Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The "RECYCLE MORE" stamp from the "GO GREEN" series of USPS, on my non-traditional MAXICARD / DORINCARD with a page ad showing an outdoor table with a...bin Laden with trash (recyclables only). The non-recyclable trash goes to the other black bin, to the right.

The "RECYCLE MORE" stamp from the "GO GREEN" series of USPS, on my non-traditional MAXICARD / DORINCARD with a page ad showing an outdoor table with a...bin Laden with trash (recyclables only). The non-recyclable trash goes to the other black bin, to the right.
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"Bin and similar can mean:

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"Etymology

See lade.

[edit]Adjective

laden (comparative more ladensuperlative most laden)
  1. Weighed down with a load, burdened [quotations ▼]
  2. Heavy.
    His comments were laden with deeper meaning.



  3. Oppressed.



  4. (chemistry): In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.
    Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas."
    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laden



Monday, January 23, 2012

My MAXICARD / DORINCARD from the UNITED KINGDOM, showing a GREATER HORSESHOE BAT (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), the largest BAT species in EUROPE. Postmark from MANCHESTER, where I visited, and attended a computer course eons ago...Thank you, Heather. Wendy and Mogs!

My MAXICARD / DORINCARD from the UNITED KINGDOM, showing a GREATER HORSESHOE BAT (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), the largest BAT species in EUROPE. Postmark from MANCHESTER, where I visited, and attended a computer course eons ago...Thank you, Heather, Wendy and Mogs!

Dung beetles, Hymenoptera, Cockchafers...they all are a yummy part of the diet of 
the GREATER HORSESHOE BAT (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum).

"Diet and hunting

The species feeds preferentially on lepidoptera (moths), making up around 41% of the diet[13] - in particular the noctuidae species [14],Coleoptera (beetles) constitute around 33% of the diet[13], of which dung beetles are often taken[.] Aphodius rufipes is one such dung beetle forming an especially important part of its diet. Cow pats are part of its life cycle, acting as food source and habitat for the larvae. Up to 100 larvae can be found in a single cow pat. The beetle is most abundant in August when the young bats begin their first feeeding flights).[15] The remainder of the diet being Hymenoptera and Diptera.[13] Cockchafers also form an important part of its diet."

"The greater horseshoe bat is the largest bat in Europe.[5] It has a distinctive noseleaf, which has a pointed upper part and a horseshoe shaped lower part.[6] Its horseshoe noseleaf helps to focus the ultrasound it uses to 'see'. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rhinolophus_ferumequinum_ras.jpg

Did you notice the pale bluish cave walls in the top image?
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Happy Blue Monday! (meme)


Sunday, January 22, 2012

Example of a "standard" / definitive stamp / ("timbru uzual", in Romanian): a 50 bani stamp with a Romanian folkloric handcrafted PLOSCA (wooden flask, portable container for water, or wine...). Per Postcardy's request, I also show you the entire 16-stamps series, an image from freestampcatalogue.com

Example of a "standard" / definitive stamp / ("timbru uzual", in Romanian): a 50 bani stamp with a Romanian folkloric handcrafted PLOSCA (wooden flask, portable container for water, or wine...).


An example from a Romanian website:

The front side of the above MAXICARD:
"The Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) is a small passerine bird found throughout the high mountains of Eurasia."- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tichodroma_muraria
"Dryas octopetala (common names include mountain avenswhite dryas, and white dryad) is an arctic-alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a small prostrate evergreen subshrub forming large colonies, and is a popular flower in rock gardens. The specific epithet octopetaladerives from the Greek octo (eight) and petalon (petal), referring to the eight petals of the flower, an unusual number in the Rosaceae, where five is the normal number. However flowers with up to 16 petals also occur naturally" .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryas_octopetala




Definitive stamps from Romania, 1982. Re-issued in 1989, with watermark.  http://www.postbeeld.com/en/fsc/search&exact-country=ro&exact-publish_year=1982  
http://www.postbeeld.com/en/fsc/search&exact-country=ro&exact-publish_year=1982


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    He shows how he gets the right card, stamp and postmark together.
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