Good day and welcome to my blog!It's a nice sunny day in the American Midwest.  For the eclipse on Monday, we had only a few high clouds - perfect viewing weather.  What an amazing sight!Anyhow, it's time for Sunday Stamps.  Our theme this week is trees or leaves.  I am going to bend the theme this week to stretch it to rose bushes:An older Great Britain stamp -though I ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It's a cool cloudy day in the American Midwest, and it's time for Sunday stamps.The them this week is Green, or Irish stamps.  I don't have any ready scans of Irish stamps, so green it is.This is one of a set of Spring stamps released just yesterday.  Each stamp shows a hummingbird and flowers.  This is the greenest one of the lot, and ..read more

 Hello and welcome to my blog.  It's a cool sunny day in the American Midwest, and time for Sunday Stamps.The theme this week is illustrations.  I have a stamp issued last year, still available on the USPS website:A stamp honoring children's book author Tomie dePaola (1934 - 2020). He has a varied body of work: folktales, legends, informational books, religious and holiday stories ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to a cold but sunny day in the American Midwest.  The snow that fell yesterday and the day before is not melting.It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is blue.I have a clever interpretation for you today:Bluegrass music!  This stamp will be available on March 14, 2024.  The instruments pictured are the core of a bluegrass band.  The "high and ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.It is a normal temperature today in the American Midwest, after two day of warmth (55 - 65 Degrees F).It's time for Sunday Stamps.  The theme this week is calligraphy.  I don't have any stamps that feature a typeface that looks like handwriting, but I do have a stamp that may fit the theme:A USA stamp available now, honoring women ..read more

 Good Day and welcome to my blog.  It is a cold but sunny day in the American Midwest.It's time for Sunday Stamps.The theme this week is lighthouses.  Having no stamps in hand, I went searching on the internet and found an ebay seller with this set from 2021:The whole sheet.  These are forever stamps.  The brick one is Navesink, New Jersey.See more participants at ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool and cloudy wintery afternoon in the American Midwest.  It is time for Sunday Stamps. and the theme this week is trees.I have some stamps I shared back in 2011:These older stamps from Poland came from a lot I purchased on ebay.  The trees shown are pear (on the left) and cherry (on the right).  Thank you to Google translate ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cold cloudy day in the American Midwest.It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is writers or poets.  I have a stamp that will be released on Feb. 6, 2024, of the Canadian-American writer Saul Bellow:Scenes of Chicago are in the background, a city he is closely associated with.  He won a number of literary prizes, including the ..read more

Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a bright cloudless day in the American Midwest - and 3 degrees F!It's time for Sunday Stamps.  The theme is Bridges.  I am sharing a stamp from 2012, back in my Postcrossing days:It's almost Chinese New Year, so it's appropriate to share this stamp of a beautiful arched bridge.I hope your 2024 is going well so far!See more participants at ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cloudy day in the American Midwest, and it is snowing lightly.  It's just enough to cover the grass, nothing major.This week's theme is places of worship.  Having no stamps in hand, I searched on the internet and found a set of stamps for sale:This is a set of stamps issued for Berlin, showing the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church ..read more