Postcard Playground: March 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012

One Lonely Card

Just one received yesterday and today, but it's beautiful! I want to go to Taiwan!! (TW-491935)

Love

~Ang~

Monday, March 26, 2012

Well, business has been slow on the receiving end of Postcrossing lately. I'm gearing up for a big return though because I've sent about 40 out in the last week. I've been sending out the max amount I'm allowed to. I do need to get to my direct swaps though. I've got at least 10 of those to write and send out. My poor buddies are neglected again. I'm sorry. :o(

I love the Beatles!! US-1580369... received last week from Florida...

Happy Easter from Lithuania! So super cute! LT-193760...

FI-1366128... card by the artist Kirsi-Maria Aho... I love it! What a sweet donkey he is...

Received today, March 26, 2012, from Taiwan... Alice...

My scanner is creating those wavy lines in the scans. I think I need to invest in a really good scanner. I didn't scan it again because it looks kind of cool... :o)

St. Isaac's Cathedral in St Petersburg, Russia... truly breathtaking! Can you imagine seeing this in real life? Wow!

TTFN

~Ang~

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Pokemon Anyone?? Postcards for Sale!

My daughter, Chinyere Breitner, is a very talented artist currently at university. She has created 11 super cute Pokemon anime cards and is selling them. Chi has been in love with anime forever and these characters are her own original art. She is an integral part of the Animarathon Anime Convention at her college, coming up in a couple of weeks, and she hopes to sell a bunch of these really cool cards. Get them before they're gone!

Each postcard is high quality and complete with description of each character on back as below. Lots of room for writing/addressing/stamping. Each costs just $1.50. Send me a message if you are interested!

Love

~Ang~

Monday, March 12, 2012

Five Today...

From Turkey... I love the names of the animals printed on the back!

From Sinderen, Netherlands, NL-1086992. An old railway station that's been turned into a family home...

Aerial view of Johannesburg, South Africa...ZA-22221...

Adorable bear peaking at the photographer, who is the sender of this card! I imagine the bear is a spying on the photographer, having dreamed of seeing a human being that day, observing them in the wild... :o) I love this card a lot - it's different than the usual bear card, though I love them all!

From Brazil, BR-192567... please translate at least some of it so I know even what the photo is! I am one of those stupid Americans who only know English and nothing else. Although, I did take Spanish class in 7th grade, in 1983. So I see it says something about "historical Goias". Also, I took French in high school in 1988, but that doesn't help much. Sure, I could translate it online but I'm also one of those stupid, lazy Americans.

Smooches

~Ang~

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Cardsssss

Love this panorama of Rotterdam...

Direct swap from England... with cool Matilda stamp (love the book and movie)...

BY-357873... Hotel "Europe". Crossroads of Lenin and International Streets in Minsk, Belarus...

Direct swap from Romania... On the holiday of Martisor you wear the red and white string and decoration on March 1st and you will be strong and healthy throughout the year! Very cool! I received this card on February 29th so I was able to wear my martisor on the holiday. So happy to hear from my Romanian swap pal again. :o)

This isn't a card from Postcrossing or anyone but an ad card from some company trying to "give away" tickets for a cruise - always a lie with tons of hidden fees. But it's a postcard I received among my other ones and I had to laugh. Um... in light of recent tragedies on cruise ships I don't think I'll be vacationing on one any day soon. See Costa Concordia.

NZ-64722... Beautiful Aukland, New Zealand... Clockwise from top left: Brown's Bay, Long Bay, Castor Bay?, Maring Bay?, Murray's Bay, and Takapuna Beach. (It was hard to read because the scan bar was printed over the caption.)