Friday, January 14, 2011

From the heart of Liechtenstein? No, from Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteinii). Not a wildebeest. WWF maximum cards/ maxicards/ dorincards about Mozambic.


This is a set with controversial issues. Why is the upper left image showing a far-away animal? What's this about - Big Sky Montana? The sky occupies most of the image.
Or, it can be the photographer's artistic choice to show us a perspective of that habitat, leaving the animal in the background. The cloudy sky over the African savannah...or something.

"Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteinii)[2] is a savannah and floodplain dwelling antelope found in southern Central Africa. By some, this species is classified as Sigmoceros lichtensteinii."

No, we're not talking about the country Liechtenstein here.

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Happy PFF (Postcard Friendship Friday)!



Thursday, January 13, 2011

Does E PLURIBUS, UNUM apply to finding your lifetime partner/matching heart/soulmate?

This is a folded card/greeting card, onto which I affixed stamps and I obtained pictorial postmarks (request by mail) from a post office in Loveland, Colorado.
This card is in no way inferior to a regular, "real" postcard that can be usually bought for some 33 cents, plus tax. Look at the price of this card.
Also, it is lenticular/3D/stereoscopic - and it looks pretty cool!
Out of many (E PLURIBUS)  "hearts" in a "black and white" world, the card implies that there's only one (UNUM) that's bright red for you, for your eyes/heart/mind/soul, and body, too.
Ya think so? You think so?

What if you and your "other half" are not in geographic proximity?
What if you are, but you walk right past your UNUM, oblivious to the heart "in living colors"?
How can you assess (not asses) if an unidentified, new "heart candy" is good beyond the physionomy?
The core could be hard or soft, bitter or sweet (or bittersweet), etc.
Some choose to sample-kiss frogs, others choose to sample-break "hearts".

Here's a very nice blog, hosted by Beth, with a quite catchy title:
Says Beth: "CRUNCHY HEARTS
The title of my blog, "The Best Hearts are Crunchy," comes from a comment made years ago by a five-year old girl, as she thoughtfully perused a tempting box of Valentines Day candies. She is probably a grown mother by now, with children of her own. 

I loved what she said so much, I wrote it down on a napkin."

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Happy crunching!
(numbers, not hearts)

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Another very interesting blog, hosted by Clytie, is http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/

Guest Heart Thursday #40


Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday - 
A Place to share YOUR Hearts!


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Turkish Role in Negotiations with Iran | STRATFOR. Also, a visual metaphor of Negotiation - "Locking horns, in a power struggle"

Please read: The Turkish Role in Negotiations with Iran | STRATFOR

A visual metaphor of Negotiation - "Locking horns, in a power struggle":
In this maximum card/ maxicard/ dorincard that I created in 2006, notice how the deer (Roosevelt Elk?) from the pictorial postmark seemlessly integrates with the deer from the stamp!!!
As if they are from the same herd! :)
I like that!

But power struggles are normal even within the same herd...between harem owners/"sultans"...

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