Sunday Stamps M4 Norway, South Africa, Switzerland

As it was my birthday yesterday I guess it is appropriate to start this week with a mushroom,

Switzerland - 6 March 2014

That long Latin name is for 'The Old Man of the Woods.'

From Norway I've selected another Latin name - 'Mustela erminea' - for a mammal.

Norway - 20 February 1989

We see these stoats occasionally near the local woods.

To maintain the 'M' theme I have to resort to yet another Latin name of a South African bird that is on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species - 'Morus capensis' - The Cape Gannet.

South Africa - 20 November 1974

For other 'M' related stamps just visit the links at Sunday-stamps-m.

Mushrooms/Fungi - Sunday Stamps II

I thought I would have only one stamp to show this week until I visited 'my' market stall.

Norway - Butter Mushroom

One of the problems with countries these days is how their names have changed.

French West Africa was once a federation of eight of France's colonies which included French Guinea and Upper Volta.

French Guinea became - 

Republic of Guinea (Guinée) - 1996

It's difficult to read, even with a magnifying glass, but the 300f stamp depicts a 'Destroying Angel)

Upper Volta became the Republic of Upper Volta in 1958 and then in 1984 it's name changed again to - 

Burkina Faso

There are four more stamps in the set from Guinée and three more in the Burkina Faso set from 1985.

I'm now trying to make sense of the fungi Latin names.

Meanwhile you may pick more mushrooms at Sunday-Stamps-ii-22

Food from the earth - Thematic Photography

Carmi's 'Food from the earth'  theme sparked a discussion as to what counted. I tried to keep the food to that which grows straight out of the ground, and excluded items that grow on plants, bushes and trees.

Here's what I found in the kitchen.

Vegetable selection

The same lot photographed from above, with me standing on a chair.

Clockwise from the top - cauliflower, broccoli, mushrooms, onions. potato, spring onions, pepper, leek, potato, carrots, courgettes (zucchini) mushrooms.

But the most photogenic was the - 

Broccoli

Now I have to wait and see what gets cooked for our meal tonight.

For other choice food go to the check out at Carmi's Thematic-photographic-316.