This and That: A Blog

 To round out March's Animal theme for Thursday Postcard Hunt we have Young animals.  A well dressed Bushel of Pork. Arkansas State Fair in Hot Springs -  Copyright 1907 Was " A long pull, a strong pull, a pull together ..." a way of saying " Come one, come all ..."? What's Going On? - postmark 1939 When Dogs are Puppies - postmark 1908  Oregon Young Wild Animals  raccoon, bobcat, red fox, elk  Next week is April, and the theme will be Colors of Spring.  First up will be pink .

 Animals on the Farm is this week's theme for Thursday Postcard Hunt .  "Interior of Stable" by  Moreland c. 1908-1914 Ohio Farmlife Tillamook , Oregon Dairy Cows Pets are the Animals for next week.

 St. Vincent de Paul had some small boxes of ephemera a few weeks ago.  I love looking through those!   I found quite a few postal cards. Postal cards are government issue postcards with a printed stamp.  The first official postal card was issued by the Austro-Hungarian Empire on Oct. 1, 1869.  A year later Germany issued their first. Germany then quickly became known for publishing postcards, especially in the Golden Age  of postcard production, 1890s-1914.  A few months later the UK joined in, followed by many other countries.  The U.S. was late to the game, the first postal card being published in 1873. Region: Bavaria, Germany Freistaat Bayern (Free State of Bavaria) postal card issued c. 1919, shortly after Bavaria declared itself a Free State within the Weimar Republic.  It is overprinted after the fall of the Bavarian Socialist Republic.   Saargebiet (Saar Basin) The Saar Basin was administrated by the League of Nations ...

 Lights in Windows is this week's Thursday Postcard Hunt theme.  State Capitol Buildings by night were popular postcard images. Georgia c.1930s - 1940s Indiana c.1930s - 1940s North Carolina c.1930-1935 Lights were always shining at the 24 hour Safeway in Jantzen Beach, on Hayden Island, Portland, Oregon... until 2018 when it closed.  Hayden Island is a popular shopping spot for Vancouver, Washington residents, as it's just across the I-5 bridge, and being in Oregon there is no sales tax! I was going to stop there, but got this Postcrossing one a few days ago from Ann Marie, and it fit the theme too perfectly not to include it.  The Light theme next week is Light or Bright Colors. 

 Reflections is the theme this week for Thursday Postcard Hunt .  Germany Pavilion at Epcot, Disney World, Florida. Crater Lake, Oregon, is the deepest lake in the United States.  Sparks Lake and South Sister (one of the Three Sisters and third highest mountain in the state) in Oregon. Light continues next week with Snowy Scenes. 

Shadow Shot Sunday (Mister Linky below)    The Weekend in Black and White

 Buildings will be in our Scenery or Landscapes this week for Thursday Postcard Hunt .  Multnomah Falls, Oregon and  Multnomah Lodge c1930s Hidalgo Street, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico with Cuernavaca Cathedral in center background. c1920s Kreuzeckhaus , a lodge in the Bavarian alps, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen,  Germany. Postmark 1958 Next Thursday is the last in November, and the theme for Scenery or Landscapes is Multiview.  Day 20 NaBloPoMo  

  Brown is the color for Thursday Postcards ' Colors of Autumn theme this week.   Brown Donkeys The Lavender Open Pit Copper Mine  which was near Bisbee, Arizona, wasn't lavender in color, it was  brown . It was named for Harrison M. Lavender. postcard © 1976 Bruce the Dragon is a roadside attraction in Christmas Valley, Oregon. Next week brings us to the last of the Autumn Color theme,  Hallowe'en or Black   

 The Colors of Autumn is the theme for October's Thursday Postcard Hunt . This first week is the color Orange .  Mt. Hood, Oregon and pear orchards in autumn. Postcrossing card from Belarus Autumn can become warmer than summer when it is dressed in love. Harvest Time in Massachusetts  Next week's autumn color postcards will be Yellow .

Skywatch Friday  A few years ago I went to Salem, OR to accompany someone taking a professional state license exam (Salem being the state capital).  While there we visited the OHS Museum of Mental Health.  Opened first as an "asylum" in 1883, it was still a hospital when used as a filming location for  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.  It certainly seems highly inappropriate now that employees, including the superintendent, were cast in the film, and even more so that patients were involved, behind the scenes, as well as on-screen.  There is no public record of their consent, if they were even able to give it.  Of course, there is a new hospital now, on the same grounds.   While it's not a happy place to visit, I do recommend it if you are ever in Salem.  It was eye-opening to see exhibits and read about the patients and "treatments."  So many women were keep against their wills due to their husbands claiming they were acting "crazy...

 This week's Thursday Postcard Hunt theme is Your Happy Place (beaches, mountains, parks, cities, resorts, cruises...)  My happy places are the cold, foggy beaches of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. No sunny sandy swimming Southern CA beaches for me!   Ecola State Park , Oregon  Oregon beach with Heceta Head Lighthouse   Sea Stacks on the Oregon Coast  An Oregon Coast Beach Scene The Pacific Ocean Seacoast  Sea Lion Rocks, Oregon Coast  Next week begins a new theme for August, Illustrations.  First will be Maps.