Sunday, July 5, 2009

US-426330

US-426330

Blue Ridge Parkway. "Grandfather Mountain rises 4,000 feet above the Catawba River floor. This abrupt change in elevation creates unique climate zones that support sixteen distinct ecological communities." From Virginia, USA.

PT-85365

PT-85365

El Salto Angel, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela. From Portugal.

NL-166589

NL-166589

Claude Monet, "Femmes au jardin," 1866-67.

LupusCrossing 09

LupusCrossing

A thank-you card from Simone of LupusCrossing for a couple of cards I sent from Costa Rica.

NL-168372

NL-168372

Some of the gang from Sesame Street! From the Netherlands.

US-411488

US-411488

University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology and National Severe Storm Laboratory (USA).

BY-17326

BY-17326

Goose from Belarus.

US-411486

US-411486

"San Juan Islands: Kayakers commune with the whales as they play in the waters surrounding the San Juan Islands. Whale watchers must follow federally mandated guidelines that protect the whales, dictating that they stay at least 100 yards away from the whales."

Photo (c) Jeff Mondragon

Saturday, May 2, 2009

TW-47105

TW-47105

Cats, a bicycle... the simple life! From Taiwan.

JP-64245

JP-64245

I thought the little heart on the front was a sticker, but it's actually part of the postcard. Too cute! From Japan.

CH-27676

CH-27676

"Familie" by Hans Erni, 1968. From Switzerland.
Beautiful. The postcard sender said that the artists just celebrated his 100th birthday and is still working! I love that.

DE-3164937

DE-3164937

(c) Peter Hammer Verlag, www.peter-hammer-verlag.de

Love this! Looks like when my cat and dog try to get on the sofa together. :-D From Germany.

IT-40808

IT-40808

Maisy Mouse! I love Maisy Mouse. She's called "Muis" in Dutch. From Italy.

PT-77182

PT-77182

UNESCO site, Torre de Belen. From Portugal.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

FR-48065

FR-48065
Super cute postcard from France! From the back:
(c) Cartes d'Art, Micheline Le Berre, "Un Petit Bonjour d'Ici/A Little Hello From Here"

DE-30836

DE-30836
One of the German low mountain ranges, the Swabische Alb.

US-370186

US-370186
One of my faves so far! From one of my favorite states, Washington, U.S.A.

CH-27061

CH-27061
Pilatus aerial cablecar with view on the Lake Lucerne, Rigi and Burgenstock. From Switzerland.

DE-292022

DE-292022
Seahorse postcard from Germany

Saturday, March 7, 2009

FI-475075

FI-475075

Cat on a ski lift! From Finland.

GR-001 (private swap)

GR-U-001

Shipwreck on the island of Zakynthos, Greece.

US-343196

US-343196

Wassily Kindinsky: Composition IV, 1911. From Cambridge, Mass., U.S.

SG-001 (Singapore unofficial)

SG-U-001

Unofficial card from Singapore. I sent a Costa Rica oxcart postcard for the Singapore Philatelic Museum's year of the ox exhibit, and they were kind enough to send me this one in return. :-)

GR-5025

GR-5025

A beautiful Grecian sunset.

CN-51785

CN-51785

"Giant Panda, a national treasure." From China

NL-138070

NL-138070

Baby tiger! So cute. From The Netherlands.

FI-475074

FI-475074

"A Rose for Marita" by Kaj Stenvall. Postcard from Finland.

CZ-21888

CZ-21888

Scenes from Prague: The Old Town Square, The Lesser Town, The Old Jewish Cemetery, The Dancing House, Astronomical Clock, The Prague Castle, The Wenceslas Square, Kampa, The Golden Lane, The Left and the Right Vltava River Banks, Charles Bridge, The Vltava River Bridges, The Old Town

Sunday, January 25, 2009

FI-444111

FI-444111

A map of Northern Finland, from Rayrinki, FI.

JP-53631

JP-53631

The Sapporo White Illumination Festival, from Sapporo, Japan.

Friday, January 9, 2009

DE-252051

DE-252051

From Tuttlingen, Germany.

AT-25567

AT-25567

This is from a town near Vienna, Austria. Let's go skiing!

DE-252046

DE-252046

A cute kitty postcard from Germany.