Goats on the Roof, Guyane and a Vought F-8 Crusader

 

Blog # 1648 --- Day 1174 ( That's One Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Four Days ) Since the Start of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of UKRAINE .        

                                                                

                                                                GLORY TO UKRAINE

Let me start off this blog update by wishing all you Mothers out there Happy Mother's Day. This day honouring Moms has been celebrated since 1907. Since we are all about postcards , here is an old postcard celebrating Mothers from 1916.

Okay , now back to real time postcards. Let's take a look at this one from Coombs, B.C, Canada.  Coombs is a small community on Vancouver Island in the Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, situated on provincial highway 4A approximately 10 km west of Parksville. According to the 2021 census, Coombs is home to 1672 people.

Teena's card shows the roof of the original Old Country Market which was created in 1973. Besides all the great stuff from all over the world, the Old Country Market is also famous for the resident Goats on the Roof.  Here is Teena's card. 

Teena used a 2024 Diwali stamp on her card. Nice to see a clear and readable postmark on this one. 

Teena and I had and enjoyed a short 4 day spring getaway to Vancouver Island . We always like going back to the Island and Parksville where we lived 9 years ago.

Next is a card from French Guiana.  French Guiana is an overseas department of France on the northeast coast of South America, composed mainly of tropical rainforest. The ruins of 17th-century Fort Cépérou overlook the capital, Cayenne, with its colorful Creole houses and street markets.

Jean Pierre's card shows some of the buildings in Saint Laurent Du Maroni, the second most populous city of French Guiana, with 50,250 inhabitants at the January 2021 census. The town was founded in 1858 and was formerly the arrival point for prisoners.

Jean Pierre used a French stamp highlighting Guyane or French Guiana. 

Here's the final card for today. Here we see a Vought F-8 Crusader, a carrier based fighter. The Crusader was a single engine, supersonic, carrier-based jet aircraft developed by American aircraft company Vought. It had a top speed of 1,975 km/h and was in service from between 1957 and 1999. The Crusader saw service with the French Navy, the Philippines Air Force, The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. A total of 1,219 Crusaders were built. 

Dominique used a 2025 stamp honouring French singer and actress Juliette Greco.

Well there you have it , another update to The Blog. Thanks for the cards this time go out to My Lovely Teena, Jean Pierre and Dominique.

Cheers.