Summertime!

Well, summer is here in earnest! We've had so much rain the past few weeks and I am glad we live on the side of a hill, so that there is no chance of flooding! The ground outside is like walking on a wet sponge. It's been a good thing though, our area has been under drought conditions for the past few years.

(and to answer the question from the last post - I don't know exactly what the grannies were doing, I was wondering myself!)

Enjoy the postcards!

I think this may be my first Maine postcard!

Sudak, Genoese Fortress, sent from the Ukraine

Lovely bicycle postcard from France

A collection of lighthouses from Holland

An Edward Gorey card, 12 Lords a'leaping- except they look more like they are walking sedately. Now, the ladies look more like they are "a'leaping"!

Sent from Canada, a postage stamp image

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Double Post, Number 2

Here is the second group of the day!

A Jetoy cat based on a Vermeer painting, from Holland.

Big Ben in London, England

A Santana house in Madeira, Portugal; farmers lived in the ground floor, and the attic was used to store farm products. Now it looks like a playhouse!

Vintage card from Holland, look up at the right hand corner, it has a stamp with Rebecca on it (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), that's the reason the sender posted it to me!

Multi-view card from Estonia.

A cool 1950 bicycle sent to me from Russia!

The propellers of the the Titanic (see how they dwarf the men below!)

I love this card from Germany!

Church of the St. Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, Belarus.

Berlin, German, sent from Russia.

Great photo of storks in Germany!

A scene from Ontario Canada; it says "Gone Fishing" - ahhh, I'd love to!

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Really Nice!

A member of a Round Robin I am in for Postcrossing sent me something really special! She lives in Canada, and Canada Post issued a postcard about the Titanic on the 100th anniversary of its sinking, plus a stamp as well. She sent me both!

Isn't this really nice??

A wonderful shot of the beach, from Holland.

Another great image of a postage stamp from England!

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They Come In A Flood!

When I have to wait a few days to post, the postcards seem to 

come in a flood! This is half of what I have, more to come later!

British Mailbox in the snow.

Mir Castle, Minsk, Belarus, a UNESCO site.

These Giant Pandas bears are so charming, look at the one sniffing a flower! Sent from China

Lace cuffs and a Jabot from Australia's capital, Canberra.

Munster, Germany. See the 3 cages above the clock? In the Middle Ages, 

people were hung there as punishment.

From the Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis MN. The painting is called 

Before A Long Journey, by Geli Korzhev-Chuvelev. I think there is something

bittersweet about it.

I love this! These Chinese boys are having a fun time posing for the photographer.

What a colorful "pasar tani" (farmer's market) in Malaysia!

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Two Today

This picture was taken at Cortez Village, a historical site in Florida. I love the bicycle! And the sender included several stamps to add up to the correct postage, and one of them is an old stamp of South Carolina, my state!

This is Cana Island lighthouse in Door County Wisconsin. The sender used a 32¢ stamp from the days when that used to be the postage for letters, not postcards!

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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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This Week So Far

For many reasons, this is my first update this week.

A large and majestic tree from France.

A reprint of an old Christmas greeting from the US.

Hearts in a bottle from Heickelhovem, Germany.

A lovely stone bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, a UNESCO site.

The Fab Four, after they lost their look of innocence and instead look a bit jaded!

Bormes-les-Mimosas, a small village on the French Riviera. I'd love to visit!

A great card for my chickens collection! The sender wrote "Remember when Martha Stewart made a big deal about her French chickens? I think this is one of them - it has her attitude."  Hahahahah - so true, and yes, I do remember!

Another pretty Postage Stamp Postcard from England, this one celebrating one of Jane Austen's characters, Catherine Morland.

This one was sent by my acupuncturist, and I included it because I thought it was cute with the snowman's arms being acupuncture needles! And yes, it really does help!

A floating market on Bangkok Noi Canal, Bangkok Thailand. I guess when you shop from a boat, you are limited with what you can purchase and bring home!

A postcard of an old Puffin Book, sent from London.

I like this creative Christmas Tree sent from Holland!

And finally, a lovely old fashioned Christmas postcard from the US.

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