tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67590207856623725352024-03-17T23:04:00.097-04:00Violet SkyVioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comBlogger1287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-85239974052454067882018-03-04T00:00:00.000-05:002018-03-04T00:00:55.839-05:00cat and a cradle<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">the extra 10¢ above the .85¢ domestic rate from these whimsical cats goes to support the Canada Post Community Foundation which supports community projects for children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">and the cradle is from 1983 as part of the historical artifacts series</span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-60215180032584124602018-02-25T09:17:00.002-05:002018-02-25T09:21:22.795-05:00Linc<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J9AR83sC200/WpLCL-kTcmI/AAAAAAAAVdQ/rNjojymGM14rNhTqljgL4akbgAKNb5wSACLcBGAs/s1600/DSC01953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="335" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J9AR83sC200/WpLCL-kTcmI/AAAAAAAAVdQ/rNjojymGM14rNhTqljgL4akbgAKNb5wSACLcBGAs/s400/DSC01953.jpg" width="209" /></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This 'A' stamp was all ready for last week, but it seems Olympic fever took hold and it wasn't until late that I realized I never actually posted it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But, no worries, for <b>Mr Alexander</b> is being honoured by Canada Post for <b>Black History Month</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.4;"><i>Lincoln Alexander, </i>who died in 2012 at age 90, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.4;">was a big man (6'3"), full of humour with a booming voice who seemed to be friends with everyone across all social groups and political parties.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.4;">Among his many accomplishments were some notable firsts: the first black Member of Parliament, the first black federal cabinet minister, and first black Lieutenant Governor. He was arguably the most popular and beloved Lieutenant Governor of Ontario - he was even voted as the greatest Hamiltonian of all time by a poll in the city he spent most of his life. He had buildings, schools and even a highway named after him which he found particularly amusing as he never had a driver's license. The Lincoln Alexander Expressway is always called the Linc, just as he always wanted everyone to call him.</span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-4520135704319310182018-02-04T10:19:00.000-05:002018-02-04T10:41:14.521-05:00zamboni<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">There are seven Canadian teams in the National Hockey League and in 2014 stamps were issued with each team's logo on the Zamboni and centre ice.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The Zamboni is an ice resurfacer that was first manufactured in 1949 by a guy named Frank Zamboni. (Zamboni is the trademarked name for the ice resurfacer, but I'm sure, no matter what brand or make is used it is known as a 'Zamboni' - rather like facial tissues are always called Kleenex.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">The NHL requires two machines to resurface the ice b</span><span style="color: #333333;">etween periods. The ice is resurfaced before the game, after warm-ups, between periods, during playoffs, and when the game is over. With two resurfacing machines, it takes three minutes to complete the rink, each making four full passes up the ice. With one, it takes between six and seven minutes with eight full passes up the length of the ice. Before the machine was invented, it used to take over an hour with several men using </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">scrapers, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">towels, hoses, and </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">squeegees.</span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-72863625644537795502018-01-21T08:58:00.001-05:002018-01-21T09:00:23.903-05:00river on hilly lands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Although this stamp is from China, the horses made me think of Mongolia. And sure enough, it turns out this river is in <i>Inner Mongolia</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Outer Mongolia</i> is what we now know as simply <i>Mongolia</i>. Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of northern China. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is how to spell the full name in Mongol script </span><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OvormonggolAR.svg" style="background: none rgb(248, 249, 250); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15.75px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15.12px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;" title="Mongolian:ᠦᠪᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠣᠷᠤᠨ"><img alt="Mongolian:ᠦᠪᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ᠣᠷᠤᠨ" data-file-height="275" data-file-width="550" height="70" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/OvormonggolAR.svg/140px-OvormonggolAR.svg.png" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/OvormonggolAR.svg/210px-OvormonggolAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/OvormonggolAR.svg/280px-OvormonggolAR.svg.png 2x" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="140" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> I was all set to use this stamp for R, but when I looked into finding the name, it turned out that this winding river is called </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Xilinguole, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">in the</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Xilinguole Grassland National Nature Reserve </i>which covers an area of </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">10,786 square kilometers. The name </span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Xilinguole means <i>river on hilly lands</i> in Mongolian. (though it looks pretty flat in this view)</span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-86145803248558114512018-01-14T02:25:00.000-05:002018-01-14T02:25:46.665-05:00vines of wine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Weinanbau (or Weinbrau) is how you say viticulture in German. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This wine business has been going on for over two millennia </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">as celebrated in this stamp of a w</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">oodcut from the 1309 textbook Rucelia commoda by Petrus de Crescentiis showing the steps in winemaking - planting, harvesting and aging.</span></span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-11206711128908578602017-12-31T10:27:00.002-05:002017-12-31T10:27:26.241-05:00UN<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A Postcrosser in New York sent me a card with these United Nations stamps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">see more united stamps at <a href="http://seeitonapostcard.blogspot.ca/2017/12/sunday-stamps-ii-159.html" target="_blank">Sunday Stamps</a></span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-8378706986662064172017-12-24T10:30:00.002-05:002017-12-24T10:33:58.566-05:00Christmas animals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">in celebration of the new millennium where 150 Tall Ships from 22 countries sailed into Halifax Harbour - the only Canadian port - for the Race of the Century.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A late contribution for the letter S - se-tenant and ships, but then, these are not just any ships, they are <i><b>T</b>all <b>S</b>hips</i>, so also a post for the letter T. And what a tremendous spectacle this must have been.