Oro Valley is a suburb of Tucson, 10 km south. There are about 47 000 people who live here, up from 30 000 in 2000. There are over 10 high tech firms, which has the nickname of "Upscale Tech Mecca of Southern Arizona." Oro Valley is also a second home to many who maintain a winter home here. 

I am going to share what the sender has written on the back (13 March 2025): Hello Curt! I am writing you from Jacksonville, Florida. I am a piano teacher. Taught in schools from 1988-2012: Music, theatre, choir, band. THANK YOU for teaching! On a somber note - America is a scary place to live right now. My husband and I continue to be a voice for marginalized people. We welcome good thoughts, prayers, etc... National parks employees have been fired in USA.  If you are reading this, please send your good thoughts and/or prayers to Annie in Jacksonville!

Montréal is home to St. Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal ( Oratoire Saint-Joseph-du-Mont-Royal ). It is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and a national shrine. It is listed on Canada's National Historic Site and it is Canada's largest church. It was founded by Saint  André Bessette in 1904, in honour of his patron saint, St. Joseph. Many architects and thousands of workers were involved in the six decade construction of the oratory. It attracts 2 million visitors and pilgrims each year. 

A great vintage card of Lake Louise  in Banff National Park for the 1950s or 60s.  Lake Louise, or Ho-run-num-nay, is a glacial lake. Thomas Edmonds Wilson was the first non-Indigenous person to visit the lake, He originally named it Emerald Lake and promoted it the Canadian Pacific Railway as a development opportunity. The CPR re-named the lake Lake Louise, after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878-1883.  The Canadian Pacific Railway built Chateau Lake Louise on Lake Louise's eastern shore in 1890. It was winterized in 1982. Lake Louise is a popular destination all year round. In the winter, skiing, ice skating, sleigh rides, ice sculpture contests, and snowshoeing are popular activities. In the summer, canoeing, horseback riding, mountain biking, and hiking are popular activities.  The lake is two kilometres long and half a kilometre wide. The...

Great photo of an Asian elephant. They have trunks of up to two metres in length, which can twist freely, just like hands of a human. Elephants can used their trunks to drink water, roll up food, and even grip branches of tall trees.  Asian elephants are Asia's largest land animal. They are highly intelligent and self-aware, and can display behaviours associated with grief, learning, and greeting. They are found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia, from India in the west, to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south.  Asian elephants have been listed as endangered since 1986. It is threatened by loss of habitat, habitat degradation, fragmentation, and poaching. 

The Wadden Sea (Waddenzee) is an intertidal zone in southeastern part of the North Sea. The Dutch and German parts of the Wadden Sea were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2009.