Browsed by
Month: July 2020

Stamps #01

Stamps #01

China:

When I worked for a bank in Edinburgh I had customers who, in the course of their work, corresponded with academics all over the world. When they discovered that I had an interest in philately they were kind enough to provide me with the envelopes from their worldwide correspondence. The result is that I have quite a large supply of stamps to share with you on this blog. Watch this space.

I recently saw a video on how to use the app ”Photomyne” to scan and save photographs digitally.
Although I have many photographs with which to experiment I chose to start by scanning some envelopes and individual stamps as Patty had been clearing out a box of “stuff” and came across my collection of stamps / envelopes hailing from the 1970’s onwards.
I thought I’d start with these:

Federal Friday Festivity

Federal Friday Festivity

Playlist: Something Stupid (see sunscreen below) – The Mavericks

Tomorrow is Independence Day but, as that is a Saturday, the official Federal holiday is today, Friday July 3rd. The last few days have been uncomfortable for me with my blood pressure causing concern and the frustrating inability to get out on my bike. The combination of Sahara dust and high heat index denying me the ability to cycle my BP down to an acceptable level.

All that changed today as the morning temperature was in the 80°F range and the dust haze seemed to have subsided so I was able to cycle a few miles and restore my BP to normal levels. Of course now my knees hurt and my arms are red because I forgot to use sunscreen but you can’t have everything!