A Poster From Ann

Ann, who lives in the southern part of France

part of the year, sent me this great poster card

from La Cote D'Azur. It says that the sun shines

all year in Cote D'Azur. Ann writes: 'I don't know

whether the Cote D'Azur really has sunshine all

the year but certainly it has been lovely this week.

It does have a wonderful climate so you can understand

why people flocked there. For me, my granddaughter is

the main attraction!'

I can understand that, because I know that my

great-granddaughter, Jaycee, is a main attraction

to me, wherever she is!

Thank you, Ann, for the great card--I love it!

Card From Tornio, Finland

Sansku, a Postcrossing user from Finland, sent

me this pretty card with ducks. Sansku lives in

the city of Tornio, which is in northern Finland

near the Swedish border.

Thank you for the great card, Sansku! I also love

the beautiful Finnish stamp (below) which you

put on the card.

Postcard from Samara

Nina, who lives in Samara, Russia, a city of the banks

of the Volga River, sends me this postcard from

her home city. The building in the picture is the

Academic Drama Theatre, and the architectural

style is called 'Moscow baroque'. The monument at

the top right is a statue of A. Pushkin, the famous

Russian poet and playwright. At the bottom right,

the monument is to Vasily Chapaev, a distinguished

military commander. He is shown in front of a band

of soldiers, urging them forward.

Thank you, Nina, for a very interesting card!

Minnesota and Ennepetal

My first card today comes from Dahli, who lives in

Minneapolis, Minnesota--'just a few miles north

of I-35!' The picture is from the Museum of Modern Art

in New York City. It shows a piece of 'art' by Vincent

Borelli, entitled Rosemary Jamison's Truck.

Dahli tells me that it is officially Fall there now,

and she is racing the clock to get her perennials in

the ground before it gets too cold. They just

purchased their home a month ago so she must hurry!

Thank you, Dahli, for the great card!

Above is the coat of arms of the city of Ennepetal.

This card comes to me from Niels, a law student at
the Ruhr University in Westphalen. He also works
part time at a gas station. Ennepetal is a small
town of 32,000 inhabitants and it is in a beautiful
valley, as seen on the card. Niels wrote about half
of the card in English and then finished it in
German. With the help of my handy-dandy
German/English dictionary, I was able to read
(and understand) it! Thank you, Niels, for the
beautiful introduction to your city!

OneDutch, One Finnish, One Lithuanian Card

In addition to the three private swaps below

(scroll down), I received these beautiful

European cards.

This card comes to me from Maaike, who lives

in the Netherlands. I love the little wooden

shoes on the card!

Thank you, Maaike, for the great card!

This card is from Laura, who lives in the middle part of

Finland. However, she says she has visited Lappland, and

hopes to someday live there. She really liked it there.

This card shows water rushing over rocks in a little

'tundra brook'. Thank you, Laura, for the great card!

Laura put the beautiful 'northern lights' stamp (below)

on her card.

Kristina, who lives in Vilnius, Lithuania, sent me this
beautiful card. She also wrote a beautifully poetic note
in her card, describing the winter, the changing seasons,
and the beautiful country where she lives. I loved
reading her note so much, because I could almost
'see' the things she was describing. She wrote, "I am
sending you my love of incomprehensibly deep forests,
little springs flowing somewhere in there, dark green
shades of grass and of white immense wastelands in
winter. This country is too little to be noticed in the
map but, believe me, it's as vast as Narnia."
Thank you, Kristina, for your card and your
beautiful writing!
The gorgeous stamp below brought Kristina's
card to me.

3 Private Swaps

Today's mail brought 3 privately exchanged cards.

This card came from Ann, in France. Isn't it a gorgeous

picture? I love the wavy wrapping around the

lighthouse! Ann lives part-time in France and

part-time in England. She tells me that her husband

worked 3 years in Paris, and when they returned to

England, they missed the way of life in France. So,

when he retired, they decided to have the best of

both worlds!

Thank you, Ann, for your beautiful card!

This is card #3 (of 6) in my Monday exchanges with Thea,

from Hoorn, Netherlands. I have already received all

the other cards, so this one must have been 'gotten lost'

on its way to Texas! 'Lighthouse Lover' that I am,

this is a perfect choice for me! Thank you, Thea, for

the beautiful card and the nice exchange we have

enjoyed!

This card comes to me from Bruce, in Las Vegas.

He said, 'Don't let the picture fool you; it's not

always the 4th of July here. It just feels that way!'

It's a beautiful card, Bruce, and I thank you for the

opportunity to swap cards with you. I really like

the 'really old' stamps that Bruce put on his card.

You can see them below. They are stamps from

the '50's and 60's. I think that's really neat.

I wonder where you get such old unused stamps.

3 Cards, 3 Continents: Netherlands, USA, Australia

Here are three beautiful cards I received from three

different continents:

The first card comes to me from The Netherlands,

on the European continent. It is

the sixth of six cards that Thea and I agreed to exchange.

This one is a packet of 'forget-me-not' seeds that came

in the form of a postcard. I LOVE it! I can hardly wait

to plant them. I have seen lots of pictures of

forget-me-nots, but I can't remember ever seeing

one 'au naturel'!

Thank you, Thea, for this six-week exchange of cards.

I have enjoyed it and hope we can do it again sometime.

The second of my inter-continental cards is from

my own continent--North America. Elena sent me

this beautiful card showing the Manhattan Bridge over

the East River, New York City. I have been a member

of Postcrossing for 15 months now, and this is the

first card I have received from New York City.

It is beautiful and I love it, Elena!

And the third continent in this series is Australia.

This wonderful card, sent to me by Shona, shows

many of the various landscapes and interesting

flora and fauna of that continent. It is beautiful

and I appreciate it very much, Shona! Thank you!