Owl of Vulcan

Thanks to Rob for another great card from Vulcan, Canada, showing

one of my favourites, an owl and the special Spock postmark from Vulcan ^_^

Sent: 13 May 2016   Received: 6 June 2016   Travelled: 24 days

Vulcan, Canada

Vulcan is a town in the prairies of southern Alberta, Canada, within Vulcan County. It is located on Highway 23, midway between the cities of Calgary and Lethbridge. The population of the town was 1,836 in 2011.

Vulcan was named by a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway after the Roman God of Fire – Vulcan. Originally, all the streets of Vulcan were named after gods and goddesses of the classical world such as Juno, Mars, and Jupiter. The community was incorporated as a village on December 23, 1912 and then as a town on June 15, 1921. In July 1927, a major tornado destroyed many homes and the new curling rink in the town. That tornado was made famous when a photograph of it approaching Vulcan was used for the "tornado" article in Encyclopædia Britannica.

The town's name has brought some attention that has helped it become a tourist attraction. In the Star Trek television and feature film series it is the name of the homeworld of Spock and his fellow Vulcans.

Capitalizing on this coincidence, the town has built a Star Trek–themed tourist station (the Tourism and Trek Station), which provides tourist information, displays Star Trek memorabilia, provides unique photo opportunities, and allows visitors to participate in The Vulcan Space Adventure virtual reality game. Nearby, a replica of the starship Enterprise from Star Trek V has been mounted on a pedestal which includes writing from Trek alien languages like Klingon. The town has also created space-themed murals and signs, and hosts an annual community-wide Star Trek convention known as "Spock Days". This convention attracts hundreds of Star Trek fans from around the world. In 2013, the TrekCetera Star Trek museum opened in Vulcan. A plaque commemorates a Star Trek postage stamp issued by Canada Post in 2016, which was unveiled in Vulcan and which features Spock.

Source: Wikipedia

Yippee! A card from Vulcan! Thanks very much to Rob and Anaik who made

a special trip to Vulcan for the Commemorative Star Trek issue and the

amazing Spock Vulcan Postmark!! 

Sent: 5 May 2016    Received: 25 May 2016  Travelled:  20 days

Royal Tyrrell Museum

The Royal Tyrrell Museum is a Canadian tourist attraction and a centre of palaeontological research noted for its collection of more than 130,000 fossils.

Located 6 kilometres (4 mi) northwest from Drumheller, Alberta and 135 kilometres (84 mi) northeast from Calgary, the museum is situated in the middle of the fossil-bearing strata of the Late Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation and holds numerous specimens from the Alberta badlands, Dinosaur Provincial Park and the Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Egg Site.

The Royal Tyrrell Museum is operated by Alberta's Ministry of Culture.

Source: Wikipedia

Yippee! Another amazing dinosaur postcard for my collection.

Yes it's pretty strange that I collect dinosaur or fossils but it stems from

my first dinosaur exhibit in Toronto!

Thanks to Rachel via Postcrossing for this awesome card!

Sent: 24 March 2016   Received: 12 April 2016   Travelled: 19 days

Quebec

Quebec is Canada's second most populous province, after Ontario. Most inhabitants live in urban areas near the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, the capital. Approximately half of Quebec residents live in the Greater Montreal Area, including the Island of Montreal. English-speaking communities and English-language institutions are concentrated in the west of the island of Montreal but are also significantly present in the Outaouais, Eastern Townships, and Gaspé regions. The Nord-du-Québec region, occupying the northern half of the province, is sparsely populated and inhabited primarily by Aboriginal peoples. The climate around the major cities is four-season continental with cold and snowy winters combined with warm to hot humid summers, but further north long winter seasons dominate and as a result the northern areas of the province are marked by tundra conditions.Even in central Quebec at comparatively southerly latitudes winters are very severe in inland areas.
Source: Wikipedia

Thank you Josee via  Postcrossing for this nice view of Montreal.

Sent: 11 March 2016   Received: 28 March 2016   Travelled: 17 days

Moose

The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. Moose typically inhabit boreal and mixed deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates. Moose used to have a much wider range but hunting and other human activities have greatly reduced it. Moose have been reintroduced to some of their former habitats. Currently, most moose are found in Canada, Alaska, New England, Scandinavia, Latvia, Estonia and Russia. Their diet consists of both terrestrial and aquatic vegetation. The most common moose predators are wolves, bears and humans. Unlike most other deer species, moose are solitary animals and do not form herds. Although generally slow-moving and sedentary, moose can become aggressive and move quickly if angered or startled. Their mating season in the autumn can lead to spectacular fights between males competing for a female.

Source: Wikipedia

Thank you Maria for this lovely animal card!

