Fresh water is something that many of us take for granted. However, it may not always be so readily available to all of us (as it already isn't for so many millions of people in Africa and Southeast Asia) if we don't take care of our resources.
This stamp from Spain, was issued in 2013 for the International Year of Water Cooperation
these stamps, also from 2013, aren't really about water - they are actually part of the Canadian Flag series - but do feature water.
Lake Scugog to be specific.
one of my favourite pastimes includes sitting in a chair looking out over a calm lake. though, maybe not a Muskoka (aka Adirondack) chair as I find them incredibly difficult to propel myself out of (then again, an excuse to stay put and enjoy the view...) now, sitting in an ice fishing hut looking out over - or into a hole in - a frozen lake is not something I have ever aspired to do.
maybe you would prefer your body of water to be indoors,
away from the biting cold, or biting mosquitos.
then head over to Budapest, Hungary to partake of the Rudas Baths. apart from this swimming pool, there also six therapy pools in this thermal bath built in 1550. there is even night bathing on Fridays and Saturdays from 10pm-4am. it is still mostly an enclave for the men though, with Tuesdays being a women's only day and the other four weekdays for the men. weekends are "group use".
Love the water stamp. You could not be more correct about water. It is much more valuable than oil as we can't survive without it. Unfortunately it looks like our Congress has passed the Keystone XL pipeline which runs over the largest aquifer in the world, the Ogallala Aquifer. That pipeline will leak and likely pollute the water in more than a half dozen central states.
ReplyDeleteThe Canadian P stamps are fantastic. That's the sort of fun character-of-a-nation stamp that works so well (I think that British stamps also do this well), and is often missing in US postage.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the indoor pool,specially during this time of the year here in US.I love th Canada stamps too,so colorful.
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the Hungarian stamp feels so Royalish...love it!
ReplyDeleteI keep trying to make my mind up on how to view that Spanish stamp. The way you have posted it feels right to me.. The Hungary baths look inviting - even to me, someone not too keen on swimming.
ReplyDeleteSuch a diverse theme, and great to see how all 'Sunday-Stampers' together have such a variety of stamps on the theme 'water'! A frozen lake and a swimming pool I didn't think of when searching for stamps for this Sunday. These are beauties, thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIt is a nice selection. I hadn't thought of the Spanish stamps meaning water in both directions; I thought it was running in the "wrong" direction... Definitely, this stamp makes us think!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to see those baths in Budapest!
ReplyDeleteI like the inside outside view on the Hungarian stamp which goes together rather well with the Spanish two way water stamp. I've never sat in one of those Canadian chairs but from what you say it sounds like they are might be as tricky to get out of as deck chairs.
ReplyDeleteOceans, rivers, hot tubs - pretty much any form of water appeals.
ReplyDeleteSad we don't get so many stamps anymore...
ReplyDeleteWater is so important. Living in a place like Oregon in the US, where water is plentiful, it is hard to imagine being without clean water. I love where I live. I am close to the ocean, lakes, rivers, streams, creeks--it is beautiful here. I grew up near a canyon, through which a creek trundled...it is still there today, as are the forests of my childhood.
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