BORING POSTCARDS

LA FORET LANDAISE, LA LANDEA, FRANCE -- the only mildly interesting (ha!) thing about this Boring Postcard is to be found at the base of the tree, front left. Either someone has extracted some sap from the tree, or a picnic-er has left behind a couple of cups.

LA TOUR, GUISE, FRANCE -- even the sheep isn't interested in the Tower

(SNOW) BALLS! GRENOBLE, FRANCE -- when the fountain froze up

THE NEEDLE AND THE AVAL DOOR, ETRETAT, NORMANDY, FRANCE -- aka   rocks'n'holes

OK, SO WE'VE GOT 2 GUITARS AND 4 SINGERS, SO ALL WE NEED IS A DRUMMER AND A FEW MORE MUSICIANS AND WE'RE IN BUSINESS.....OR 3IT'S ONLY ROCK'N'RILL, BUT I LIKE IT, LIKE IT, YES I DO"

CHATEAU-THIERRY, AISNE, FRANCE -- The famous 17th century French poet Jean de la Fontaine was born here, and the Chateau is now a museum

AERIAL VIEW OF THE THERMAL CENTER AT BLENOD-LES-PONT-A-MOUSSON, FRANCE (and the architect was Jean Payeton, who possibly won a medal or two for it).

INSTRUCTION CENTER FOR AUXILIARY GENDARMES, AUXRRE, FRANCE ('auxiliaries' at Auwerre -- ha!)

LE CRET DE CHALAME, JURA, FRANCE

LE FUNICULAIRE DU SALON DU CAPUCIN (alt:1,643m), MONT-DORE, PUY-DE-DOME, FRANCE

THREE FROM THRANCE

1. Flowery Garden (with empty red recliner), Ile de Bréhat

2. Lots of campsites at Cromenach

3. Le Pont de l'Abime, Les Gorges du Loup, Cote d'Azur

EXCAVATIONS OF SALT FOUNTAINS, ST-PIERRE-SOUS-VEZELAY, FRANCE

1. Hot public swimming Gallo-Roman baths for Gallo-Roman men

2. Ornamental Lake Worship Holy Bath, 1st century BC

THREE MORE FROM THREE COUNTRIES FROM THE ONE AND ONLY MIKEL UNTZILLA -- thanks, thanks, thanks

1 .Gateway of India and Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay, India

2. Salou, Costa Daurada, Spain

3. The Queen's Guard's Hall, Chateau de Versailles, France (with ceiling painted by Noel Coypel)

SIX BORING POSTCARDS FOUND AT A SUNDAY FLEA MARKET IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE TODAY

1. Splendid Hotel (sic), Therems, France

2. Gentiane flowers, Auvergne mountains, France

3.Le Puy de Come and the Puy de Dome volcanos, Auvergne, France

4. Le Puy de Dome volcano (again), Auvergne, France

5. Glacier (4,208m) Chamonix Mont-Blance, Haute-Savoie, France

6. Grand St Barnard Hospice, Mont Blanc, Switzerland

A few more boring cards are on their way to you today.
Thanks for the reminder. 
Mim

My 'problem' with boring cards is the fact that postcards, which at first sight I think boring, come to live when I put off my -2 glasses and see the nice details...

While my reptile brain thinks 'boring', my human brain concluders that 'The' boring card hardly exists... 

But I'll have a try to find cards which keep on being boring at second sight and of course I then must send them to you, Val.

Season's Greetings¡

Thanks Heleen,

I suggest you read my very first introductry comment to Boring Postcards on page 84 of this Group.

When I find a box of postcards at a flea market, I flick through them quickly to see if there are any boring ones. It's a quick and basically non-intellectual process -- 'Is this postcard boring or not?'

Later, when I get to look at these postcards more critically I think 'Well there might be something of interest here'. And sometimes there is. But most often there isn't.

Last comment: there is a danger of over-intellectualising this and making it to arty-farty. Keep It Simple Folks. Andd Keep It Boring, too

"I LOVE HOLLAND"  ....but not hot dogs.... FROM HELEEN

Message from Heleen to Val:

"OK. After thorough research I concluded this postcard is boring. If only the stroopwafels [the biscuits, bottom left] would have been real stroopwafels, this card would have been less boring (I love stroopwafels), but in this case this card wouldn't have reached you because it would have been eaten."

