Fröhliche Weihnachten

Merry Christmas

Vietnam War Memorial

Washington, DC

A glimpse of one side of the wall and the Washington Monument in the distance

 

Bulgarian Old Towns and Villages

Melnick ~~ Plovdiv ~~ Koprivshtitsa

Bozhentsa ~~ Tryavna ~~ Elyra

Horses

From a Postcrossing pal in the Czech Republic

The Schiele Planetarium

James H Lynn Planetarium

Museum of Natural History

The Schiele

Gastonia, North Carolina

The stars are always out and the climate always perfect in the James H Lynn Planetarium, which is named for its first director.  It is the largest operational planetarium in the Metrolina region.  For information go to http://www.schielemuseum.org

Basketmaker ~ Old Sturbridge Village

Basketmaker

Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts

The basketmaker applies a handle to a finished basket.  This craft is one of the many demonstrated each day at Old Sturbridge Village where living history brings the past to life.

Read about Old Sturbridge Village here

Lake Louise ~ Canada

Did you Know?

Lake Louise

Framed all around by the Continental Divide, Lake Louise sits in a hanging valley, 1721m (5680 feet) high.  The lake, long known to the Stoney Indians as ‘the Lake of the Little Fishes’ was named in honour of Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and wife of Lord Lorne, Governor General of Canada.  The glacial melt water feeding the lake contains a fine silt which stays suspended in the water reflecting the green rays of the spectrum.  It is to this that Lake Louise owes its extraordinary colour, which varies between emerald green and opaque turquoise, depending upon the light.