National Library Week

National Library Week is an annual celebration of the contribution of our nation's libraries and librarians.  Celebrate libraries every day, but especially during the week of April 10-16, 2011.

Not all libraries are beautiful, but they all have books.

Streetcar Sunday - Karlsruhe, Germany

Karlsruhe is located in southwest Germany near the French border. Karlsruhe translates roughly as Karl's rest - and indeed the Margrave Karl Wilhelm rests right under that pyramid shown in the middle of the postcard.

Karlsruhe has seven tram routes and an interconnected tram/train network that has served as the model for other German cities. The trams and trains share tracks throughout the region, allowing for seamless integration and convenient transfers. I guess it's no surprise that it works well. The question is why other countries don't adopt similar systems.

Rabbit and Girl

I suspect that girl and rabbit both hopped off in a hurry as soon as the picture was taken.
Francis C. Swain operated a portrait studio in Monterey, California from 1906 to 1917. Unfortunately, there's no name or any other information on the back.

No rabbits, but plenty of magic over at Sepia Saturday this week..