Virginia City, Nevada

btw, today is a public holiday here, the Revolution day...and all the time I keep thinking it is Saturday, when it is actually Thursday..which also unfortunately means, no mail today =/

my next card came as another surprise from dear Maggie, a great cemetery card!

Virginia City's cemeteries date back to the 1860's. These hand-carved headstones mark the graves of the men, women, and children whose lives were often shortened by the difficult conditions of the Comstock era.
Btw, Virginia City is one of the oldest established communities in Nevada and can be considered the "birthplace" of Mark Twain.
It is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada.
Its population was 855 according to the 2010 census. that's not much actually...not at all...

the stamp on the right was issued this year in a set of 5 stamps showing birds-of-prey (this one shows the osprey. The other one is a definitive stamp issued in 2011, showing the portrait of George Washington.

thank you so much Maggie!

Nevada, USA

One more US state to tick off from the list...honestly, im not exactly sure which are the ones i already have so far...need to find the time and make a list

Established in 1864, Nevada is a diverse state offering visitors such attractions as gambling on the Vegas strip, alien sightings near Area 51 and skiing around the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe.

For some reason, i can never relate Vegas and Tahoe to Nevada...I always feel that Vegas is in California and Tahoe is somewhere up north near Canada...

the 2009 stamp showing Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming

Las Vegas, USA

I got this card back in time (in 2004 to be more precise) from Charity....wherever she goes, she always sends me postcards...even if she hasnt heard from me for ages, she always remembers to write....obviously not everyone is a lousy pal as me...

as she had written on the back, this one was sent when she and Scott were in Sin City for their anniversary and they were having a great time. I dont doubt that, knowing what all Vegas can offer...and its not just gambling and casinos....
the card shows the Spectacular Entrance of MGM Grand. It is a luxury hotel casino located on the Las Vegas Strip which opened as a Hollywood themed resort. The MGM Grand Las Vegas is the second largest hotel in the world and second largest hotel resort complex in the United States behind The Venetian.

The 30-floor main building is 293 feet (89 m) high and features five outdoor pools, rivers, and waterfalls that cover 6.6 acres, 35,000 m² convention centre, the MGM Grand Garden Arena, CBS Television City, and the Grand Spa. It also houses numerous shops and night clubs, 16 restaurants, and the largest casino in Clark County.
It has 6,852 rooms! And it has a 13th floor (if we have in mind that many hotels dont have a 13th floor or use it as a vacant space, due to the notorious number 13...

6852 rooms...my my my....

Las Vegas, USA

Here is a card from Charity sent to me back in 2005....a really nice card with the glimmering lights of Las Vegas...

In general, Las Vegas should associate with Casinos and gambling...well, until some time ago, that would have been my first association as well...but ever since i have started watching CSI Las Vegas, ive been hooked on it, and most probably, at the mentioning of Las Vegas, i would firstly think of the series than the gambling...

there are other CSI versions as well, like Miami and New York, but absolutley none of them had managed to come even close to Las Vegas...at least for me...the LV crew, the relations between the characters themselves gives some feeling of closeness and intimacy which i havent found in the other versions...they feel more real in some sense, more close to the common citizen, with his on real life and problems....my favourite has always been Greg from the Lab...probably coz of his sense of humour, and just his behaviour in general...esp, coz for a long time he was probably underestimated as a forensic, and he tried so hard to prove himself...many times i felt lumps in my throat while watching it coz of their lives while they werent working on a case....i realized that NONE of them are happy or content, and more or less they are all lonely in their own way...more than once i was at the verge of tears or did cry coz of things happening to them (yeah, i do sob at movies, im a softheart...)
I should definitely format my PC (its uber langsam right now), find some spare time, in the evenings maybe...make some snacks and drinks, and put my CSI Las Vegas DVD's on....cold winter days seem just so perfect for such things....if only i didnt have sooooo much work to do....+