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The ships sailed from Southampton to Cadiz, Genoa, then back to Cadiz before crossing the Atlantic to Bermuda, Boston, and Halifax, then on to the final destination of Amsterdam.</span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-3244972824076973062017-12-04T08:15:00.000-05:002017-12-04T08:33:33.959-05:00and the bears will play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">these are but a tiny few I'm sharing for <a href="http://restlessjo.me/" target="_blank">Jo's Monday Walk</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There are over 300 pieces of art in this sculpture garden dedicated to Leo Mol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It was his expressed wish that all his works of art be available to the public to enjoy, and he contributed his bronze sculptures, ceramic works and paintings to his adopted home of Winnipeg where he lived from 1949 until his death in 2009 at 94 years of age.</span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-10739874744465711342017-12-03T12:33:00.002-05:002017-12-03T12:37:14.677-05:00three Rs<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Officially known as the Republic of Rwanda, this small country in the Great Lakes region of East Africa regained independence in 1962.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This 2008 stamp was a joint issue between Canada and France to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's founding of Québec City. Here we see Champlain's ship being greeting by - perhaps - the Algonquins, or some other natives with the original Habitation in the background.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The stamp was engraved by Jorge Peral - a rarity in the 21st century - which rook five months to complete.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Legend has it that the tortured spirit of Mathilde Robin can still be seen and heard where she plunged to her death in 1759 after her true love was killed in battle (it was in the middle of the Seven Years War). Their marriage never came to pass, and she put on her wedding dress and flung herself over the falls, where she and her betrothed had spent many happy nights watching the sunset. If you should see her spirit in the water, it is said that you should keep your distance as no-one save her beloved Louis should touch her gown and 'unimaginable harm should befall anyone else who comes near it'.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">for other quirks on the letter Q, visit <a href="https://seeitonapostcard.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Sunday Stamps</a></span></div>
VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-74200436695270006542017-11-22T13:50:00.000-05:002017-11-22T14:37:31.865-05:00street signs - Vieux-Quai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">there is some good bird watching too, and they chose to put a gannet on their street signs. Unfortunately, when I was there it was raining quite hard and the wind was whipping up the water on Chaleur Bay into a frenzy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I drove along Parc du Vieux-Quai, </span><br />
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-81008890080397929782017-11-19T08:36:00.002-05:002017-11-19T09:31:39.089-05:00pets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>Designer Isabelle Toussaint prepared a set that served as a common background for each of the four stamp scenes, and </i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i>photographer Marc Montplaisir</i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><i> shot each scene separately. The four best photographs were then pieced together to make a seamless composite image.</i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;">"Everything was very well planned, so the day of the shoot went extremely well," says Montplaisir. For each scene he shot multiple photos, while the camera remained stationary on a tripod. "The fish was easy - as it swam around the bowl, I just waited for a good pass," he says. "I was worried about the cats, because they sometimes have minds of their own, but they just lay there, watching. The rabbit was a bit nervous and tried to skitter away, but the floor was too slippery for him. The dog was a bit more difficult, because he was excited - he kept wiggling and lifting his head off the floor." (from the Canada Post Website - you can read the full story of the making of these stamps <a href="https://www.canadapost.ca/web/en/blogs/collecting/details.page?article=2004/10/01/pets&cattype=collecting&cat=stamps" target="_blank">here</a>. it's actually quite an interesting read!)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">for <a href="http://seeitonapostcard.blogspot.ca/2017/11/sunday-stamps-ii-153.html" target="_blank">Sunday Stamps letter P</a> - pets</span></div>
VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-80963385570358795502017-11-14T00:00:00.000-05:002017-11-14T13:52:52.497-05:00street signs - Upper Paradise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Upper Paradise Road got its name from its alignment with Paradise Road in the lower city, which got its name from its end point at Cootes Paradise (a wetland in the Royal Botanical Gardens). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">21st in my continuing (very sporadic) series of street signs </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">f</span><span style="font-size: large;">or <a href="http://signs2.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">signs signs</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and <a href="http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Our World Tuesday</a></span></div>
</span>VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-74066621634476430082017-11-13T08:01:00.000-05:002017-11-13T08:13:02.730-05:00Inglis Falls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It was the fourth observatory in Europe when it was built in 1753 on top of one of the Vilnius university buildings. By the 1960s there was too much light pollution and a new observatory was built about 70 kms north of Vilnius. The original building still does scientific research.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One of the participation activities at the <a href="http://violetsky-wwwblogger.blogspot.ca/2017/11/a-circus-treat.html" target="_blank">Mum Show</a> this year was to find the hidden red clown noses. Since the theme of the show was the circus, this made sense. And I was all up for the search. Then I thought, I'm crap at this. So I stopped for a coffee to keep up my stamina – and overheard a few others comparing notes and saying they could only find 8, or 9... and I felt better. It took three trips around the greenhouse, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">looking high and low, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">specifically for red noses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the end, I got home and realized I was still missing two.</span><br />
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a walk around the greenhouse for <a href="http://restlessjo.me/" target="_blank">Jo's Monday Walk</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This mother and child happen to be Princess Elizabeth and her firstborn, Charles, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">based on a Royal portrait by Marcus Adams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All proceeds from these health stamps were donated to the Children's Health Camps movement. These were first established as localized, seasonal camps for children to get "large meals, fresh air and gentle exercise" in 1919, and within 20 years had evolved into a national network of permanent camps. Today, there are still seven health camps on both islands, though their focused has shifted from fitness, malnutrition and tuberculosis, to include emotional well-being, behavioural problems, child abuse, and family dysfunction.</span><br />
