Happy PFF: Manhattan bridges

Manhattan, back in the days when postcard views of buildings and bridges were the thing to send back home.  Here are the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges over the East River.

School has started for me again and I am pretty busy, so just a short post today.  I'll be joining Bev for a special Pink Saturday tomorrow, so please come back and check that out.
Happy Postcard Friendship Friday!

Viridian

Postcard Friendship Friday: Annisquam, Mass.

Specifically, The Bridge at Annisquam.

Annisquam is a small town on the North shore of Massachusetts (meaning north of Boston). On the map below, see the position of the little house.

Not much has changed since the time of this linen postcard.  There is much less fishing, and much more summer tourism.  As this town was a backwater, many of its older buildings have survived.

The other place of note is the Annisquam lighthouse.

According to this Coast guard webpage,

"* 1801: Annisquam is the oldest of four lighthouses to guard Gloucester peninsula. The keeper’s house, built in 1801 continues to house Coast Guard families. Rudyard Kipling lived there while writing "Captain’s Courageous" – a great literary tribute to American sailors.

* 1974: The 4th order Fresnel lens and foghorn were automated. "


I like this linen postcard because it reminds me of lazy days at the beach in Massachusetts.  Warm sun, the smell of flowers, but always a cool breeze from the ocean.

Viridian

Sentimental Landscape Monday

As I said at the beginning of this blog endeavor, I love these sentimental postcards. A message, a flower or two, and a sickly sweet landscape that is somehow restful and appealing, even for 21st century cutting edge bloggers. No matter how hard you resist.

A plug here: the cards I am going to show you this week are from a lot purcahsed from vintagepostcardshop, who sells on ebay. Reasonable prices & shipping means I pay $1 a card or less, so I feel OK sending these out on Postcrossing.
viridian