Message from Val to Heleen:

"Thanks. It's a strange card. In fact it's 4 Boring mini-Pöstcards. And then it's not obvious that each of the four bits have anything, or much, to do with Holland. Are the sweets traditionally Dutch? Not in my experience. Are these yellow discs cheeses? They could be curling pucks. Are the black things supposed to be clogs/klompen? They look more like Crocs:  clogs should be wooden and unpainted. And the stroopwafels? No comment...I don't like them, they stick in my teeth."

And then, about the postage stamp there is more....

Heleen writes:

"ugly boring stamp, too. (I don't like meat/hotdogs...and don't like that artist either)"

Val writes:

I,wonder why i) the Dutch Post Office decided to put this image on one of it's postage stamps,and ii) why it couldn't find a Dutch artist/stamp designer instead of an American one? iii) It looks to me mofre like a stripey rocket emerging from a rugby ball or American football. (Or even a stripey condom emerging from....)

Thanks Heleen!

Lake Rożnowskie, Zalew Rożnowski - a dam reservoir in the Małopolskie Voivodeship, created by damming up the Dunajec River. It was built to even out the flow of the river and to reduce the flood wave , and consequently the Vistula River. The investment was accelerated by a catastrophic flood in 1934. The Rożnowskie Lake, created in 1941, is an attractive reservoir for tourists. Its developed shoreline and steep, largely wooded shores make it a place with a diverse landscape. There are several tourist and summer resorts along the lake Postcard sent in 1977.

SIX MORE FROM MIM -- ANDD SIX LOTS OF THANKS TO MIM!

1.Arlington Cemetery, Washington DC, USA

2.Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington DC, USA

"The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery is set in a paved format Terrace, rising above a sweep of green lawn and attended by a lone sentinel keeping his constant vigil. The rear panel of the white marble tomb bears this insctription: Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known to God. It stands today as a memorial to all American soldiers and sailors who lost their lives in WW 1."

3. Old World Pavilion at the Jameston Festival, VA, USA

"Showing the patio of the Mermaid Tavern in the foreground. The 'Old World Heritage' exhibit, presented by the British Government, portrays events that led to the first permanent English settlement in North America, at Jamestown, VA, on May 13, 1607."

4.  Farmville Methodist Church Farmville, VA, USA

5. Dining Room, Showing Washington Collection, Washington HQ

6. Titania's Veil, Luray, VA, USA

"The beautiful caverns of Luray.... Here beneaty the earth's crust are scenes of awe-inspiiring  beauty. Parts of the Caverns are as much as 300 feet uderground. This colorful display captures the spirit in name and mind."

HOWEVER, AND WHICHEVER,WAY I LOOK AT THIS BORING POSTCARD

.....Iook at the paintings on the wall, the clothese that the people are wearing, the way they are standing, but my eyes seem to be inevitably draw to the tiny display of cleavage of the lady in black.

But I probably shouldn't mention that on this family-friendly site, so instead I will look at some more modestly dressed young ladies (and a couple of men) from Tahiti...

2. "Otea" Dancing Girls

"Oteea"? Oh yeah!

FRENCH GOOSE -- THINKING ABOUT GETTING STUFFED WITH SWEET CORN, AND THEN BEING STUFFED (fOrce-fed) WITH SWEET CORN. HOW SWEET!  WELL MAYBE NOT FOR THE GOOSE . HOW CORNY? YES!

A VERY BORING POSTCARD INDEED -- which, to me, raises lots of questions about why on earth anyone would want to produce a Postcard featuring a dozen shrimps, let alone how they managed to get the shrimps to arrane themselves in such a neat formation. Perhaps there is an alternative universe of anf for shrimps and their Postcards? Any ideas?

I'm surprised you didn't know about the National Norwegian Shrimp Ballet? 

BORING POSTCARD OF BORED LOOKING DOG...PLUS VAL'S CAT TAKING NO NOTICE OF THE POSTCARD ON HIS FOOT

Hi Carien, I'm surpised that you think the shrimps are ballet-ing. I thought they were in some sort of sports game, maybe getting ready for the 2024 Olympics. Are you really, really sure that they are Norwegian?

After a quick research online the shrimps on the card can either be Vannamei (Asian) or from Argentina. Either way, their choreography is pretty outstanding, don't you agree?

Btw, what is the name of your cat? And does your cat like shrimps? What shrimps in particular?

BORING POSTCARDS OF ME AND MY NON-ELECTRIC WALKINg FRAME

Bonjour Carien,

My SIamese cat is called Mr. Boots.

Why? Firstly, because he has very dark feets (and points) and they look like Boots. Secondly, because of Puss in Boots. And thirdly, to annoy the French and  remind them of Wellington...and his Boots.

Do you have a cat?

