Skies ...
The skies around Seattle are getting off to an interesting start for the new year. After clouds created a beautiful sunset on the first, we've had a blast of cold, clear air that has created its own kind of beauty.
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| Jan 1st 4:27 PM |
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| Jan 1st 4:32 PM |
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| Jan 2nd 4:20 PM |
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| Space Needle Sunrise Jan 4th 8:07 AM Clear, cold morning! |
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| Jan 4th 4:29 PM Sunset at 236° WSW on this date. Looking over Puget Sound from Seattle Southern portion Olympic Mtn Range far distance at right. This is as clear as we are going to get for a sunset. |
We are linking up with Skywatch Friday where many bloggers share their sky photos. Well worth checking out and thanks to Yogi♪♪♪ for hosting the linkup!
POSTCARDS ...
The theme this week at Maria's Postcards for the Weekend is "trains/trams". Trains make up one of the largest categories of old postcards in our collection, so we were delighted to see this theme. Thanks to Maria for hosting the linkup!
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| The Overland Limited -- Chicago, Omaha, San Francisco Published by The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway |
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| A Private Mailing Card Postmarked October 12, 1905 (No ZIP code needed!) |
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| The Colorado Special Chicago - Omaha - Denver Published by The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway |
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| Postmarked February 14, 1913 One Cent Postage |
Well, sort of. Although some have said the new political agenda is to make it 1950 again in the USA, we are talking about the CALENDAR. Yes, 2017 is the same as 1950 when it comes to the calendar and the way the days are aligned. The evidence is in the image below, our 1950 wall calendar from one of the transcontinental railroads!
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| Railroad Give-away 1950 Wall Calendar Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railway AKA The Milwaukee Road |
The company was the Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul, and Pacific Railway, and the calendar was published in celebration of "Opening Our Second Century". As is fairly common with wall calendars, it showed three months at a time and the pages were to be torn off as the year progressed. Our favorite part of the calendar is the image at the top showing one of their passenger trains roaring down the tracks. These calendars are popular with collectors and it is fairly rare to find one in good condition with all the pages still intact.
Closing thought ...
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
W. Somerset Maugham
Mine was a sunrise this week though not as impressive as your sunsets. Great postacrds you showed this week with some grant trains on
ReplyDeleteI can't make the writing out on the post card.
ReplyDeleteWow some beautiful sky pictures.
Like the old calendar with the train on it.
Nice sunset pictures, for sure. It looks like some kind of pet name, in quotes, like maybe "Jinni Pandi"???
ReplyDeleteThe language seems to be Finnish (I recognize 'terve', which means 'hello' / 'health'). And translate.google confirms this, that is, the first two words 'Täällä Chicagossa' mean 'Here in Chicago', and 'kaunis kun kesälla' must be 'beautiful as summer'. But I am unable to read the rest well enough to type it correct in the online translator.. :-)
ReplyDeleteSure there ust be blog readers who are fluent in Finnish!?!
Beautiful pictures!
DeleteAmazing sky shots.I really like the Space Needle with the sun behind it.Enjoy the weekend and make sure to get more photos. :)
ReplyDeletePostcards and sunsets. I like them both and you have some great examples in your post. So were these brief notes on post cards texting in those days?
ReplyDeleteGreat cards and I liked the history of private mailing cards - thanks.
ReplyDeleteWow - stunning sky shots.
ReplyDeleteMy trip to Seattle has been postponed again! I'm pining for watching these skies in person ... Perhaps this isn't the "right time"...
ReplyDeleteI'm happy that you like our theme this weekend! Thanks for sharing that postcard with the photo almost written all over. It's puzzling indeed why someone would do that! Thanks for sharing the history for Private Mailing Card, too! Now I understand more on why I see these phrases "for correspondence" and "for address only" on opposite sides at the back of some postcards.
Hello, gorgeous sky shots. The colors are stunning. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeletelove those skyscapes
ReplyDeleteI like the angle of the calendar photo, looks a magnificent beast. Vibrant sunsets, ours have been pale pink and purple recently, almost watercolour skies.
ReplyDelete"It's 1950 All Over Again!
ReplyDeleteWell, sort of. Although some have said the new political agenda is to make it 1950 again in the USA, we are talking about the CALENDAR. Yes, 2017 is the same as 1950 when it comes to the calendar and the way the days are aligned."
Isn't that weird?? What a coincidence. The 1950's sound pretty good to me. Of course, my frame of reference is Happy Days, which was made in the 1970's about the 1950's. I hope poodle skirts make a comeback.
I wish I could translate that language! My guess is something Nordic. It seems to have those double dots over some of the letters that make me want to say Haagen Das. I also notice the address is just a name and a city. Haha! Imagine that these days.
I love ancient trains.And modern ones!
ReplyDeleteHi John, your posts are always so nice! I haven't been commenting for several weeks, thanks for your kind comment.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very Happy New Year.
Best regards from Turin.
Really great cards John. I'm with Heleen about the card being Finnish. I don't "know" it, but it has the feel of the language.
ReplyDeleteDid not know about the differences between government cards and private ones...so interesting. Thanks for posting! I have so much to learn about postcards!
I *love* the colors in the January 1st shot! Very beautiful picture.
ReplyDeleteI also really like the colors on the Colorado special card. Very neat that it is in a foreign language. And I enjoyed your history on the government mailing cards.
Nothing is as majestic as the skies. So evident in your photos. It seems there's never a bad shot of the heavens, right?
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