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Posted on September 27, 2011 - by

Loch Crinan, Scotland

Loch Crinan, Scotland

 

This card shows Loch Crinan from above Bellanoch Moorings. What’s interesting to me about this card is that it could almost be a photograph from here, in Western North Carolina!

 

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Posted on September 27, 2011 - by

Kitten from Boxville Sur La Mer

Kitten from Boxville Sur La Mer

What a very cool postcard, which arrived in a package of five that I received in a swap! I looked it up online, and discovered that the image comes from a children’s book originally published in Japan called “The Kittens of Boxville” by writer and “kitten-house architect” Ryosuke Handa and photographer Yoneo Morita from Tokyo. You can check out the cuteness on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Kittens-Boxville-Ryosuke-Handa/dp/0811866882

 

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Map card of Bulgaria

Map card of Bulgaria

 

Okay — this one is strange. It’s an official Postcrossing card showing a map of Bulgaria. But it comes from someone in Uzbekistan who, at the time, was vacationing in Bulgaria! Although the map card is neat, I sure would have liked to receive a card from Uzbekistan! 🙂

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Posted on September 10, 2011 - by

Unique art card from the Ukraine

A very bright spot in my day yesterday was this official Postcrossing card that arrived in my mailbox from the Ukraine. It appears to be hand-drawn, as I can see the actual pencil marks. (Click on the image for a better, larger view.) The sender doesn’t say anything about the card being her own; I asked when I registered the card but have not yet received a response.

On the back there is a script “L” with what looks to be the word “LANA” underneath. The letter A though does not have the line through the middle, so that it looks more like an upside-down “V.”  If anyone knows anything about this card or the artist, please leave a comment!

Щасливі суботу!

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Posted on September 9, 2011 - by

Independence Square, Kiev, Ukraine

Independence Square, Kiev, Ukraine

This card must have come from a swap since it is blank on the back. But it’s one of those cards that amaze me, showing a city I’ve never given much though to, a city filled with many people just like me, living their lives, going shopping, watching TV, working, living, wishing, wanting. The world sometimes seems very big to me — like now.

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Posted on September 9, 2011 - by

St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia

St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia

This building looks spectacular — with blues and whites and golds. The Cathedral is one of the oldest in St. Petersburg and one of the last remaining examples of Baroque architecture. Inside are 10 gold-framed icons given by Catherine the Great.

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