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1970: Stations of the Cross
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Bit short of Easter stamps I haven't used before so it has to be the 'Descent from the Cross' by the Basque muralist Juan de Aranoa y Corredano (1901-1973) from his Stations of the Cross series. These can be seen in the Amurrio Parish Church. He tended towards the melancholy in his paintings so obviously found the ideal subject.
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1960: Flowers II
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The flowers return after their winter sleep and yellow carpets of buttercups appear and dandelions, as is their mission, pop up everywhere, an early flower so vital to pollinators
which are on the wing. The tortoiseshell is always welcome, the first to appear and the last to leave
I won't see the Hawthorne butterfly, no-one knows why they disappeared from the British Isles (in English they were known by a less romantic name of Black-veined white). Happily the Orange Tip thrives but then they do like damp meadows. It is the true sign of spring being one of the first species to emerge that has not overwintered as an adult. The Swedes know it as the Aurora butterfly - goddess of the dawn.
Sunday Stamps theme this week is - Easter or Spring - celebrate at See It On A Postcard
3 comments:
ooh, goddess of the dawn is such a lovely name for a butterfly.
I'm not sure I've seen any Easter stamps that weren't full of bunnies and eggs.
I haven't seen a dandelion on a stamp before. They are considered pesky weeds here!
The colours on the first stamp are nice, but, obviously, the subject is too sad. I must confess that I prefer the flowers :)
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