Sent: 2 March 2016   Received: 14 March 2016   Travelled: 12 days

Year Of the Monkey: Canada

Thanks to Rob and Anaik for the joint write and meetup Monkey postcard :)

Sent: 19 February 2016   Received: 7 March 2016   Travelled: 17 days

Canada's Cool

Thanks to Anaik and Rob for this birthday card :D

Sent: 3 November 2015   Received: 24 November 2015   Travelled: 21 days

Merry Christmas from Canada

Wow!

The stamps are incredible! Thank you Maria for the beautiful cover and

Christmas wisjes!

Sent: 6 December 2015   Received: 18 December 2015   TRavelled: 12 days

Canadian Christmas wishes

Thanks to Rob for this beautiful Christmas envelope. Another year and 

another cat for Christmas. Also a beautiful vintage embossed rose card

and a snowflake! 

Sent: 27 November 2015   Received: 9 December 2015   Travelled: 12 days

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC from 1963 to the present day. The programme depicts the adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord— a space and time-travelling humanoid alien. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Accompanied by companions, the Doctor combats a variety of foes, while working to save civilisations and help people in need.
Source: Wikipedia

Hehehe thanks to SprinkleStar for this cool card of Doctor Who 

(swap-bot) I've never seen this series and I should get around to watching 

it soon as I'm running out of Sci Fi shows to watch once I catch up to 

finishing Star Trek:TNG.

Sent: 15 Oct   Received: 27 Oct 2015   Travelled: 12 days

Palindrome day card

Thanks to Rob for this special postal card sent on Palindrome date 5-10-2015

The old stamps and cancellation are super awesome! <3 <3 <3

Sent: 5-10-2015   Received: 20 October 2015   Travelled: 15 days

Flammulated Owl (Red Phase)

Photography: Tim Fitzharris 1999

Another beautiful owl postcard from Tom affixed with great stamps of the Common Mussel and the Lesser Octopus. Both stamps are from the 2007 Sea Life issue. 

Sent: 26 Sept 2015 Received: 6 Oct Travelled: 10 days

Saw-whet Owl

The northern saw-whet owl has a round, light, white face with brown and cream streaks; they also have a dark beak and yellow eyes. They resemble the short-eared owl, because they also lack ear tufts, but are much smaller. The underparts are pale with dark shaded areas; the upper parts are brown or reddish with white spots. They are quite common, but hard to spot.

The northern saw-whet owl makes a repeated tooting whistle sound. Some say they sound like a saw being sharpened on a whetstone. They usually make these sounds to find a mate, so they can be heard more often April through June when they are looking for mates. Despite being more common in spring, they do vocalize year round.

Source:Wikipedia

Yay! another owlsome postcard for my collection!

Thanks to HelenGb from swap-bot for this card.

Sent: 31 August 2015   Received: 8 Sept 2015   Travelled: 8 days

Canadian Rockies

Dawn on Sentinel Pass Trail, Canadian Rockies

Thanks to Roxy via swap-bot for this beautiful view of the Canadian Rockies.

no postmark. Received: 14 July 2015

Newfoundland lads

Three jolly fisherman show of their catch - a sculpin.

Thanks to Diane for this postcard of smiling fishermen

Happy to have this card for my collection.

Sent: 14 July 2015   Received: 3 August 2015   Travelled: 20 days

The Golden Dragon

The Golden Dragon by Molly Harrison

Wow this card is beyond words, and I love learning about new fantasy artists.

Here a sleeping dragon on a crystal sphere and the fluffy lamb stamp :D

Thanks so much Jenn via swap-bot

Sent: 15 July 2015   Received: 4 August 2015   Travelled: 20 days

Together,we'll get ahead.

What do you think of when you see this card? It is rather spooky to 

have a headless family portrait but on the other hand, it's a funny

with the quote below it. Reminds me of that internet article I read

about old family pictures where the family member was posed for 

a picture after having passed away. 

Thanks to Bonnie for the strange card for the People Postcard swap via swap-bot.

Received: 4 August 2015

Dinosaur mail

Wow this fantastic mail arrived from Canada.Inside was a beautiful postcard,

a new type of postcard and the Stamp newsletter of Canada post with the 

awesome front cover of my peculiar collection of dinosaurs :) Also on the 

cover of the envelope the full set of the Love Your Pets stamp issue ,there's even a 

tabby cat in a cone that's almost a copy of my own tabby, plus some dinosaur 

stamps. Big thank you to Rob for this surprise!

Sent: 24 May 2015   Received: 5 June 2015   Travelled: 12 days

The Kiss

 

"A couple stopped to kiss in the crowd, and for a moment stood 

just like the famous Robert Doisneau photograph"

Text and illustration by Jason Brooks 2014 ,from Paris Postcards

Thanks to HelenGB via swap-bot for the lovely illustration card

Sent: 13 July 2015   Received: 31 July 2015   Travelled: 18 days

Canada Comes Home

Received this prepaid postcard in the mail today sent by a friend.

Thanks to Dini for the extra smiles and personalised cat photo!

Received: 13 May 2015