A tuk tuk is a three wheeled bicycle with a seat in either the front or back for passengers, and an awning or umbrella for cover.   at some point, motorized tuk tuks arrived, making the trip much easier on the driver. I've now exhausted my tuk tuk cards, so you all will be relieved to know this is a one off theme ..read more

  a magnificient baobab that can grow up to 100 feet with a massive trunk that stores water from the rainy season. for Sunday Stamps, an endangered tree that has been around for thousands of years ..read more

  CATURDAY ..read more

  Glasgow Corporation Transport yellow cabs of NYC   a cream coloured tram in Germany truly a reason to visit Wuppertal!  it began operation in 1901 and, not to ignore the buses... this "fall fantasy" is one of four seasonally decorated trolley buses from Dayton, Ohio.   below, with a ubiquitous Mountie and a few tulips, is one from Ottawa. some ways to get around the city for Thursday Postcard Hunt ..read more

melt in your mouth cookies stuffed with a delicious walnut, pistachio, or date filling.  2024 edition of Eid stamp ..read more

 corona ..read more

We are in the exciting grips (and endless media coverage) of Eclipse fever in my part of the world and are praying for a clear day - or at the very least, a clear hour between 3 pm and 4 pm tomorrow! this is called 'return of the sun' by Inuit artist Kenokuak (1980) and below, we have the Europa 'flaming sun' from 1972 showing the sun over Niagara Falls, Hopewell Rocks, and Spillars Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador I have my glasses ready!  Happy viewing to anyone who is in the path of totality, or even in the outskirts (sorry, Eva ..read more

  CATURDAY ..read more

  from China and a ferry from Hong Kong or, for something a little more away from it all, a boat in cottage country or, even more bucolic, an early sunrise in a canoe ..read more

 a French tradition ..read more