stamps depicting sports- Canadian inventions.; the one above is also from 2009 commemorates the 100th anniversary of Montreal Canadiens (Ice Hockey related).Next to it is the Lest we forget stamp from 2009. And the two small ones are from the 5 stamps set from 2007 depicting insects (a golden-eyed Lacewing and a Northern Bumblebee).

Thanks a lot for reading and for bearing with me during my silent days :)

Misery Bay, Canada

I left this last with a purpose....due to the name...

Though I must admit that just after posting 3 cards I feel sooo much better already! Its been proven before that this place makes me feel better even when Im at my worst....but unfortunately, time sometimes just really isnt on my side...
A lot of things going on...and I think that once it starts happening, it just cant end....starting from technical issues and the fact that my brand new lap-top is at the service, since its HDD failed...maybe I would have taken it more easily if it didnt happen on the same day I got so much work to do....and I have to wait for two more weeks before the new HDD arrives from the manufacturer...I just think that at least I saved most of my files from there...
As I said, work...days of work overload....and those days run way too much opposite of smooth...and i just feel like stuck among issues i cant solve and which might have not such nice consequences upon me...im supposed to be working right now as well, but man, i so much cant...I just C-A-N-T! But I know its gonna be another sleepless night later due to that...
And a number of other nonsense happening which just cant let you enjoy things...until you eventually reach the point where you dont feel happy with anything or anyone...thats why I chose this card...reflects my mood somehow (though as I said, i feel better already after spending some time here).
I just dont know why they call it Misery Bay...looks really beautiful...

the three great stamps from the Canadian Artists issue...Bryan Adams, Edith Butler and Robert Charlebois.....and the cute ladybug stamp.

Thats all folks...thanks for reading...I cant really promise when Ill next post here....might be tomorrow....might be in two days, might be after a week....its just impossible to plan it....but at least, im still around ;)
Thanks for the support!

Banff National Park, Canada

A card that was waiting for me in the mailbox when i came back home.....and its one of those cards that make me go jump of joy!

You know how much i just love trains but these old steam locomotives have a special touch...they are just so stylish and beautiful....i mean, nowadays you have all those modern fast trains...but they dont come even close to these old-fashioned ones...
Funny thing about this card is that for a couple of days i was convinced it was called "The Tempest" and i was wondering if it was some Shakespeare etimology....then when i read better, it said "The Tempress"....until i finally figured out it was "The Empress"....i really need to see my optician...
The CP 2816 is a class H1b Hudson type locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works in December 1930. Initially the locomotive ran westward out of Winnipeg to Calgary and eastward to Fort William, Ontario (now part of Thunder Bay). Locomotive 2816 then moved into service on the Windsor-to-Quebec City corridor. Its last assignment was at the front of a Montreal-Rigaud commuter train, making its final revenue run on May 26, 1960. Having logged more than two million miles in active service, 2816's fires were extinguished.

Today, after a complete three-year rebuild, 2816 is restored to the original specifications with external details from the 1940/50s.

I dedicate this post to my dad, who is in hospital right now...i dont know if he had seen this card, but im 100% convinced he would love it...I also got him a train calendar and 3 railway-related DVD's from Germany...i hope once he comes home and has the chance to watch them, he would like them as well.

And I just wanna say the greatest thanks to Glenn for this splendid surprise....from both my dad and myself...its one card which makes two people VERY happy...

wohohohh, and a bunch of lovely stamps...you've already seen the ladybug one, issued in 2007.
Then, the stamp in the top right corner is of a very recent issue, October 19th to be more precise, called Lest We Forget, and i take the freedom to steal Glenn's post about this...being Canadian, i think you cant have a more appropriate person to steal information from. Great stamp!
The one next to it dates from September this year, and its called Mental Health. I wonder what kind of an image they would get if they happen to screen my brain some day....this stamp was issued in order to make the mental illness less of a taboo and something people should speak more freely about. The stamp, which features natural scenery flowing through the outline of a human figure, was designed by Vancouver’s Signals Design Group. A tree was chosen as the stamp’s central element because it symbolizes health, growth and maturity, all attainable for people affected by mental illness. The shape of the tree refers subtly to the human brain, while the path progresses towards better health and a fulfilled life.....amazing what kind of a story a stamp can bear.
The stamp next to it, the one with the egg, is one more of the Road Attraction series, issued in July this year, while the small stamp next to the lady bug...well, im not sure about this one...if i could read right, it is said to be issued in 1999...but then again, you know i can read things wrongly...and i couldnt really find some information about it, so i dont feel competent to give any further info...

Glenn, THANK YOU!!

Canada

A card which captured me and i fell in love with on the very first sight!

And its so huge that i couldnt even get a normal scan...oh yeah, this card caused me loads of trouble till it got to see the light of the day, but it was worth it. I dont know why such a fascination with it, whether coz of the blue predominant colour, or just the image, or all of it together...
ive been fascinated with the igloos when i was little...i read about them, and it was just amazing to see that people live in ice-houses, and how can they not be cold inside there...this igloo here even seems to have more sq. metres than my own house :)

I hope you are able to read the text...if not, this is what it says: Igloo is the Inuktitut word for house, The snowhouse version is a dome shaped shelter built of snow blocks. As snow is an insulator, outside temperatures may reach -45 C (-49 F) while those inside may range from -7 C (19F) to 16 C (61 F) due to warming from body heat, Lining it with skins can raise the temperature to as much as 20 C (68 F). Large igloos are built as semi-permanent homes. Normally there will be one igloo to be used for special occasions and another that is used for living. An igloo may have up to five rooms connected by tunnels with a common outside access to reduce wind and heat loss. Up to 20 people may be housed in such a structure. When the heat from the kulliq (stone lamp) melts the interior slightly it later refreezes and contributes to the strength of this already structurally sound design.

