I'm Back Again

                   Blog # 1627--- Day 997 of the Current  ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine   

                                                                       GLORY TO UKRAINE 

Howdy folks, it's been a long time, way too long in fact. It's not like I have been away all this time, but I have been away  some of the time.  Once to Vancouver Island and then 2 weeks down in the Caribbean. Other than those times , it was just life moving along, including a major milestone birthday for my Lovely Teena. 

I continued to receive lots of cards, I have a great pile of them  on my desk now. I don't know if I will ever catch up , but I am determined to plug away at them and reduce the pile by the end of the year. It'll be a big task though. 

Now on to the cards. 

I mentioned our Vancouver Island trip earlier and my first card is one that My Lovely Teena purchased in Coombs. She didn't post it there but brought it back to Airdrie to post for World Postcard Day on October 1st. Coombs is famous for goats on the roof of a famous store and market building. Maybe this billygoat could be one of the resident goats on the roof. Resident or not, he's certainly a proud and handsome fellow. 

 Teena posted this card for World Postcard Day and used a Norman Jewison stamp that was issued on July 24th of this year. 

Well that feels good , to be back Live on The Blog. I'm back baby , I'm back .

The second card for today arrived from Kutaisi, Georgia. It actually shows the town square in Batumi, about 160 km from Kutaisi, Looks like a nice spot. It might be called Miracle Park but I'm not positive of that.

 

Alena sent this card and used 2 stamps. The left stamp was issued in 1913, 1 of 3 in a set showing A. Kalandadze paintings. The right stamp , from 2020, commemorates the 65th Anniversary of Public Television Broadcasting in Georgia. 

I have one more card for this time. I have to get back at it slowly you know. So the last card for today is from sunny Bermuda.  It's a fine picture of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her late husband HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. 

This card arrived with  3 fine stamps courtesy of Jean Pierre. Left to right they are -  From 2024, 1 of 6 in a set showing Fruits. Then from 2022, a stamp marking the 70th Accession of HM Queen Elizabeth II . Lastly , from 2006, 1 of 6 in a set of definitives showing Shells.

There you have it, my first update in many , many days. Thanks for todays cards go to My Lovely Teena, Alena and Jean Pierre.

Bye for now.