BY-36394

BY-36394

This wonderful card comes from Olychen of Belarus. It is my newest  favorite holiday card. The picture on here doesn't even show how it sparkles in person. According to Olychen, the words translate to Happ New Year and she even tells me that Ded Maroz is what they call their St. Nickolas but the translation is actually Grandfather Frost. I also loved the stamp of the wolf because it is my high school mascot.

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DE-423134

This card comes from margret. It shows Karlsruhe at Christmas.

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DE-473326

This card came from NL24, she works for the Royal Academy of Dance.

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CA 83405

This card came from Oliversmom, who lives near Vancouver. It shows Gastown at night. It was founded in 1867 and was named after the first settler and colorful saloon owner "Gassy Jack" Deighton. The stamps are really neat too, 3 are ladybugs, 1 is a dragonfly, 1 is a Noel stamp of 1 of the kings of the 3 kings, and last my favorite a white tree with red ornaments and silver reflective snowflakes

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TW-101663

I received this card awhile ago from milly0309 but have been to busy and sick to blog about newer cards.

This card shows Cihou Lighthouse. The stamp is of a cute little bird.

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CZ-39464

THis card came yesteday as well from malinka-vila of the Czech Republic. I love that it is holiday card most likely drawn by  a child.

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LT-53649

This beautiful card came yesterday from jurslan of Finland. It is hard to tell by this scan but it has sparkling glitter over the snow parts. It is one of my favorite holiday cards to date.

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US-55810

This came from JdTall she accidentally sent two cards, the lighthouse was supposed to be bound for Finland. However it is my favorite of the two cards. I am not a Kennedy fan, way before my time. I love the fact that she used stamps that equal the 28 cents instead of the traditional polar bear like I do when sending card to fellow Americans. 

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PL-54871

This card of a lady bug and a flower comes from Poland and was sent by bashi. She tells me that she lives with her family and is in her third year of studies in "landscape architecture" she is earning a degree to become a garden designer. Well I wish bashi all the best of luck in her dream. according to bashi  the words on the postcard loosely translate to Love is similar a sun. When you are in love, life gets bright, warm and beautiful. How beautiful and poetic.

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US-555091

This card comes from New York. It was sent by laurlaur1486 and shows a festive lion outside the New York Public Library. She tells that this is one of her favorite places in New York City as well as how magical the city as at this time of year.

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LT-51493

This card form vikutelia shows the tree at the town hall in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was my first Christmas postcard showing a real tree. The stamps were of little birds with the WWF logo (World Wildlife Fund) and a church.

Back from Cali

Upon returning today I had five postcards awaiting for me to register on postcrossing. The following five cards are what came in mail box while I was gone.

PostMuse: Argument at Mesa Verde

PostMuse: Argument at Mesa Verde

Today Postmuse  blogs about the adventure I had at the age of 13 on a family trip.

Vacation

I have been planning a vacation and now it is here. When I return all the cards that are in my mailbox (hopefully) will be uploaded and blogged about. I also hope to pick up a few cool additions to trade and keep.
Happy Holidays and Postcrossing everyone!

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IN-9767

This card came today from India, from jacquesINDIA, an a teacher at an American School. He wrote my name in the native language I loved it. The stamp was an American 28 cent polar bear which is very interesting to me, he states on his profile that many of his cards never made to their destination so he has to send his cards through the US Consular Postal System.

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FI-686146

This card came from GraceArtemis of Finland. It is also another art card by the artist Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) painting is called Women of Ruokolahti on the Church Hill 1887.

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US-555030

This card came today from wolfmechanics a college student  in Buffalo, New York. This card is an art card  by Rachell Sumpter called Stage Four 2008.

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US-547950

This card came today from Plain Jane in New Glarus, Wisconsin. She states that her town is flooded by tourist who go hunting through the town to photograph these cows. There are 16 in their town that were painted by local artists. If you all remember these type of cows were made popular by the cows on parade exhibit in Chicago. Ironically we have a cow right here where I live in Henderson, Nevada inside a local library.

The beginning

I have been getting postcards for the last year from Postcrossing.com and I love it so much that I thought I'd share with others my mail. I have several accounts that I will pull from my daughters, the families, mine and occasionally my classes too. I hope to blog about what came in the mail everyday. However on days no mail comes I will show some of my favorite cards in my collection.