Chariot festival of Machhendranath, Nepal

Chariot festival of Machhendranath, Nepal

This was postmarked with a Nepal Coronation 1975 stamp.

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The chariot procession known as Rato (Red) Machhendranath is the biggest event in Patan, Nepal. The festival honors Machhendranath, the god of rain and plenty, who is worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists in different incarnations, and has shrines at both Patan and in the village of Bungamati, a few miles south of Patan. The festival is held when the monsoon season is approaching and is a plea for plentiful rain.

During the festival celebrations the image of the god that is carved on wood is taken from the temple and paraded around the town on a huge wheeled chariot that is pulled by devotees. 

Waterville, Minnesota: Bullhead Fishing Capital of the World

Waterville, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Bullhead Fishing Capital of the World

Official Waterville Bullhead Portrait

Waterville, in LeSueur County, Minnesota, U.S.A., is recognized as the Bullhead Fishing Capital of the World.  Faithful scores perennially trek to Waterville, home of Bullhead Days festivities in the Heart of the Southern Minnesota Lakes region.  Here the Royal Bullhead, a friendly fellow fit for Kings, for barefoot boys, for the countless young in heart of all ages, is always ready to provide fishing action and pleasure in the pan.  The authentic Bullhead scene, featuring a Lake Sakatah specimen, is from the famous Bullhead painting which hangs in the Municipal Building.  The portrait is by Waterville's native-son artist, Roger Preuss, F.I.A., who is recognized and respected world-wide as the master American painter of our-door subjects.

vintage postcard, postmarked in 2012 with a 32 cent Aloha stamp that has fish on it.

On a side note: the back of this postcard was written in morse code!

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The population of Waterville was 1,868 at the 2010 census. It is close to Sakatah Lake State Park on the Cannon River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2).

Bullhead Days are still held ever year, here is a list of some of the activities you can enjoy:
Queen pageant, Softball Tourney, Street Dance, Fireworks, Flea Market, Kids Fishing Contest, Canoe Races, Demolition Derby, Pedal Tractor Pull, Grand Street Parade, Kids Bingo, 5K walk & run, 10K run, 11 mile bike race, bean bag tourney and much more.

The Three Eyes (Los Tres ojos) in The Dominican Republic

Caribbean - Santo Domingo (Rep. Dominicana) - The Three Eyes (Los Tres ojos)

This postcard is unused but has the date 1986 written on the back.

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Los Tres Ojos (The Three Eyes in English) is the name given to a 50-foot open-air limestone cave located in the Mirador del Este park, in the Santo Domingo Este municipality of the Dominican Republic.  A series of three lakes, or ojos, is currently one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country.

The caves are open from 9 am to 5 pm, and are illuminated at night by a myriad of colored lights.

Buffalypso (Water Buffalo) in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago
Buffalypso at Manzanilla

postmarked in 2011 with a 'Dr. Eric Williams $ 3.75' Trinidad and Tobago stamp

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A buffalypso is a Trinidad -bred buffalo .
Water Buffalo were first introduced in Trinidad in 1906 from India. In 1950 they started to breed these water buffaloes in order to improve meat production. In 1964 it was decided that the variant sufficiently bred was to be appointed as a separate breed: the buffalypso -  a contraction of buffalo and calypso.

The Swanee (Suwannee) River

Way down upon the Swanee River, in Florida

unused 

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The Suwannee River is a major river of southern Georgia and northern Florida in the United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long. (A blackwater river is a river with a deep, slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. Vegetation decays into the water and stains the water dark, resembling tea or coffee. Most major blackwater rivers are in the Amazon River system and the Southern United States.)

This river is the subject of the Stephen Foster song "Old Folks at Home," in which he calls it the Swanee River.  It was called Swanee River because Foster had misspelled the name. Foster never saw the river he made world famous. 

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Florida
Official Song of the State of Florida
The Swanee River
(Old Folks at Home)
Written by Stephen C. Foster

First Verse
Way down upon de Swanee Ribber,
Far, far away,
Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber,
Dere's wha de old folks stay.
All up and down de whole creation
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for de old plantation,
And for de old folks at home.

Chorus
All de world am sad and dreary,
Eb-rywhere I roam;
Oh, darkeys, how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home!

Second verse
All round de little farm I wandered
When I was young,
Den many happy days I squandered,
Many de songs I sung.
When I was playing wid my brudder
Happy was I;
Oh, take me to my kind old mudder!
Dere let me live and die.

Third Verse
One little hut among de bushes,
One dat I love
Still sadly to my memory rushes,
No matter where I rove.
When will I see de bees a-humming
All round de comb?
When will I hear de banjo strumming,
Down in my good old home?

The song, "The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)" words and music by Stephen C. Foster, was adopted as the official state song of Florida on May 25, 1935.

unused, bought in 2012

Red Foxx

Red Foxx

unused

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John Elroy Sanford (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American comedian and actor, best known for his starring role on the sitcom Sanford and Son.

On October 11, 1991, during a break from rehearsals on his latest tv show, he suffered a fatal heart attack on the set. Reportedly, co-star Della Reese and the rest of the cast and crew thought he was doing his classic "I'm coming, Elizabeth!" fake heart attack routine he made famous on Sanford and Son, even going as far as collapsing to the floor, although that was not part of the usual act. However, this heart attack was real, and Foxx did not regain consciousness.

Star Wars - General Grievous

 Star Wars
General Grievous

This is a postcard from 'The Clone Wars' Comic Books.

postmarked in 2012 with a USA flag stamp

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General Grievous is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.  He was voiced by Matthew Wood. According to the Revenge of the Sith DVD, series creator George Lucas instructed his creative team to create a villain that foreshadowed Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader: the heavy breathing and the cyborg body.

