Small feline, but quite fierce in self-defense.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Danube, Donau, Dunaj, Dunav, Duna, Дунав, Dunărea, Дунáй (Dunay), Tuna River - a heraldic journey
The most important river in Europe, and the second-longest after Volga, is the Danube.
"Since the Norman conquest of England, the English language has used the French word Danube. In the languages of the modern countries through which the river flows, it is:
"Since the Norman conquest of England, the English language has used the French word Danube. In the languages of the modern countries through which the river flows, it is:
- Croatian: Dunav
- Bulgarian: Дунав (transliterated: Dunav)
- German: Donau
- Hungarian: Duna
- Romanian: Dunărea
- Serbian: Дунав, Dunav
- Slovak: Dunaj
- Ukrainian: Дунай (transliterated: Dunai)"
Let's take a quick (modern national heraldic) journey on the Danube, for some historical spots along the way.
I'll show you some very nice maximum cards from Romania, produced by Romfilatelia.
I don't have the souvenir sheet (with Germany) from the first stamp series of Danube's Coats of Arms, so I'll show it from the Romfilatelia's website (please visit http://www.romfilatelia.ro/marci/colectia.php?ContentID=505&Year=2010 and http://www.romfilatelia.ro/marci/colectia.php?ContentID=534&Year=2010)
):
Now a simple postcard from the Danube port of Regensburg, Germany:
Bratislava Castle, Slovakia:
Melk Abbey, Austria:
Parliament Palace, Budapest, Hungary:
Ilok [ILOK] Fortress, Croatia:
Ram Fortress, Serbia:
Dramatic Theater, Ruse, Bulgaria:
Navigation Palace, Galați ([ɡaˈlatsʲ]) , Romania:
"Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu" University, Cahul, Rep. of Moldova:
"Assumption of the Virgin" Church, Izmail, Ukraine:
Thank you again, my dear friend Teodor Ghiata-Melnic (Romania), for these great MCs, like hundreds of others that I got from you over the years! :)
Now, a quick info on the Danube Delta:
"The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării; Ukrainian:Дельта Дунаю, Del'ta Dunaju) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent [1]. The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania (Tulcea county), while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated inUkraine (Odessa Oblast). The approximate surface is 4152 km², of which 3446 km² are in Romania. If the lagoons of Razim-Sinoe (1015 km² of which 865 km² water surface; situated in the south, but attached to the Danube Delta from geological and ecological perspectives, as well as being the combined territory of the World Heritage Site) are to be added, the considered area of the Danube Delta grows to 5165 km²."
"Situated on major migratory routes, and providing adequate conditions for nesting and hatching, the Danube Delta is a magnet for birds from six major eco-regions of the world, including the Mongolian, Arctic and Siberian. There are over 320 species of birds found in the delta during summer,[4] of which 166 are hatching species and 159 are migratory. Over one million individuals (swans, wild ducks, bald coots, etc.) winter here."
The first 2 minutes of this -> "The Waves of Danube" song.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
c am sayin'? postage from Zazzle.com
c am sayin'? postage from Zazzle.com
c am sayin'? Another way to say "Do you see what I am saying?". The abbreviated style is used mainly in texting and tweeting. :)
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Top 30 Stamp Collecting Blogs, by guidetoartschools.com
#2:
"Dorincard: Blogger Dorin C is a stamp and postcard fanatic, and luckily he's more than pleased to write prolifically and charmingly about his obsession. He has a particular bent for stamps with wild mammals on them, but his blog demonstrates an affinity for stamps of all forms and backgrounds, as long as they offer a special narrative that's worth sharing with his readers.
Source: http://www.guidetoartschools.com/library/best-stamp-collecting-blogs#ixzz1KirbuA4p"
- Why We Love It: A picture-laden blog that bursts with the passion of its head writer for meaningful stamps.
- Favorite Post: Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali
Source: http://www.guidetoartschools.com/library/best-stamp-collecting-blogs#ixzz1KirbuA4p"
Some feedback received about me and my blog here
[DORIN'S NOTE: There are over 100 million websites.]
"There are 1,699,250 sites with a better three-month global Alexa traffic rank than Dorincard.blogspot.com.
About 43% of visitors to the site come from France, where it has attained a traffic rank of 152,077.
About 80% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces).
Dorincard.blogspot.com's visitors view an average of 1.5 unique pages per day.
Visitors to the site spend roughly two minutes on each pageview and a total of three minutes on the site during each visit."
- Maximum Delight
- Feb 21, 2011
Postcards and stamps, mainly featuring mammals and birds but Dorincard also has other creations
and interests he likes to share.
His enthusiasm for Maximum cards (a postcard and a similar themed stamps sent through the
postal system) shines through.
He shows how he gets the right card, stamp and postmark together.
Visiting his site you will also learn things about the natural world told with a dry sense of humour,
possibly with a play on words, and a unique style of headings.
Topical and informative both for the enthusiast and casual visitor.