Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Just hangin' around, babe!

Sender: River88
I ain't doin' nothin', just hangin' around, babe!

Cat Has Tongue..

Sender: snisa
Cat caught by surprise, no time to retract tongue!



A Real Beer Mat!

Sender: Theo
Brouwerij Bosteels Brasserie Anno 1791
Theo sent this unusual postcard of a real beer mat as Belgium is No. 1 in the world of beers! 

San Francisco


Sender: xxiiangel
San Francisco. An aerial photograph captures the city in the late afternoon with Coit Tower in the foreground.

Venice Beach


Sender: Angee
The Venice Beach Pier, California, at sunset.



T for Travelling!

Sender: crizle
crizle has travelled to or through the towns stated on the card.


Pryanik

Sender: shokolatt


The Russian town Tula is well known for its cake called "pryanik". Pryanik is produced at factories & special techniques are used to make it, like a kind of art. Sometimes pryanik is made with the help of drafts (sketches) of customers in the form of animals, hearts, symbols of one’s business etc. There is also a museum for pryanik in Tula.


All Black & White





Sender: luiseme



The Staring Game

Sender: Heli
Heli likes cats too! 

Lost in A Book


Sender: emotis
"A Child Again" by Michael Kupperman 2005


Michael Kupperman is an American cartoonist and illustrator. This is one of his works, a cover for a book by Robert Coover. 


TQ emotis for this lovely card & Dennis The Menace stamp.



Glorious Grille

Sender: Irina
Grille fence of the Kazan Cathedral.


Fighting Knights

Sender: Karina
St. Sophia's Cathedral, dramatised knights' fighting in Polatsk.



Reception

Sender: Ann83
Reception of the Apostolic Patriarch of Kyiv and all Rus-Ukraine Filaret.

The State Capitol

Sender: Tumblecat
The State Capitol at Hartford, Connecticut, in Bushnell Park. It was built in 1877 of Connecticut Marble, and is of modified French Gothic design.



The Cowslip Fairy

Sender: AllSerene
The cowslip fairy from "Flower Fairies of the Spring", by Cicely Mary Barker.
My very first fairy card!

Monday, March 21, 2011

Nanchang Cheng

Sender: ranwe
Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China.

I'm Not Scary

Sender: Sayo
I was glad to receive Sayo's card as it meant that she was okay. Heartfelt prayers and support for the Japanese people in the aftermath of the earthquake/tsunami...

Costumed Lady

Sender: cdnstar


It must take hours to put on an elaborate dress like this..

It's Not Falling Down

Sender: manxious
A view of the famous London Bridge. One of the nursery rhymes taught to me as a child was of this bridge falling down!



Kizkalesi

Sender: pinuccia
Kizkalesi, Erdemli / Mersin
Kizkalesi (Maiden's Castle), a resort town on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.

NJ Shore

Sender: ilove2smile
New Jersey Shore - Beautiful waves and rock jetty at the Jersey Shore.

Wanderlust

Sender: nursenine9
Decision time for those suffering from wanderlust!

Lake Traunsee

Sender: Linzerin


A view of Lake Traunsee, a popular lake in the Salzkammergut area of Upper Austria.