BORING POSTCARDS

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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on July 10, 2022 at 9:26am

SUNDAY MORNING's THEME: RELIGIOUS BORING POSTCARDS

1. Qumran, Holy Land

This is a 'Cistern dating back to the the 8th centuryBC. The priceless Biblical manuscripts the DeadSea Scrolls were found in a nearby cave'

2. 'The Hand of God', Rodin Museum, Paris, France

3. Priscilla's Catacombe 1, Rome, Italy

4. Priscilla's Catacombe 2, Rome, Italy

Comment by Richard Canard on July 6, 2022 at 7:39pm

06.07.22 Dare Mister Valentine Mark Herman, ...such a bizarre circumstantial  oddity.   But no relation---my background is English (New England  & even the  Salem Witch Trials --both sides if the issue---it of course, was all about "property") & on the other side: Nawf Karolinah tobacco farmers near Winston-Salem ( i.e. "Camel" cigarettes).

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on July 6, 2022 at 9:50am

A BORED TUNISIAN CAMEL (that is neiher a duck nor a canard)

This was also sent to the CANARD family.

Tell us more about your relatives, please, M. Richard!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on July 6, 2022 at 9:41am

INTRODUCING....THE SCHLITTEUR

A schlitteur is a man who transports wood on a schlitte which is a kind of sledge. This schlitte seems to move over logs on the ground.

Why is our Mr Schlitteur looking so misrerable? Because he is tired of waiting for it to snow in the Vosges, France, so he can schlitte more easily? Becaue he is tired of schlitting? Because....?

Any which way it makes for a Boring Postcard.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on July 6, 2022 at 9:29am

Deary Monsieur Canard,

The Welwitschia postcard was sent from Swaziland on 1é August 1986 to:

M. et Mme CANARD,

12 Ave de Lido,

11370 Leucate Plage,

France

If 'your' Canards are still there now, we are almost neighbours!

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on July 6, 2022 at 9:13am

Dobre Miasto (formerly also Dobremiasto, German: Guttstadt) - a service and industrial centre in the Olsztyn Lake District on the Łyna River, approximately 25 km north of Olsztyn. One of the towns of the Olsztyn agglomeration. The postcard, sent in 1975, shows Freedom Square, the main square of the town.

Comment by Richard Canard on July 5, 2022 at 4:21pm

05.07.22 Dare Mister Valentine Mark Herman, ....It's all sort of "hit & miss" educational experience  but things like the Welwitschia mirabilis plant always turn out to be an ironic  fascinating treat for a "Boring Postcard". Thanks for sharing. SinCelery, richard c. 

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on July 5, 2022 at 3:47pm

THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE MOST BORING EVER POSTCARDS I HAVE COME ACROSS! WHAT IS IT?

It's a Welwitschia mirabilis plant from the Namibian desert. These plants can be over 5,000 years old, and are reputedly the oldest living things on earth.

'It is out of the question the most wonderful plant ever brought to this country, and one of the ugliest.' This was the response of the Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, in 1863 when presented with a Welwitschia plant.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on July 5, 2022 at 3:32pm

WATERY ONES

1. Chessman Isle, Vietnam2. 'Floriano', 'Deodoro' & 'Benjamin' Falls, Foz doIguaco, Brazil3. Perroquet fish4. Palambaggia, Porto Vecchio, Corsica5. And one from Katerina -- thank you! --Chania, Crete, Greece

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on July 4, 2022 at 10:28am

Krosno - a town in south-eastern Poland, at the turn of the 20th century a centre of oil extraction. On the postcard the building of the oil miner's community centre. Postcard from the 1980s.

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