Pet Dogs

The first stamp I found at the back of my postcards for Viridian's Sunday Stamps

theme today, 'pets' is a funny one. It's from the second part of a series called

Winter Tales. Designed by Claus Bigum and issued in 2011, the stamps show

Danish winter past times. This particular stamp shows a dog walker.

The second ones are mastiffs, one of the ancient breed of dogs. The two stamps

are issued by the Russian Federation on 15 March 2002. On the left is a bull mastiff,

said to be a cross breed between a mastiff and a bulldog. On the right, is a

Brazilian mastiff, also known as Fila Brasileiro.

~ maria

Doors of Fredericia

DK-20698, Sender: Rita
Sent: 24 March 2012, Sent from Kolding, Denmark
Received: 3 April 2012, Traveled 9,961 km in 10 days

Rita wrote that these card shows some of the special doors in Fredericia. I tried to research about them but to my dismay. I found a nice quotation about doors though, that is very appropriate to what I'm going through right now.

There's difference between fear and paralysis. And I've learned that I don't have to "grow up" to be open to opportunity, to be willing to step through doors without being pushed. I just have to be brave. I just have to be slightly braver than I am scared. 

- Victoria Schwab

I continue getting helpful comments from my readers and blog visitors to my post last Friday. Know that I am sincerely grateful from the bottom of my heart for all your nice words and advice. I've started to put into action some of the recommendations in the comments and like I said on my post yesterday, I'm starting to smile and feel better now. :)

Life offers a lot of opportunities. The worst that a person can be is to be hopeless, as there's always a door that you can open. And whatever the circumstances you find inside, you always have a skill or a talent to make the most of them. If all things fail after you've given it your best shot, remember that a door is meant for two things: entrance and exit. You can always exit through that door and open another door until you finally find what you're looking for.

So...which door? I guess we can start from that blue and white one on the upper left corner of the card? ;-)

I'm sharing this with Sally's Blue Monday. Check out her page for more blues!

~maria