
Posting vignettes based on great postcards found in my mail box and elsewhere.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Squeeze Me! Beg Your Pardon

Saturday, September 18, 2010
Grass On Your Roof


Sunday, September 12, 2010
Speaking of Fish: or what one fish said to another

This somewhat macabre image comes from Vickie in Taiwan, a Postcrosser. She translates a Chinese proverb but a lot got lost in the translation. It is something about the two fish talking to each other on the line. One asks why the other is still laughing and the other replies because I'm lucky to still see the sky and not hang in the market. I searched the Internet but couldn't come up with any matches, so if any of you have a clue how this works please let me know.
The image is reminiscent of many fish caches in Alaska this time of year. Fish are hung and dried and smoked in the open air and the odor of smoked fish is everywhere, especially along the coastlines and river villages. Its a strong scent but after you've lived here a few years you come to expect and enjoy its pungent odor which signifies fall has arrived.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Alaska, the big one

Alaska is so big you can put Texas, California, Montana within its borders and still have plenty of room for Idaho. Now that's big.
Compared to the world's countries, Alaska ranks 15th in size, just a little smaller than Lybia and nearly 27,000 square miles larger than Iran.
A few other facts, Alaska has the most coastline of any state and half the world's glaciers.
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