Posts Tagged Stamp collecting

Hunkered Down

Posted by nbdog in Around the house, Weather on 8-Dec-2012

It’s the first really wintery weekend this year so I’m hunkered down working on Christmas and seasonal projects.  I continue to tinker with my U.S. stamp collection.  I’ve been adding images to the database, a tedious task but one that adds a lot to the browsing experience.

StampDBThe temperature was below 40 degrees this morning and the snow is almost down to our elevation.  But mostly, it’s just gray.  Here’s the view from my office window–of course, there are snow-covered mountains lurking behind the dreary fog:

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First Day of Spring

Posted by nbdog in Around the house, Weather on 20-Mar-2012


First Day Cover from the 1947 International Philatelic Exhibition in NY

After a little tease of nice weather yesterday, the first day of spring brought more rain, sometimes heavy and sometimes mixed with a few snowflakes. In fact, it’s snowing again as I jot this post.

I’m still wading through my stamp collection, now cataloging the first day covers.  I stopped collecting them over ten years ago but I still have over 500 of them.  That’s part of the delight in the cataloging project, I guess: really finding out what I have.

I’m getting antsy, though.  My thumb has healed enough that I’m going to hit some golf balls this weekend if the forecast for sunny weather holds.  I chipped a few in the back yard yesterday and it felt OK.

The Atlantic has a wonderful selection of spring photos.

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