Yesterday, Lucille Ball ("I Love Lucy") would have been 100 years old. I show you several stamps and maximum cards with her

From where should I get a postmark for the above future maximum card?

Jamestown, New York State, because that's where she was born?

New York City, because that's where this skyscraper big advertisement was, when I photographed it during my anno domini 2000 visit to NYC - World Trade Center and more?

Los Angeles, CA, because that's where she died?

Hollywood, CA, because that's where she built her artistic legacy?

Beverly Hills, CA, because that's where she must have stayed a lot?

Body-sculpting.

Compare Lucille Ball, in the previous image, with Audrey Hepburn, another lovely, classy film icon.

Audrey was much skinnier, so she compensated that by STANCE, POSTURING. :)

Audrey in bikini, staying straight-up, normally, would have been a less glamorous image, perhaps.

Lucille Ball
Pin-up photo from Yank, the Army Weekly
Born	Lucille Désirée Ball August 6, 1911 Jamestown, New York, U.S.
Died	April 26, 1989 (aged 77)[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Lucille Ball Morton[2]
Occupation	Actress, comedian, model, film executive
Years active	1932–1989
Spouse	Desi Arnaz (m. 1940–1960)(divorced) 2 children Gary Morton (m. 1961–1989)(her death)

"Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy. 

One of the most popular and influential stars in the United States during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood's longest careers,^[3] especially on television, Ball began acting in the 1930s, becoming both a radio actress and B-movie star in the 1940s, and then a television star during the 1950s. 

She was still making films in the 1960s and 1970s. 

In 1962, Ball became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu; a studio that produced many successful and popular television series.^[4]

Ball was nominated for an Emmy Award thirteen times, and won four times.^[5] 

In 1977 Ball was among the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award.^[6] 

She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986 and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_ball

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Happy Sunday Stamps meme!

Please visit: http://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/

It has no claw on the opposable thumbs - Derby's Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus), or the Central American Woolly Opossum. WWF maximum cards / maxicards / dorincards / ilustrate maxime / cartes maximum / tarjetas maximas / Maximumkarten from BELIZE

"Derby's Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus), or the Central American Woolly Opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae.^[2][3] It is found in the Central American region."

"C. derbianus lives in highland and lowland rain forests of Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. It's range extends to a maximum altitude of 2,460 m (8,070 ft). It is threatened by habitat loss."

"The litter size is 3-6 live young that attach to a teat in the pouch until mature enough to emerge."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caluromys_derbianus

Why do so many people confuse It's with Its? :)

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Belize
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: “Sub Umbra Floreo”  (Latin) "Under the Shade I Flourish"
Anthem: Land of the Free Royal anthem: God Save the Queen
Capital		Belmopan 17°15′N 88°46′W
Largest city		Belize City
Official language(s)		English
Recognised regional languages		Kriol, Spanish, Garifuna,Maya, Plautdietsch
Ethnic groups		Mestizo, Kriol, Maya,Garinagu, Mennonite,Chinese, East Indian,Spanish

"Belize (ⁱ/bəˈliːz/; formerly British Honduras) is a constitutional monarchy, and the northernmost Central American nation. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official language. Belize is bordered to the north by Mexico, south and west by Guatemala, and to the east by the Caribbean Sea. Belize’s mainland is about 290 kilometers (180 miles) long and 110 kilometers (68 miles) wide.

With 22,960 square kilometers (8,867 square miles) of land and a population of only 333,200 people (2010 est.),^[4] Belize possesses the lowest population density in Central America.^[5] The country's population growth rate of 2.21% (2008 est.),^[1] however, is the highest in the region and one of the highest in the western hemisphere. Belize's abundance of terrestrial and marine species, and its diversity of ecosystems give it a key place within the globally significant Mesoamerican Biological Corridor.^[6]

Belize is culturally unique among its Central American neighbours; it is the only nation in the region with a British colonial heritage. As a part of the Western Caribbean Zone, however, it also shares a common heritage with the Caribbean portions of other Central American countries. In general, Belize is considered to be a Central American nation with strong ties to both the Caribbean and Latin America."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize

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Happy Pink Saturday! (still open on Sunday!)

^{Please visit "Pretty in pink"/ "Show us your pink" [objects, that is :)] meme here:}

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BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery. Also, I show you some carnivorous plant. Three things matter for that plant: environment, variation and skin tone. Like in Photoshop

BBC News - Killer plant 'eats' great tit at Somerset nursery

Stamps showing Great Tit (Parus major):
http://www.birdtheme.org/mainlyimages/index.php?spec=1998


"The Great Tit (Parus major) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central and Northern Asia, and parts of North Africa in any sort of woodland. It is generally resident, and most Great Tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh winters. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit

And you thought that all plants are some stupid, static, helpless things...Read cruel, merciless tales about various carnivorous plants with weird names.

Can't touch this!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VFT_ne1.JPG

"The snap traps of Dionaea muscipula close rapidly when the sensitive hairs on the leaf lobes are triggered."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivorous_plants

So, if you touch the hair on the lobes, muscipula will not only get the best of you - it will get the whole of you!

What if every human would "wear the soul on the sleeve", as a symbolic image?

What image would you choose to represent YOU?

What would you say if somebody would wear a Carnivorous Plant symbol on their "sleeve"?

Look at the stamp in the image below.

I have juxtaposed a postmark to help you locate the stamp and the sleeve/wide wristband (how would you call that thing?) in this image...

I couldn't find a matching postcard yet, but look at the floral motif on the sleeve.

Is that a carnivorous plant? I guess not. I have no idea what plant species is that.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll201/dorincard/World%20collections/United%20States/USA325.jpg

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Happy PFF (Postcard Friendship Friday)!

Please visit: http://thebestheartsarecrunchy.blogspot.com/ (wait until Beth posts the today's Linky tool for the meme, then make your entry, if you want to join).