A Postcard A Day - Details

Listing ID: 650

Title: A Postcard A Day

Description: Travel by postcard - posting at least one, chosen at random, each day.

Category: Recreation : Travel

Owner: Sheila

listed on: May 17, 2008 12:51:01 PM

Number Hits: 9 times

Recent Posts:

Africa - Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:23:43 PDT

A wonderful map of Africa which had me mystified for a while.  I wondered if it was a fabrication, an attempt to make it appear an old map but created relatively recently.  I have a very old atlas dating from around 1840 and in there Africa is largely blank.  This seems to have very much more detail. But it doesn't, not really.  I happened upon aworld history sitewhich had a page analysing this very map and gave me all the answers I needed.  It was drawn by the Dutch cartographer,Willem Blaeu, in the early 17th century.  The analysis points out that the empty spaces are taken up with drawings of animals and the seas are full of ships, many flying Dutch flags.

Persil washes whiter - Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:22:59 PDT

Persil on voittamaton pesuaine - se onkin ihastuttanut naispiirit  kaikissa sivistysmaissa. Kun Te haluatte saada puhtainta ja raikkainta pesua vähimmällä vaivannäollä, niin ottakaa avuksenne Persil. "When you want to get the cleanest and crisp while minimizing laundering efforts, then take help from Persil." This reproduction of an old detergent poster reminds me in style of the old ads we used to have in the UK.  At least this one was a straightforward appeal to minimise effort unlike the ones where one little girl or boy didn't have such sparkling white shirt or dress.  Even as a child I could see what that was trying to do.

Two trees - Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:13:28 PDT

Two very similar cards, both rather wintry looking, and both arrived in this very warm month of July.