Giant Sequoias

Sender: Jassy-50

Bachelor And Three Graces. Yosemite National Park, California

This interesting group of Giant Sequoia trees is located in Yosemite's Mariposa Grove. The Grove contains about 500 mature Giant Sequoia trees spread over 250 acres. The Giant Sequoias are the largest living things on earth and some in this Grove weigh over two million pounds.

Apple Blossom in the Altes Land

Sender: Chiara64
Apple blossom in the Altes Land near Hamburg

Altes Land, a German region stretching along the Elbe river between Hamburg, Buxtehude and Stade, is particularly beautiful in spring, when the scent of apple, pear and cherry blossoms fill the air and the orchards are a mass of pastel hues.

Red Ivy

Sender: Manu86
The title of this postcard is "As if the time would keep standing"

Branches and Cotton Reels

Sender: SssharonL
I have no idea what these pictures mean to convey....but Sharon wrote a lovely message at the back :)

White Trees

Sender: Chiara64
White trees in a wintry landscape. So beautiful..

Trees in Winter

Sender: nvpsv

Australian Rainforest

Sender: Crizle
World Heritage Rainforest, Australia

World heritage wilderness. The ancient living museums of rainforest in Australia are millions of years old and these precious eco-systems are home to some of the world's rarest plants and animals.

Winter Grouse & Snowy Trees

Sender:  Anna

Trees covered in snow and winter grouse.

Upper Garden

Sender: Fred

Text on card:-

Upper Garden: In his upper garden, George Washington created a formal pleasure garden, with beds of flowers and vegetables separated by brick-lined walks. The small octagonal garden house stands in the northwest corner of the upper garden.

I love, love, love beautifully tended gardens...Let me share a poem I have read which kind of sums up what a garden is..

"There is peace within a garden 

A peace so deep and calm 

That when the heart is troubled 

It's like a soothing balm

There's life within a garden 

A life that still goes on 

Filling empty places 

When older plants have gone

There's glory in the garden 

At every time of year 

Spring summer autumn winter 

To fill the heart with cheer

So ever tend your garden 

Its beauty to increase 

So in it you'll find solace 

And in it you'll find peace."

Yosemite National Park

Sender: Liz

Yosemite National Park

Mountain Dogwood along the Merced River

One of the two major waterways in the Park is the Merced River, which carries rainwater and snow melt from the high Sierras and drains the southern part of the Park. Arising high in the Sierra backcountry, it flows through the heart of the Yosemite Valley.

A Council of Owls

Sender: Maria

A lovely art card by Pekka Barman, one of Maria's favourite postcards. I like it too! It's like a council of wise owls!

Northern Ontario

Sender: LizzyS
Autumn colours of Northern Ontario, Canada

A scenic picture indeed. I wish our tree leaves can change colours in this manner. But they are greener than green mostly.

I would never tire of seeing autumn's effect on trees if I live in this kind of surroundings...

Sugarcane

Sender: Crizle

S is for Sugarcane

A maxi-card! Terima kasih, Crizle!

Upside Downy

Sender: CarolReader

'U' is for 'Upside' Downy

"Upside Downy" by Charley Harper / Birds

Quinault Rain Forest

Sender: Hootnoodle
'Q' is for the 'Quinault' Rain Forest

Text on card: The QUINAULT RAIN FOREST with its mild temperatures, summer fog, long growing season, and abundant rainfall help make this forest at Cannings Creek a most fertile varied garden of growing organisms. Some of the largest trees of their kind, festooned with mosses, lichen and ferns grow in the Quinault Valley. Parasitic and Saprophytic plants abound here.

Alive And Forgotten

Sender: Maxim

"Alive And Forgotten"

What do you think the picture is trying to convey? 

A Tree House

Sender: Alienne

'T' is for 'Tree' house!

Why do you think children like playing in a tree house? I think that a tree-house gives them another venue to play, a separate place to put their own special things and serves as a retreat for them sometimes. Makes them feel special. Have you ever played in a tree house before? 

This card comes with a quote which Alienne kindly translated for me:-

"Man needs hours in which he centres himself and lives inwardly". ~ Albert Schweitzer

A Rustic Garden

Sender: Alienne

'G' is for 'Garden'! A Rustic Garden, location unknown. Is that an old-fashioned sundial in the middle there? Cool!

Redwood Burls

Sender: Emily

Text on card: Redwood National and State Parks

Redwood burls, thought by most authorities to be masses of dormant buds, are a common sight on many redwood trees. The peculiar protuberance around the trunk of this tree is truly unique, measuring 6 by 8 feet.

It looks like the bottom of a melted candle!

Willows in Upper Bavaria

Sender: Gery

Willows in Upper Bavaria

A lovely winter scene. Sometimes when it gets unbearably warm here, I long to be in colder weather again. And I sort of miss the snow. But not too wintry like -18 degrees as what Gery informed she is facing right now! Too cooold!