General Grievous' asthmatic cough in Revenge of the Sith was intended to emphasize his organic nature as well as the flaws of cyborg prosthetics. Grievous had previously appeared in Clone Wars before many of his personality traits had been finalized. To reconcile the differences between the two presentations, Mace Windu uses the Force to crush Grievous' chest panel towards the end of the show's third season (Volume Two) as the general makes a desperate escape with Palpatine. Some of the audio effects for the coughing were taken from Lucas himself, who had bronchitis during principal photography.

Ukraine - Kyiv - Pechersk Historico, Cultural National Park

Greetings from Kyiv
Kyiv-Pechersk historico-cultural national park, XI - XIX c.

postmarked in 2012 with two Ukraine stamps

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Kiev Pechersk Lavra or Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.

Since its foundation as the cave monastery in 1051 the Lavra has been a preeminent center of the Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe. Together with the Saint Sophia Cathedral, it is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

Euro Disney, Fantasyland, Frontierland and Adventureland

Fantasyland

"Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant" (Castle of the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood) 

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Attractions in Euro Fantasyland

Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty's Castle)

La Galerie de la Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty's Gallery)

La Tanière du Dragon (The Dragon's Lair)

Le Théâtre du Château (The Castle Stage)

Le Carrousel de Lancelot (Lancelot's Carousel)

Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

Les Voyages de Pinocchio (Pinocchio's Fantastic Journey)

Dumbo the Flying Elephant

Peter Pan's Flight

Alice's Curious Labyrinth

Mad Hatter's Tea Cups

It's a Small World

Le Pays de Contes de Fées (Storybook Land Canal Boats)

Casey Jr. - Le Petit Train du Cirque (Casey Jr. Circus Train)

Fantasy Festival Stage - Backstage Magic With Mickey Mouse

Princess Pavilion: A Royal Invitation 

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Frontierland

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Attractions in Euro Frontierland:

Legends of the Wild West

Big Thunder Mountain

Phantom Manor

Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing

River Rogue Keel Boats - Closed since Summer 2010. May open seasonally.

Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery

Pocahontas Indian Village

Woody's Roundup Village

Chaparral Theatre

Disneyland Railroad - Frontierland Depot

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Adventureland
Adventure Isle

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Attractions in Euro Adventureland:

Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin (Aladdin's Enchanted Passage)
Adventure Isle (artificial island in the center of Adventureland)
La Cabane des Robinson - (Swiss Family Treehouse)
La Plage des Pirates (Pirates Beach)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril)

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All three postcards are from Euro Disney in Paris, France and unused

Helene Chadwick with Lip Make-up called the V-Lip

Helene Chadwich (1897-1940) leading lady in the silents era, demonstrating the latest wrinkle in lip make-up, the "V-Lip!"
Photograph by International Newsreel, c. 1925

postmarked in 2012 with four Canada stamps

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Helene Chadwick (November 25, 1897–September 4, 1940) was an American actress in silent motion pictures and in early sound films.

Chadwick was born in the small town of Chadwicks, New York, which was named for her grandfather. Her mother was a singer who performed on the stage and her father was a business man.

At the pinnacle of her acting career, she earned a salary estimated to have been $2,000 per week. From 1929 until 1935, she found success as a character actress when sound was being introduced to films.

 

Turtle and Map Postcards Made from The Koa Tree in Hawaii

postmarked in 2012 with a 1.05 stamp

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Hawaiian Islands

unused, bought in 2012

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Back of both postcards:

This card is hand made from two pieces of 1/200" (0.05) thick veneer

100% Hawaiian Koa

Made in Hawaii

(cost of each postcard: $3.99)

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Acacia koa is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.  Its name in the Hawaiian language, koa, also means brave, bold, fearless, or warrior.

 The reddish wood is very similar in strength and weight to that of Black Walnut, and is sought for use in wood carving and furniture.

Koa is also a tonewood, often used in the construction of ukuleles, acoustic guitars, and Weissenborn-style Hawaiian steel guitars. B.C. Rich used koa on some of their electric guitars as well.  Fender made Limited Edition Koa wood models of the Telecaster and the Stratocaster in 2006. 

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Terry Jones, Graham Chapman (with pipe), John Cleese, eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin

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Here is a postcard of them from a few years later ....

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Erick Idle, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam.

both postcards are unused

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Monty Python’s Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974. The shows were composed of surreality, innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

The first episode was recorded on 7 September and broadcast on 5 October 1969 on BBC One, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974.

The members of Monty Python were highly educated. Terry Jones and Michael Palin are Oxford graduates; Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Graham Chapman attended Cambridge; and American-born member Terry Gilliam is an Occidental College graduate. Their comedy is often pointedly intellectual, with numerous erudite references to philosophers and literary figures.

The Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Florida

The Peabody

Orlando, Florida

Everyday at 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., the darndest thing happens... Five famous mallards march to John Philip Sousa's "King Cotton" march at the Peabody Orlando.  More than 350 visitors come to see the world-famous Peabody ducks in the lobby fountain each day.

unused, bought inside the hotel in 2012

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The Peabody Orlando is a hotel located next to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The 31-story, 1641-room hotel was originally constructed in 1986.  Opened in late 2010, a $450 million renovation of the hotel added a 32 story building and resort amenities.  The expansion tower, standing at 428 ft (130 m), is the second tallest building in Orlando only being surpassed by the SunTrust Center downtown.

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Here is a card of the ducks leaving the fountain on their march back to their glass enclosure...

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This is the free card you get at the front dest if you ask if they have any postcards.....