4191 - Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada

A beautiful postcard of Peggy's Cove. As I type I also have a painting I bought when I was in Peggy's Cove a few years back. It is a beautiful little community on the Atlantic Coast. The sender's penmanship is also top notch!

Peggy's Cove's economy revolved around the fishery. Following the Second World War, tourism began to overtake fishing in economic importance. The local and provincial government have strict land-use regulations in the area of Peggy's Cove to prevent property development, plus there are restrictions on who can live in the community to prevent inflation of property values for year-round residents. There are only 30 year round residents, with that number increasing to 35 in the summer season.

In 1998, Swissair Flight 111 crashed into St. Margaret's Bay eight kilometres south west of Peggy's Cove. All 229 people perished. The cove became a staging point for first responders involved in the search and rescue operations, crash recovery operations, and the investigation of the crash. Many of the first boats to sail to the crash site were privately owned fishing boats from Peggy's Cove and surrounding harbours. Today there is a Swissair 111 memorial just a few kilometres from Peggy's Cove.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

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