Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Russia: Respect-for-the-Aged Day

Respect-for-the-Aged Day (敬老の日 Keirō no hi) is a Japanese holiday celebrated annually to honor elderly citizens.

Private swap. Thanks, zombozaets!

Lithuania: Vilnius

Vilnius, Pilies Street.

Private swap. Thanks, Olga!

U.S.A.: Missouri

Greetings from Missouri! The Show Me State.
Capital: Jefferson City
Area: 69,674 sq. miles
Flower: Hawthorn
Bird: Bluebird
Tree: Dogwood

Missouri is Mark Twain's birthplace. And the awesome stamps are related to the card! The Huck Finn stamp was issued in 1993.

Private swap. Thanks, Evgenia!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Ukraine: Dnipropetrovsk

Central Post Office on Karl Marx Avenue in Dnipropetrovsk. Sightseeing Streetcar, a replica of a 1900 original.

Private swap. Thanks, Maria!

Russia: The Incredibles

The Incredibles. Pixar.

Private swap. Thanks, Marinka!

Latvia: Riga

Riga. House of Black Cat.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/LV-60811

Austria: Card from Ireland

Greetings from Dublin. The Liffey, named Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce is the lifeblood of Dublin since the Vikings plunged their longships into its estuary nearly 1,200 years ago. The river rises in the Wicklow Mountains. The Liffey has always had a central role in the prosperity (or otherwise), history, literature and culture of the city.

This card was sent to me by an Austrian postcrosser from an Irish Postcrossers meeting. How cool is that?

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/AT-94143

Finland: Karaoke

Inge Löök's old ladies singing karaoke.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/FI-1340691

Russia: Orange elephant

Orange elephant :)

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/RU-744183

Russia: Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Tashkent (Uzbekistan Soviet Socialist Republic). Monument to the 14 Turkestan commissars, perished in the struggle against the counter-revolution in 1919.

Russian postcrossing: http://postcross.ru/cards/received/RU-422863/

Russia: Hi from...

Hi from... Yaroslavl!

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/RU-782111

Latvia: Balancing Kids

Balancing Kids (1961).

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/LV-59998


U.S.A.: Laguna Beach

Greetings from Laguna Beach. Reproduction of a Vintage Postcard.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/US-1527935

Ireland: Where's Waldo?

Where's Waldo? Also you can find:
- Four pairs of twins
- A clock striking twelve
- Three men with axes

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/IE-31742

U.S.A.: Beware of Cat!

Illustration by Tomi Ungerer (b. Alsace, 1931). From the book Cats as Cats Can (Roberts Rinehart, 1997).

Private swap. Thanks, Erin!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Lithuania: Moments of Joy

A Hallmark card from Lithuania.
This is amazing, but it's my second stamp to commemorate 600th anniversary of Grunwald Battle and both of them came this week. First one was from Belarus. Because the week is not over yet, I hope to receive 3rd one from Poland :) All these countries were in The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the times of the Battle and fought against Crusaders of the Teutonic Order.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/LT-183246

Monday, February 13, 2012