Showing posts with label Lighthouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lighthouse. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

View of the Harbour


Sender: Myliu_Lietuva

A view of KlaipÄ—da city and harbour. It is Lithuania's third largest city and a prosperous harbour town.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Cape North Lighthouse

Sender: Sandra
A lighthouse with a red and white checkerboard pattern.

Since the postcard did not identify its location, I Googled its image and found a lighthouse looking like the one pictured on the card: Cape North Lighthouse at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Canada.

Jinmu Jiao Lighthouse


Sender: Chop

A lighthouse on Jinmu Jiao, Hainan Province, China. It is the southernmost tip of Hainan, surrounded by a wild and forested area.



Saturday, April 20, 2013

Lime Kiln Lighthouse


Sender: Hootnoodle
Lime Kiln Lighthouse, San Juan Island, WA

San Juan Island is located in San Juan County, in the northwest corner of Washington. The Lime Kiln Lighthouse, a name derived from the lime kilns built nearby in the 1860s, was first established in 1914.

(It looks as if it fits as the site of a spooky movie)

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Cape D'Or


Sender: Purpleferret
Cape D'Or, Advocate, Nova Scotia
('L' is for 'Lighthouse')


Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Smoky Cape Lighthouse


Sender: Crizle
Smoky Cape Lighthouse
South West Rocks, New South Wales, Australia

I am sure the lighthouse itself is as beautiful as the coastal views that one can see from up there....

Friday, August 24, 2012

Westmole During A Hurricane


Sender: Alienne
Westmole During A Hurricane. Windforce 12.

Alienne writes that the letters E.O.L. stand for Elements of the Ocean raging around a Lighthouse. That's pretty neat, Alienne! And this postcard is superbly impressive but my old scanner didn't do it justice! I can sense the power of the crashing waves, whoa!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Lighthouse & Birds at Sunset


Sender: Mieke

Sunset view showing a lighthouse and some birds, somewhere in Belgium.



Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Bretagne




Sender: Lapoussine35
Text on Card: The Glories of Bretagne. The end of the earth.


I read that Bretagne (Brittany) occupies a peninsula at the northwestern corner of France, separating La Manche (the English Channel) from the Golfe de Gascogne (Bay of Biscay). Brittany’s coast is both rugged and indented and there are many cliffs, capes, islands, rocks and reefs. In this card two lighthouses can be seen. I read further that Brittany alone accounts for more than one third of all the lighthouses and fire towers illuminating the French coast. Wow, that is a lot! 

Monday, November 28, 2011

Ole West




Sender: Alienne
Ole West. Ah, waren wir verabredet? (I think it means "Ah,  we had a date?")

Alienne sent 'L' for 'Lighthouse' or 'Leuchtturm' in German. This painting is called "Ole West", complete with a "beach basket" in the dunes.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Heceta Head Lighthouse




Sender: Hootnoodle
Heceta Head Lighthouse
Dwarfed by the impressive cliff on which it was built in 1894, Heceta Head Lighthouse's picturesque setting has made it one of the most photographed lighthouses in the United States.

Heceta Head (pronounced huh-SEE-tuh) honors Bruno de Heceta, the Portuguese captain of a Spanish ship, who first sighted the cape in 1775. 

Saturday, May 7, 2011