Wednesday, March 7, 2012

China: Baitashan

Baitashan (White Pagoda Hill) Park. Rising 1,700 meters above sea level and covering an area of three million square meters. Baitashan was turned into a park in 1958. It is situated in Lanzhan city, a birthplace of lamian (chinese noodle, also known as Lagman [Uzbek] or Ramen [Japanese]).

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/CN-541332

U.S.A.: Army Nurse Corps

You are needed now. Join the Army Nurse Corps. Apply at your Red Cross recruiting station.
And the Leap Year postmark!

 Private swap. Thanks, Erin!

U.S.A.: Harry, Ron and Hermione

Another nice Harry Potter card! Private swap.

Thanks, Evgenia!

Russia: An arat

An arat (Mongolian stock-breeder) with a pipe. The Darhagyn Wetland. Mongolia.

Private swap. Thanks, Marinka!

Netherlands: Traditional costumes

Cute card.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/NL-1057247

U.S.A.: Myths and Enchantment Tales

Margaret Evans Price. From Myths and Enchantment Tales, 1924.

Private swap. Thanks, Evgenia!

U.S.A.: The Nursery Healer

The Nursery Healer. Kiss the place and make it well by using Germolene, the aceptic skin dressing.

Private swap. Thanks, Evgenia!

Russia: Soviet poster

Bad care – bad offspring.

Private swap. Thanks, zombozaets!

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