postcards2lufra: January 2014

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Cat and Flowers

Sender: Anna
Rounded Cat by unknown artist

Sender: Jiang Hua Wen
Text on card: "Portraits of Inhabitants in the Yellow River"

Known as the mother river by all the Chinese people, the Yellow River (Huang He) is the second longest in China after the Yangtze River.

Angelic Jetoy Cat

Sender: Shukyi
A Jetoy cat card, showing a cat with wings. Is it an angelic cat?

This card has a sticker on it stating "MISSENT TO THAILAND"

Eye Candies!!!

Sender: Lara

I could not believe my eyes when I received this card. I blinked hard and then blinked again. Too much eye candy! Oh, my personal favourites? Bottom rightmost two! Rawr!

Windmill and Puppets

Sender: Aleksandra86
A scene from a children's TV series maybe? (I can't read the script on the card)

Teatime in the Kitchen

Sender: Adarka
Teatime in the kitchen

I think this is by Natasha Chetkova. Love her cards!

Merry X'mas in Many Versions

Sender: Vika
A X'mas greeting postcard in many languages. :-)

A Handsome Ural Owl

Sender: Lesha & Lena
A handsome Ural Owl drawn by an unknown artist as I can't read the script.

Red Umbrella

Sender: Chicherita
Red Umbrella
Art by Leonid Afremov, palette knife painting.

Palace of Grand Dukes of Lithuania

Sender: Myliu_Lietuva
'R' is for 'Royal Palace'

A bird's-eye view of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
Painted by Vilija Maciulyte (2008)

Just A Couple Of Girls

Sender: Jari-Chan
'R' is for 'Reading'

Harry Wilson Watrous (1857-1940)
"Just A Couple Of Girls", 1915

(Eh, but why did the postmark appear on this side of the postcard? Marring the beautiful pic!)

Singing In The Rain

Sender: Alienne
'R' is for 'Rain'
Gene Kelly, in a famous scene from "Singing In The Rain"

"I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feelin'
I'm happy again....."

Riku

Sender: Kamipaper
'R' is for 'Riku' in "Kingdom Hearts"

"Once we step through, we might not be able to come back. We may never see our parents again. There's no turning back. But this may be our only chance. We can't let fear stop us! I'm not afraid of the darkness!"—Riku

Rockhopper Penguins

Sender: Qhasami
'R' is for 'Rockhopper' penguins.

Rockhopper Penguins, Falkland Islands.

I have seen them in an aquarium here, they were so cute as they jumped from rock to rock, rather than waddling like other penguins! I loved their straight, bright yellow eyebrows/long yellowish plumes. Very hip and fashionable!