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-51058920268498399912017-10-22T10:51:00.002-04:002017-10-22T10:54:26.219-04:00lace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Because the delicate lace is so beautifully detailed, here are the full views of each sheet, courtesy of wikimedia with the region the lace comes from. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The designer was </span><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #54595d; line-height: 24.48px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">O. Shushlebina</span></span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-36213395755378007912017-10-22T09:54:00.001-04:002017-12-03T16:48:15.038-05:00Great Lakes<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes that is wholly within the United States, although the <i>state of Michigan</i> has coastlines on four of the Great Lakes, plus Lake St Clair (which connects Lakes Huron and Erie, but is not officially a Great Lake) and has more lighthouses than any other state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Around 150 in Michigan, and over 50 on Lake Michigan alone between Michigan and Wisconsin. </span></div>
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VioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-73792450193393645842017-10-16T19:52:00.002-04:002017-10-16T19:52:34.721-04:00trees and a view<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">but most of the time, my view included a tiny triangle of Lake Ontario and the town of Grimsby on the other side</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">now if you go back to the first picture you will see that the dead tree has finally been removed. I have a less obstructed triangle view for another year or so until the trees grow taller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 22.4px;">He ascended the throne to become George VI after the abdication of his elder brother, Edward. </span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="color: #444444;">Named after his grandfather - Queen Victoria's husband - Prince Albert, <i>Albert Frederick Arthur George</i></span></span><span style="color: #444444;"> <span style="line-height: 22.4px;">was </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">King of the United Kingdom</span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> and the </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Dominions</span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> of the </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">British Commonwealth</span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> from 1936 to 1952. He was the last </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Emperor of India</span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> and the first </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Head of the Commonwealth</span><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">His full title was <i>His Majesty Farouk I, by the grace of God, King of</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Egypt</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">and the</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Sudan</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">, Sovereign of</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Nubia</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">, of</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Kordofan</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">and of</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Darfur</span></i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">. He was overthrown in the</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">1952 military coup d'état</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">and forced to abdicate in favour of his infant son Ahmed Fuad, who succeeded him as</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Fuad II</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">. He died in exile in Italy in 1965.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">Fayṣal al-Awwal ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī</i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> was </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">King</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> of the </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">Arab Kingdom of Syria</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> for a few months in 1920 until the monarchy was abolished, and was appointed </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.4px;">King of Iraq</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> from 1921 to 1933 by the British government partly on the recommendation of Lawrence of Arabia whom he met during WWI and partly because of his conciliatory attitude towards encouraging a pan-Arab nationalism.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"><i>King Bhumibol the Great</i></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> was the ninth </span><span style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 22.4px;">monarch of Thailand</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> from the </span><span style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 22.4px;">Chakri dynasty</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> as </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">Rama IX</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">. Reigning since 1946 he was, at the time of his death in October 2016, the world's longest-serving head of state,</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> the </span><span style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 22.4px;">longest-reigning</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> monarch in </span><span style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 22.4px;">Thai history</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"> and </span><span style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 22.4px;">the longest-serving monarch having reigned only as an adult</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">, serving for 70 years, 126 days. A one year period of mourning was announced with a royal cremation ceremony to be held later this month.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Diwali - the Festival of Light - will be held from October 19 - 23. Its main theme is <i>triumph of light over darkness.</i> The main festival night coincides with the Hindu new year during the dark night of the new moon in the month of Karttika (October-November) Traditionally there are fireworks, and small clay </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">oil </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">lamps are lit (in India) and candles are lit (in Canada). This can be seen in the stamps with the Indian issue on the left and the Canadian one on the right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The festival is also celebrated by Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The only times that fireworks are allowed on residential property is Victoria Day, Canada Day, New Year's Eve and Diwali. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Three years ago, on Diwali night, there was a massive fire that destroyed two homes and caused extensive damage to neighbouring homes in a community near me and the cause was determined to be improper use of fireworks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Canada Post is hailing this as an <b>h</b>istoric </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">first ever <b>j</b>oint issue with <b>I</b>ndia and both countries are issuing each version. </span><br />
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