Postcrossing Thursday!

Bit of a rush today. Received these 3 lovelies this week. Had a head scratch moment at the cat card, but then I remembered that I updated my profile that I LOOOOOVE kitties.

And since no month is complete with at least 5 cards from Finland I’ve updated that I would like some Grannies cards by Inge Löök (Of course I had to receive this one first to decide that I actually wanted to start collecting them) I think they’re cute, but their joke might be wasted on me… still trying to figure this one out

Happy Postcrossing!

NL-379719 from Netherlands

DE-597036 From Germany

FI-810012 From Finland

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Postcrossing Thursday!

FI-796775

FI-796755 back

From Finland! Hanna sent this nature card of saimaa ringed seals. Unlike most other ringed seal species, Saimaa seals are found only in freshwater. Female Saimaa seals build lairs in snowdrifts near the shoreline rocks of the lake during breeding season.  Saimaa seal only exists in the Saimaa Lake system of eastern Finland, with only 270 individuals remaining in the wild.

US-678129

US-678129 back

My first UNESCO world Heritage site card! Thank you Dana. This is Toas Pueblo in New Mexico. The multi-storied adobe buildings have been continuously inhabited for over 1000 years.

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DE-580867

DE-580867 back

Annika sent this card from Germany. She writes that she has just started this Postcrossing hobby and hasn’t received a card back yet. Not to worry, you should be receiveing cards from all over the world real soon! In South Africa we also have a Hannover! I’m intrigued by the flower stamp on the back, the Tränende Herz {bleeding heart}. I thought it might have been Germany’s national flower, but according to this expert, Germany has no national flower.

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Postcrossing {Fortnight} Thursday!

Cards from the US this fortnight. First off, this postcard from the book A Year in Japan.

It looks like an illustration of hundreds of origami cranes. This got me thinking of The Legend of the Crane: An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. The crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy creatures (others include the dragon and the tortoise), and is said to live for a thousand years. And here’s a link where you can learn to make one.

I deliberately swapped the two images so the back of this postcard is the main image. Just look at the details Stephanie put on the card! She even has a Postcrossing stamp that looks like a postoffice stamp with space to write the ID. AND a date stamp. I love the way she wrote my name too! This has got to be my favourite back of a card so far.

The card itself – I thought it was from Europe when I saw the Tudor style buildings. But nosirree, this is Solvang, a Danish city in Santa Barbara county, California, USA!

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