the sender of the card said that every year she tries to make an igloo with her son but something always happens to it! wow! to try and make an igloo by myself...that would be a thrill! though it wont be possible to build it here, but would love to try it wherever conditions would allow! Anyone wanna make me company, and have fun?? :D

there are also loads of great stamps! the one with the bird comes from a set of two issued in 2009 under the Preserving the Poles subject. The Primary theme is Fauna (Birds - General)
Environment & Conservation (Global Warming). If you recall that large Canadian envelope i once showed you, both of the stamps can be seen there.
The small lady bug (or lady beetle) stamp comes from a set of 5 issued in October 2007 under the subject of Beneficial Insects.
The Huge stamp in between them is from a set of 4 issued in July this year, under the name of Roadside Attractions....and the last stamp (on the very left) is also from July this year (set of 4 stamps), showing Canadian Recording Artists, where here you can see Robert Charlebois.

Cape Bonavista, Canada

This last card today comes from Glenn...it came along with that huuuuuge envelope with all those rare countries! And its a really lovely lighthouse....and i ESPECIALLY love the dark skies on the picture...brings such a thrill and some unique atmosphere...you can just feel the breeze and the rain coming...wish we had rain coming here as well btw. I also really love the contrast of white against the dark gloomy sky...it has always fascinated me, and sometimes i see it here as well...white buildings against it...or white birds flying in the sky....it has some special touch of colours when those two get together...

The Cape Bonavista lighthouse was built in 1843 using the lamps and reflectors from the Bell Rock Lighthouse in Scotland.The lighthouse was replaced by a steel tower in 1966 and the original lighthouse has been turned into a museum. It is believed that this is where John Cabot sailed into in 1497 and discovered Newfoundland.
Now im was thinking something, and i realized that i actually didnt see a lighthouse while in Montenegro....i dont know if its coz there wasnt any, or coz i just didnt notice it...hmm, now i feel like going there immediately to find out....yeah yeah, i know...excuses excuses :P

and here comes a part which i personally consider breathtaking...the stamps!! There are 6 different stamps used on this envelope, one more beautiful than the other! This envelope definitely enters in my top favourite ones ever! I can just keep staring and staring at it, and i dont know why, but looking at it calms me down! I dont know if its coz of the colours or the pictures, but it certainly has a positive effect upon my complicated complex mind.
I wont go into details about each and everyone....i honestly just want to enjoy them :)
Thanks Glenn, for the millionth of time! :)

Alberta, Canada

A beautiful Alberta sunset covers fields of barley with an orange glow....

Really nice view...and whenever i look at this field, i get a feeling that the barley actually feels like cashmere, and when you bring it close to your face, you just rub it and it feels sooo tender and smooth...just like some clothes you had washed and you had used some beautifully scented fabric softener...i love using those when i wash my clothes...afterwards they smell fantastic and feel so soft....I used to use one chocolate scented softener and boy, i had an itch to literally eat my clothes...it was amazingly good!! Unfortunately, i havent been able to find it in the shops afterwards....apart from one flower-scented, i also have a Vanilla fabric softener in the bathroom...but i think that the chocolate one is irreplaceable....unless i come across a coconut scented one...then i might change my opinion :)

No stamp on this card...i guess Canada has a lack of stamps as well sometimes....or just has some lazy postal clerks....
I know that according to the rules, all international mail here HAS to have stamps on it...and that its the postal-workers' duty to do that if i lets say hand them out my mail with no stamps...but i know its a way too risky thing to do, so i always try to get my stamps ahead, and sometimes i need to visit a bunch of post-offices before i actually find ones....but so far i think i actually havent failed in it...and i hope i wont in the future as well

Thanks for reading...and wish me all the good luck in the world in your thoughts...im gonna need it....

Bonne Bay, Canada

My last card for today comes thanks to Glenn, who actually sent me two cards, since the first one decided to take a look around the world first and then arrive to my mailbox...but eventually both of them arrived and both are lighthouses, and both are great, so it was a bit tricky, which one to post today....and this is actually the second card...you will see the other one, sooner or later...

This is the Woody Point lighthouse, in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, and in the background is actually Gros Morne, so this card actually shows Gros Morne as seen from Woody Point.

So this is where my dilemma arose...Gros Morne is a National Park AND is a UNESCO whs...so should i label this card as UNESCO, or no....the infinite dilemma my cards can impose...

The Woody Point Lighthouse stands along the waterfront in the historic town of Woody Point in Newfoundland Labrador and in the background you can see sections of Gros Morne National Park. After a fire tore through the town of Woody Point in 1922, many of the historic buildings were destroyed except for a handful of them. The lighthouse was built in 1919 and it was one that was saved from destruction.

Its a really lovely lighthouse...and UNESCO goes to the labels ;-)

thanks Glenn!

Canada

Here is one of my favourite type of cards....a map!

This one shows the Canadian province of Ontario, which is largest by population and second largest by total area. The capital is Toronto Canada's most populous city and metropolitan area, while Canada's capital, Ottawa, is also located here.
The province takes its name from Lake Ontario, which is thought to be derived from ontarí:io, a  Huron word meaning 'great lake' or possibly skanadario which means "beautiful water" in Iroquoian.

hmm, ok...it was a short update today...but sometimes i rather make it short, than not make it at all, and get all lagged behind with my cards....