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Monday, January 16, 2012

Monday, And Caught Up Again

Today is a Postal Holiday so, I am now caught up again with postcards I have received over the weekend. I've been struggling with flare ups of this illness and it makes it hard to get things done, but I'm always happy to receive postcards!

A Pixar postcard, this one is from The Adventures of Andre and Wally B.

A vintage card from Holland, with the addition of a bright pink flower!

From China, houses in Wuyuan; look at the flat baskets on poles, I think they must be drying grains of some sort - perhaps rice?

Another Postage Stamp postcard from England; this one shows art pottery of Elizabeth Fritsch and was issued on 13 October 1987.

The Gothic Cathedral in Krakow, Poland.

A wonderful artistic photo of an old boat in Russia, I really like it!

A sweet card from a 15 year old girl in Finland.

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I'd love for you to visit me at my art blog, A Rabbit In The Garden.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Back In The Groove!

Trying to get back into the routine, so we'll start with the postcards which have been waiting patiently to have their turn in the sun:

The North facade of the Old Water Tower in Chicago IL, at Christmas. I think it's a great old building!

Lovely view of Lake Harriet, Minneapolis MN.

This card is from Poland with rubber boots on display. The sender also included a small coin from their country.

Festivities in honor of Saint-Jean, the protector of Porto City, Portugal.

From Russia, a painting by Swedish artist Karl Larson showing Christmas Eve as the children wait in anticipation to be allowed to come into the room where the Christmas decorations are. How sweet!

The Cathedral and Bell Tower of Erice, in Sicily.

Siberian Jay bird in Finland.

The UN Building in NY City.

A great old card depicting the Beatles at the launch of their Sgt. Pepper album.

This Beatle card was sent to me from China. On the back is printed "To usher in the Beatles new masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band, Brian Epstein hosted a small soiree for an elite retinue of media personnel at his home in London's Belgravia. The Beatles. fully decked in their current hippy regalia, were a bit worse for wear due to the ingestion of some illicit substance prior to the gathering, although they happily posed for the photographers, one of whom was a young American named Linda Eastman. If anything, it meant the transformation of John that evening. Evidently the lifestyle he was adopting was taking a considerable toll on him. May 19. 1967" If you look closely, you can see they are wearing the same clothes as in the photograph right above this one!

And one of the most famous album covers of all time!

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I'd love for you to visit me at A Rabbit In The Garden.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Postcards from Monday

This is interesting - the sender from Poland tells me that this is a traditional Kashubian song or nuty and because at the time it was written there were many illiterates, it was written with images. She suggested I find it on Youtube and I did! Check out this video (there were several renditions, one with a young boy leading the singing). I'm afraid I can't understand a thing they are saying! How wonderful that so many people learn English as a second language! Most Americans can only speak English!

Loudermilk Mill, near Clarksville GA

Cathedral of the Holy Name of The Blessed Virgin Mary in Minsk, Belarus

Roman amphitheater ruins in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. This card was sent to me by my dear friend Fran, who ws in Plovdiv visiting her daughter and son in law and their new baby. The daughter Renee and her husband are missionaries to the area.