Small Animals

 See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt for Young Animals 

Something is mesmerising these three fluffy balls of mischief or maybe they just like having their photograph taken.

A Blustery Day in the Hundred Acre Wood . I think Piglet may not be able to keep his little feet on the ground but it will be a day of great adventure and mild peril for Pooh Bear and friends.

Hungarian Horses

 

1959: 24th World Fencing Championships, Budapest

The World Fencing championships does not feature horses but Hungarian hussars with their flamboyant uniforms had the reputation of being the most daring light cavalry in Europe so the romance of history rather than the actuality means that they make more than one appearance in this Fencing set. The stamp features a 19th Century cavalryman.

1960: Summer Olympic Games, Rome

A Greek horseman. Like the Romans the Greeks had chariot races but unlike the Romans they rode bareback and were very keen on horse racing. The race events always began with a formal procession into the hippodrome.

1973: Hungarian Medal Winners, Olympic Games, Munich

András Balczó won the Modern Pentathlon Gold Medal, the event includes show jumping on an unfamiliar horse. This accomplished  athlete was voted Hungarian Sportsman of the year three times.

1979: Animal Paintings

 "Child with Horse and Greyhounds" by Janos Vaszary (1867-1939). Although his artistic style altered over the years intimate portrayals of animals continued to appear in his paintings.

Sunday Stamps A-Z - H for Hungary, Horses and Hussars - hop over to See It On A Postcard

Dogs

 See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is looking for Pets

Its springtime, blossom and flowers are blooming, and there is no need to wrap up in layers to

Cifford's Tower, York 1952-1953 by LS Lowry (1887-1976)

take a dog for a walk. Lowry usually has a dog somewhere in his urban paintings. This one is unusual in that he is away from his home base and they are not random dogs (and the occasional cat) walking through a crowd but feature dogs and their owners. Lowry's three paintings of York which were commissioned for £50 in 1952 are here.

Fidelity by Briton Riviere 1840-1920)

Originally titled Prisoners when shown at the Royal Academy in 1869 the painting depicts a young poacher and his loyal dog locked  in a prison cell and no doubt about to face some harsh punishment (the Victorian game laws were enforced with great severity). The painting was purchased by the industrialist and philanthropist Lord Leverhulme in 1903 who changed the name to 'Fidelity', shifting the focus from the crime to the comfort and love of a dog.

G is for Green

 

1994: Definitive

A Great Green Bush Cricket perched on a Gorse plant

1966: The Brothers Grimm Stories

A very green frog in  'The Princess and the Frog'. In the Grimm story she throws him against a wall rather than kiss him but the spell is still broken.

1994: Greetings Stamps

 Noggin and the Ice Dragon from the Sagas of Noggin the Nog series created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Fermin.  Our friendly green dragon is called <drum roll> Groliffe. 

Sunday Stamps A-Z for GB, Germany, Gorse, Grimm and Green - go to  See It On A Postcard 

Farm Life

 See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is down on the farm with animals

Yew Tree Farm, Coniston, Lake District

A much photographed farm. On postcards but they usually feature cars by the house, however this is an older card so there are just some peaceful cows and quad-bikes. Yew Tree Farm, a 17th Century farm house and barn with spinning gallery.

Mossy Bottom Farm with Shaun the Sheep and Bitzer the sheepdog. In the 'Shaun the Sheep Movie' Shaun's flock and Bitzer are in the "Big City" trying to rescue the farmer who has amnesia. What could possibly go wrong!

 Not as much chaos will be caused with this flock of sheep in Allhallows Lane, Kendal in the early 1950s.

F is for Flowers

 

1999: Folk Art

Traditional Aland folk art on furniture usually features vibrant flowers. A wardrobe from 1785

and a chest from 1788

1990: Thinking of You

Land of the vibrant flower, Australia

1992: Guernsey Flowers

Guernsey with its mild maritime climate is perfect for growing flowers and famous for the Guernsey lily (Nerine sarniensis) featured on he cancel, sometimes referred to as a jewel lily

Sunday Stamps A-Z - Flowers and Folk Art - See It On A Postcard 

Break Time

 See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt - is seeing Animals in the Wild

A Honey Buzzard wondering where lunch is located.. It eats wasp and bee larvae, evolution has provided thick feathers and extra scaly legs to protect it from stings. 

"Hi There"

The alert tranquility of a fox

 

A "Puffin Patrol" somewhere on the Yorkshire coast