Flint & Steel Prompt

Lighthouses On Postage Stamps

January is National Hobby Month — Philately

Photo by author: Watercolour painting of Lighthouse at Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa with 50c stamp, a cancellation mark dated 6 September 1988 at Green Point; four 1976 Guernsey lighthouse stamps

In response to Ellie Jacobson’s Flint & Steel prompt — Sparks #22: What Are Your Distractions, I Mean, Hobbies? — where she asks a poignant question whether or not hobbies are a distraction or a waste of time.