Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

March 6, 2012

T's postcards - 103

This was actually a non folding birthday card - it had a bunny pin on it at one point too - no idea where that went. Thanks Grandma and Opa!

February 28, 2012

T's postcards - 102

T got this right before he was to start kindergarten. He was already excited - and now his teacher does postcards too? Wow! :) Thanks Mme K!

December 26, 2011

N's postcards - 93

The card that welcomed Nicky into his kindergarten class, sent by his teacher a few weeks before school started. :) Thanks Mme Kruk!

December 13, 2011

T's postcards - 90

Salish art 'Morning Flight' by George Hunt Jr. with quote: "The Blue Herson in flight while transforming into its human form. The Blue Heron represents ancient times." We don't know if herson is a typo - or a combo of heron and person. Thanks Grandma and Opa!

December 6, 2011

T's postcards - 89

"The Old Country Market - Goats on the roof - Coombs"
It sounded strange to hear about buildings built to hold goats on their roofs! Thanks Grandma and Opa!

December 5, 2011

N's Postcards - 90

This is a card is from the realtor that helped us find our house. It says "And do you commit to a fixed marriage, amortized over a period of sixty years, with penalties for early payoff?" Yikes if marriages were really like this!

November 28, 2011

N's Postcards - 89

The back only says bear cubs - but my guess would be grizzly. Thanks Grandma!

October 25, 2011

T's postcards - 83

Big truck! The truck works for Eddie Stobart Ltd - Express and Haulage Specialist. Thanks Carole! CA-49031

October 18, 2011

T's postcards - 82

Submarines in West Edmonton Mall.
On back: "Submarines: Enjoy an undersea adventure in one of four authentic submarines. Cruise past sharks, dolphins, exotic fish and beautiful coral reefs in the lake of the Deep Sea Adventure." Looks like fun! Thanks Linda! CA-48893

August 29, 2011

N's Postcards - 76

Ojibway art: At Play with the Spirits by Mark A Jacobson. "To maintain a childlike faith promotes a wonderful spiritual growth. So play my friend, play with the mystery of creation" Thanks Grandma and Opa!

August 23, 2011

T's postcards - 74

On back: "Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: The beauty of the Provincial Legislative Building is enhanced and contrasted by the morning fog and seiners of B.C.'s salmon fleet." Thanks Tina! CA-36487

August 22, 2011

N's Postcards - 75

Sea Lions sunning on a rock, on the Pacific coast of North America. Thanks Grandma and Opa!

July 19, 2011

February 7, 2011

N's Postcards - 47

A mounted airplane in Whitehorse. "Billed as the world's largest weathervane, this DC-3 is fully restored and on permanent display at the Whitehorse International Airport. Pivoting on its mount, the aircraft always points into the wind." Thanks Opa Matt!

January 26, 2011

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Gorgeous "Zebra" by Kathleen Ralph. You can see the card before it got mailed here: zebra. You can see more here: The Postcard Project. Thanks Kathleen!

January 6, 2011

T & N's postcards - 5

This card shows the lighthouse at Point Traverse (left), and the stone mill at Glenora (right). Both of these are in Ontario near Picton. The lighthouse was built in 1881, because 2/3 of schooner and steamboat wrecks were in this vicinty. Apparently you can even go scuba dive and check out the wrecks: Ducks Dive. Pretty cool! What I could find of the mill states that it was built in the early 1800's and that John A MacDonald lived in it at one point in his life - though they also mention he schooled in Kingston, which I'm pretty sure wouldn't have been a commutable distance in his day and age!
Thanks Auntie Terra! 

December 16, 2010

T & N's postcards - 2

This card is from their cousin when she visited Edmonton. Don't the rides look neat? :)

December 13, 2010

N's Postcards - 39

A card with a grizzly bear on it: "The grizzly bear is distinctive by the shoulder hump and larger head than its cousin, the black bear. The coat of the Grizzly may vary from black to blond." Doesn't he look soft? Thanks Grandma!

November 29, 2010