August Postcards

Here are the postcards I received in August.



LeeWade from China says, "Hi America!  I like!  This cummer is very hot in Wenzhou, my hometown.  I like drinking the photo's water every day."

 

Piet of Belgium says, "Hey, Best regards of Belgium.  I live near the town Antwerpen, a very historical city in North Belgium with a very important European harbour."

Nina from Finland says, "Hello, I hope this card find you well and happy.  I'm very much addicted to this Post Crossing, it has been far most nicest hobby I hever had and my daughter has participated this too.  I'm also active on Form, so most of my free-time goes to this.  This is my last week of summer-holidays, next week kids go to school and summer will be over, too bad :(



Claudia tells me, "Sunny greetings from the north part of Germany.  I'm living in Hamburg but Bielefeld was my city were I grow up."



Anastasiya from Siberia Russia sent this lovely card.  The description on the back reads, "The manors of Zaistochie:  the late nineteenth-century manor built by architects P.F. Fedorovsky and S.V. Khomich in Ulitsa Tatarskaya, 44."

 

Stephanie says, "Hello, Many Greetings from Germany.  Here you see a famous town near my hometown.  Noted for his bear and castle.   Happy Postcrossing, Mausbaer YA"

This one arrived from China with no name!  Only a handwritten note on the back that says, "Always keep the Faith.  Best Wishes."

Anne, I think from Germany says, "Hello!  At 1st we have the same interests!  I'm also a geocacher.  I love to see places which I would not see without Geocaching.  Especially, I like lost places caches.  It's very interesting.  Next year, I travel to Australia.  There we will buy a van or a 4wd and we will travel and camp with hit.  In Australia are many caches!!"



This very interesting and peaceful looking card comes from Holland.  "My name is Jolanda and I'm 28 years old.  I live in Holland in a small place south from Utrecht.  I'm a teacher in primary school in the 4th class.  In my spare time I love to travel also to countrys outside Europe (India, Afrika, Cuba).  Greetz!"



Postcards from July

Card #1 - "Hello all, I send you this card which shows Turku Cathedral in southern Finland. Turku is the oldest town in Finland, founded in the 8th (?) century. The oldest part of the cathedral is also from the same century. My name is Bror, means 'brother' in English, and I live about 25 kilometers outside Turku in the beautiful archipelago."

Card #2 - From Astrid in Nederland








Card #3 -"Hi Everyone! Greetings from the Czech Republic. I live 6 KM from this beautiful castle called Krivoklat. I hope you like it. Enjoy the summer. Michaela"

Card #4 - Them Imperial Palace in Shen Yang

Card #5 - "Hello! Greetings from Finland's beautiful summer! I've got a busy day today as I've reserved the laundry room and will wash the rugs, blankets, curtains, and other big stuff. I also have an appointment at my hairdresser's today. I didn't remember it when I booked the laundry room, so it's quite inconvenient. I'll ride my bicycle to my haridresser's. It's about 10 miles one way, so good excercise as well as a pleasure. These flowers grow in a small swap (swamp?) near where I live. They are called suspursu in Finnish. Regards Sini/Saint"

Card #6 - "Hello and Greetings from Germany. My name is Betty. I live together with my husband, three children, and two cats in a little village not far away from the beautiful castle shown on the postcard. I enjoy hiking and geocaching. There are some wonderful caches around that castle. Happy postcrossing!~"

Card #7 - "Hello! The Spirit of Finland. I live Finland city of Helsinki. I am a grandpapa of Topi boy. Topi is now 5. Helsinki is small but nice summer city. Greetings from Helsinki. Jussi"

June Postcards

Here are some more postcards. I modified the sizes so these are a little smaller than the others. I haven't formed an opinion on this particular look, so ya'll please let me know what you think.

Now to share the info on the postcards. #1 - features a sculpture "The sorrow of a mother". The composition conveys the sorrow of mothers who lost their sons during the war. A small pool near the downhill of the sculpture group is a symbol of a mother's tears. The writer, Elena, tells me there are lots of sculptures in her city of Volgograd, Russia.

Postcard #2 was sent from Georgina of Taipei City, Taiwan. She tells me that the bridge lights change at night and it's very amazing and breathtaking to see.

Postcard #3 - is from Tvee, Russia. Natalya says, "Hello! Hope this card acrossed the ocean and met with you. You see the bridge here. It's sight of my town. Som buildings, churches, were destroyed in 1941-45 during the war. There are another buildings on those places now. This is card of series where picture joins remote past and present of my town." The card description on the back reads: View of Vozneseniya Church. Zavolzhskaya embankment. I might have to look that one up and see if I can locate the other cards in the series.

