Last Hope Adoption Event

As the regular visitors already know on Wednesdays and Fridays I put a post up promoting Last Hope, a no kill pet rescue organization. There are a couple of events that they are running and I want highlight them for you.

Big, Big, BIG Adoption Event

January 28, 29 and 30
Burnsville Minnesota Petco

Sponsored by Nutro and Natural Balance

And 

Pancake Breakfast
to Support the Animals!

Come to AppleBees on Cedar in Apple Valley Minnesota
from 8-10 on Saturday January 29th 

For more information http://last-hope.org/

StampNews.com: Top 10 Most Creative Stamps for 2011

Top 10 Most Creative Stamps for 2011

10 Embroidered Stamps from Austria and Brazil

9 Brazilian Bat Postage Stamps - Cut in the shape of bats!

8 Canada's Biggest Stamp - At a $10 value it's a Whale of a stamp! Due to its high value, several security features are used in the new $10 stamp. The whale's scientific name (Balaenoptera musculus) is written in intaglio micro printing. As well, a large cluster of krill (the whale's food of choice) and a diver are printed in tagging that can only be seen using ultraviolet light.

7 Aromatic Scratch-and-Sniff Postage Stamps Debut in Germany + Scented Stamps from French Polynesia The scent - which is only released upon scratching the stamp's surface - is made possible with scented oils wrapped in microscopic capsules. 

6 Animation Stamps from Israel and Hungary

5 Book Stamp from Netherlands + Crime Novel Stamps by Sweden + Special Journal Devoted to Traditional French Flavors. There are micro-texts embedded in the stamps about the authors and their works. Try to find them!

4 Stamps with Diamonds + World's First Postage Stamps Made from Thai silk

3 Calligraphy Stamps + World's First Ceramic Stamps from China

2 Special Volcano Stamps from Iceland + Sahara Postage Stamps by Morocco

All the stamps are silkscreen printed with very fine-grained trachyandesite ash which fell at Eyjafjallajokull in April. The trachyandesite magma has ca. 60% silica content and comes from a depth of 7 km with a temperature of more than 1100°C when it reaches the glacial ice.

1 )Moving Stamp with the World's Smallest and Shortest Film by Netherlands

14897 Robert Trail South, Rosemount, Minnesota, United States

From Buildings

To empty lot!

The last few weeks the contractors used their bulldozers and equipment to tear down three buildings on the West side of Highway 3 in Rosemount MN.

Ohh, the wheels of progress! Stay tuned for further developments. What do you think will fill this lot space? Guess now. Whoever guesses right will win a prize.

In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr

I wanted to commemorate today, Martin Luther King Day, to remind everyone to be good to each other and our neighbors no matter who they are and what their background is. Because we only hear bits and pieces of it on the news I thought it would be great to have his "I Have a Dream" speech text and video given on August 28, 1963, for all to see and appreciate.

He spoke for all people of all races.

I ask all to see the video and read along and contemplate. Has his dream been accomplished?

You are welcome to comment at the bottom of this post.

Here it is:












I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.