This is my first postcard from Malaysia; hurray! I love the monkeys.

This is from Erik in Norway - home of really really good winter olympians.

This is from Julia in Germany - I wonder how they keep all the ropes from tangling up?

This is a really neat card from Raisa in Finland. The artist does illustrations for Swedish children's books.

This is a peculiar card from Zmrzlina in Pennsylvania. The back of the card says "One of a series of serious cards done by a publisher in serious trouble."

This is from Viola in Finland. Owls are such strange birds, they look so mean.

This is from Jenee in Kansas. She is so generous and kind - she sent it because she saw how much Todd liked the Kansas gunfighters postcard she sent earlier. Neither of us knew how many American legendary folk characters came from Kansas!

This is from Jaye in Pennsylvania. What an adorable picture - it makes my uterus hurt.

(I'm kidding of course, no kids for me for a while!)

This is a photograph of the actual schoolhouse that Barbara's dad attended. It is surprisingly spacious for a one room school.

Golden Gate Bridge from Jessica in San Francisco

This cute postcard of Pippi is from Marianne in Finland. I'm happy to hear that Pippi is popular in Scandinavia as well!

This is from Mike in Montana. Did you know that Lincoln was the city that Ted Kazinski (The Unibomber) was apprehended? Radical!

From Michael in Canada

This is an official postcrossing card from Pauli in Vienna

I received these Polish Stamps on a package from Poland - it containied a chocolate candy bar; yum! Remember how you aren't supposed to take candy from strangers...I didn't listen to that.

This is from Luis in Portugal. Batalha Castle is a UNESCO world heritage site and was built in the 14th century!

This sparkly card is from Matthew in Korea. I nearly blinded myself with its sparkliness when I was driving today!

Todd, the perpetual dog lover, is very fond of this card from Nora in Finland. He is a cutey - too bad they bark and shed and stink!

Rar! This handsome devil is from Jenee in Topeka, KS.

This made me chuckle - it is a Czech artist and the card is from Teya in Finland.

This is from Doville in Lithuania; she and I are both Olympic-crazy. It is my first card from Lithuania!

This is from Cat in...Maryland, obviously. I want to live in Maryland one day, I always thought it was such a pretty state.

This is a peculiar card from Karin in Germany! She was worried I wouldn't like it, but I really really like it because it is so unusual and creepy.

This is a great United National Ad card from Marina in Finland. She put a really cool heart shaped stamp on it as well.

This is such an interesting building; it reminds me of Cincinnati. It is from Simone in the Netherlands. I love the stamp, too!

I'm not usually into "cutesie" things, but this postcard made my heart melt. It is from Carole in Ontario

This is sample of Virginia life from Barbara. It's so nice of her to create a postcard from her very own photographs!

Apparently this building is called the "bat building" by the locals. This is from a different Barbara in, where else, Nashville.

So you see that...do you see where that stamp is from? It's from South Africa! Hurray! Loralai in South Africa sent me one of her favorite recipes. It looks totally yummy, I can't wait to try it!

This is an awesome picture of the Sequoia National Park from Pauline in California. The size of those trees just blows me away!

This lovely card is from Carole in Ontario.

I don't get it...is Canada allegiance to the Queen of England or France?

Yummy! This lobster recipe is from Mary in Massachusetts. I'm afraid I am probably one of those wimps who wouldn't be able to boil the lobster alive.

This is from Sylvia in Austria. I think it is so unusual because you rarely see cards like this with snow on the rooftops. I love it; it's gorgeous!

This is another winter architechture card. But, then again, when is it not snowing in Helsinki? It's from Johanna. Hey! Is that Sparty the statue?!?

This is actually a card, not a postcard, from Pazzolina in France. I think she intended to send it to somebody else because my name isn't inside, but it was on the envelope. Oh well, I like it anyway!

At first I thought this was a glacier, but it is not. Just goes to show how much I know about national parks in the US. It's from Brad in South Dakota.

This one matches my apartment eerily close. It's from Daisy in the Netherlands. I love the geometric/abstract style of it!

This one is from Paula in...where else...Finland. I love the stamp, too! (I'm not complaining about Finland...I love Finland!)

The Fins have some great stamps! Here is a sample.

Zmrzlina should just send me her whole postcard collection because I like them all!

This is from Kirsi in Helsinki. She wrote a really long and thoughtful note on the back of this oversized postcard. Meow!

A summery water card from Leena in Finland. Unfortunately it is well below freezing there now.

I love this card! It is a bizarre painting from a Finnish artist. It looks like a little duck in a cup of tomato soup. This is an official postcrossing card from Iina in Finland.

February 13, 2006

A dashing portrait of the original George W from Neen in NY.

A delightfully creepy postcard from Cathy in Taxachussettes. I can't really tell what it is but it looks like bird feet with nail polish...

A larger-than-life Texas postcard from Connie in...Texas.

One of my all time favorites! This is from Zmrzlina in Pittsburgh and it is gloriously peculiar.

February 10, 2006

Silly Olde-timey map from Annett in Germany (Postcrossing)

City Scenes of Brussels from Lotte in Belgium - what beautiful architecture! (Postcrossing)