Bird stamps

I often wonder why I exist in this world at all. What is a real meaning of my existence? Since I don't/can't have any children of my own this is even harder to know and understand. From time to time I get a proof that my existence in this world is not quite in vain. On Friday four Slovenian bird stamps will be issued. They wouldn't be if I didn't exist. But at the same time I ask myself - would be there really any difference if they weren't issued at all?

Gifts from abroad

Yesterday in the morning I found several new things in a kitchen. Ž has come back from Montenegro where he was counting birds. Olive branches (olives are in a freezer, I forgot to take a photo of them):Two small pots for cooking coffee (it is called džezva where I live):And dried figs (yum!):He told me that people don't care about the environment there; he had never seen so much trash lying around anywhere before. Obviously people in Montenegro are used to live with trash they produce.

It is Easter time but I have to admit that it doesn't feel very festive here. I have decorated my home a bit, tomorrow I will dye the eggs, but my mom will do the baking and prepare our Sunday breakfast. Like usual. It is so when you don't have a family of your own...

Yesterday when I drove the magazines (yes, the first issue has been finally published!) to the post office, I stopped by to buy some stamps. Beauties were waiting for me: Four different stamps were issued and it is hard to decide which one is more beautiful. I can hardly wait for the time when I will be able to see those flowers again in real, on the meadows and among the rocks in the Alps.

Happy Easter!

Karma for today: Create your unique life.

Love stamps

Last year I gave away a few love stamps, and as Valentine's day is approaching, I will give one away also this year. Leave a comment today to enter to win, telling me your karma of this day. The winner (if there is any at all, of course) will be chosen on Tuesday noon, as there is a national holiday on Monday and I won't be behind the screen then.

Karma for today: Be gentle, be kind, be thoughtful, be caring, be compassionate, be fair, be generous.

Love is in the air

Collecting stamps takes lots of time, like all other hobbies. I do not collect them really but I like buying the nice ones when they are issued. Each year Slovenian Post issues a wishing/love stamp. For some years now it is in a shape of a heart which is, in my opinion, very lovely. As Slovenia is presumably the only country in the world with a word love in its name, it is nice that the Post indicates this on the stamp, too. Word love, as far as I know, doesn't have any meaning in Slovenian but almost everyone understands what it means.

This is the explanation for this year's stamp, named A kiss (provided by the Post):

Often we would like to kiss someone but we can't, since they are too far away, while a kiss demands physical contact. From now on, the recipients of your mail will beside the warm and kind words also receive a kiss through our new wishing stamp.

Right, I will send such kiss to 3 of you (if there are so many out there wishing to have this stamp at all). So, for a chance to win one love stamp like that, leave a comment on this post telling me if there is any place in this world that you would like to visit, and why. I'll use the random generator to pick the winners on Monday noon Central European Time.

Have a lovely weekend!