Miao, Mao et Moi

We had 3 cats, called Sunny, Luna and Desmo. They are deceased. The cat on the picture is a guest cat called Morrigan. She lives in the neighborhood but she likes to visit us for a hug and a nap.

TWO VERY BORING STILL LIFE POSTCARDS

1. La Cruche2.Haementhus mit Kniphofle

TWO FROM PETER WILSON --who said he 'had' to send them to me. Thanks, Peter!

1. Entrance to the Cleveland Hopkins Airport, Ohio, USA

"One of the largest and busiest municipally-owned airports in the world. [in 1980 -- doesn't seem all THAT big]. Covers approx 1,700 acres. Planes available for all points. Site of NASA and Lewis Research Centre."

2. Zanesville Municipal Airport, Ohio

"Located 6 miles east of Zanesville with modern facilities offers to the SE Ohio area --passengers, freight and charter services as provided by Lake Central Airlines and SE Ohio Air Service, Inc"

THREE MORE FROM MIKAEL -- thanks, thanks, thanks

1. Jumbo Floating Restaurant, China (I think)

2. Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Spain

3. Musée des Colonies, Exposition Coloniale Internationale,1931,  Paris, France

TWO FROM KARIEN -- bedankt, bedankt

1. General Assembly Hall, United Nations, NY, USA

Another busy day for international diplomats!

2. 'De Cantharel' Motel-Restaurant, Apeldoorn, Holland

Sorry 'Karien', that should have been 'Carien'!

OHIO IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT HAS BORING AIRPORT POSTCARDS -- HERE'S ONE FROM SCOTLAND -- with a nice selection of British cars from the 60's

Over to you Peter...

Hello VMH,  You posted the Zanesville Airport postcard twice, and skipped the Cleveland Airport postcard.  (Not that the Zanesville postcard isn't worth posting twice!)  PMW in beautiful Ohio, USA.

HELLO PMH. Sorry about that.

AND HERE BOYS AND GIRLS IS THE BORING CLEVLAND AIRPORT POSTCARD FROM PETER

"Located 6 miles east of Zanesville with modern facilities offers to the SE Ohio area --passengers, freight and charter services as provided by Lake Central Airlines and SE Ohio Air Service, Inc"

INTERESTING POSTCARDS IF YOU ARE A SHEEP OR A SHEPHERD, BUT BORING POSTCARDS IF YOU ARE NEITHER

1; 'The shepherd ad his sheep', France

2. Transhumance: Arrival at Bonperrier

'Transhumance' is not some sheep re-gendering programme butis when the sheep are moved up to the mountains, and back down, again to graze.

'Bonperrier' is not some sort of special Perrier bottled water

I have counted 589 sheep here: please can one of you verify that number? Thank you.

AND ANOTHER THREE FROM KATERINA

1. The 1896 Olympics Marle Stadium, Athens,

I ran in this Stadium (in 1986, not 1896). Compared to modern track and field stadia (?) it has an unconventional shape  - 2 very long straights, and two very short bends. I saw a group of athletes traing there and joned in. After running a few laps, I was getting used to the long straights and short bends, but then I was asked to leave as I was not a member of the training group. So I went and ran elsewhere

2. Partial view of Carystos, Greece

Michael, row the boat ashore.

I wondet what the full view of Carystos is like?

3. Paleocastritsa, Greece

No sign of Michael

AND ANOTHER THRE FROM MIKEL

1. Eglise de la Chaise-Dieu, La Haute Loire, France

2. Picos de Europa: Desde el Monte Subiedes, Spain

3. Abbaye Cistercienne de l'Escaladieu, Bonnemazon, France

TWO OLD BORING POSTCARDS OF SIGEAN, FRANCE (where I live)

1. The College

2. Fun and games outside l'église

TWO OLD BORING POSTCARDS OF CAMPSITES IN SIGEAN (where I live)

It’s so much fun to look at so many boring postcards.

I’m glad to see my cards here & know they can be seen by lots of people. 
thanks got this group Val

mim

full view? of Carystos:

or Karistos (as we say here :-)

Boring postcard... on its way to Sigean!

Ha!Ha! Katerina. Funny comment!

MAYBE THE COWS  AND/OR THE HERDSMEN DON'T FUND THESE POSTCARDS BORING.... and if you really want something to do count the cows

1. Cows grazing in the Pyrenees

2; Cows grazing L'Auvergne, France

PICKING TIME IN PROVENCE, FRANCE

1.Vendange -- grape picking

I picked grapes once. It was enjotyable, but hard work

2. Lavender picking