Card #4 from Irkutskayaoff, Russia is the first handmade card that I've recieved. Asya responds to the news of number of family members in my family by saying she was amazed! "I think that's great and respect you for this very much. In Russian families there is one or two children usually."

Card #5 - "Hi! I'm Kate, 18, from New Zealand. Lake Tekapo is just one of NZ's beautiful lakes. It is very cold, as the lake is full of glacial melt water. The building in the photo is an old church."

Card #6 - "Hi there! Lots of greetings from Holland. This card shows some things that are typical for my country. The picture on the motorbike is an example of our "Delfts Blauw" It is used a lot on China. The cookies are called "Stroopwafels" and are great! We also have ice cream with this taste. Very popular here. Bicycles are a big part of our culture, I have 2 myself but use only one. I live in the capitol city of our youngest province. It only exist for 43 years! No old buildings here! All the best! ~Lottie~"

Card #7 - Jorga from Lithuania says, "Sveiki". The card description reads, "Where fairytale comes from Autorius: Jevgenija Ovsianikova"

Card #8 - "You are getting this card from Nokia in Finland. The card shows a typical lake-view, we have lots of lakes around here. Finland is famos for lakes and forests. Well, Nokia is a famos Finnish brand and this is the city where the company started, but cell phones have never been made here. Regards, Taru"

Card #9 - "Greetings from Frankfurt am Main, Germany. My name is Susanne, I'm 26 years and work in the childcare (1-3 years old). That's a nice job. "

Card #10 - also from Germany - "I study in the town you can see on the card. In the centre of the market is the market church and the so called "Red Towers" (which isn't really red, it's the one with the clock). I study history and work as an author of novells. Bernhard"

Card #11 - "Those architectures have a very long history from China! Happy everyday! Wishes from Jiang Yan"

There is no other description on the back of the card. I'm wishing I had some CSI software that would match up the image to something else and give me some more info!

Well, that's it for the June postcards. I'll have to attempt another upload tomorrow. I still have the July, August, September, and October cards to get through. When November is finished, then I'll have to wait for each month end to post them.

Doing the Postcard Thing

About 6 months ago, I started participating in yet another project here at my house. I joined a postcard exchange program. I'm posting the postcards here to share them with you. I'm only showing you the front of the card, but I'd like to share the backsides too.

#1 - "Hello! Greetings from Ulviia West Finland! I love cards, animals, summer, The Bold and The Beautiful, etc.... Anne/Laura"

#2 - "Hallo, Best greetings are coming from Ines. I live with my husband and our kids (ages 8 and 4) (illegible) tri-border regions D-CZ-PL at the Free State of Saxony. Here you can walking, climbing, hiking, and skiing. TschuB, Ines"

#3 - The one you see above is from Anna in the Volyns'ka region of the Ukraine. She writes that she's 20 years old and a student of a technical university. "I hope that I'll visit the USA one day. And you are WELCOM to Ukraine!"

#4 - "Hello. My name is Francisco. We live with my family in a village next to Valladolid on the bank of Duero river. My region is a tableland around 700 metres over the sea and the weather is cold in winter and hot in summer, the spring and autumn are short. This year is raining a lot, although the last two years were a little dry. A (something) typical of my village are the asparagus. They are very delicious even there is a party about them in May, in the last of month.

In my spare time, I like sports, especially soccer (footbol here) and I'm also stamp collector. I like postcrossing because it helps me to improve my english, and I can know some new places. Best wishes from Espana."

#5 - From Australia: "G'day. My name is Racheal. I'm 23. I live on the small island state Tasmania, which is the most southern state of Australia. It is almost winter here so starting to get really cold. I live a short walk from the beach but still rather close to city's and mountains."

#6 - "Hi, we are a group of children 13 years old, students of elementary school in Sitborica. It is little village in Czech Republic in Europe. Our region is famous for making wine and beer. On the card is BRNO, 2nd biggest city with lots of shops, cinemas, churches, museums, parks, libraries, etc. In our country is now springtime - everything is in bloom and nature is really lovely after long and strong winter.... Bye Bye (na shledanou!) :)"

#7 - "Hello there I am Chris from Dordrecht in the Netherlands. Here was the first State of the union written. We also have an big domestic harbour."

#8 - "I am Christa, I'm 36 y.o. and live together with my husband in a small town in central Germany close to Frankfurt. I love to stay outside and do some work in the garden. We also love to travell very much - this February went to the USA for the first time and enjoyed it very much!"

#9 - "Hello! Greetings from Raasepan. I have 3 1/2 year old dog and I like to walk in the nature with him. I love animals very much. All the best to you! Best Wishes, Mikaela"

Well that's it. I hope you enjoyed my first batch of postcards. I will be posting more soon.