Not Quite The Day After

Time got away from me again. So did postcards. I was going to post about last week’s cards on Monday (Labour Day) but I couldn’t find the cards to scan them. It wasn’t until I got home from work yesterday that I had any inkling of what I might have done with them.

Sure enough, instead of putting them in the box with all the received postcards, I’d put them in the envelope with my postage stamps. Now that they’ve come out of hiding, I can write about them. Let’s get caught up, shall we?

This one arrived from the Czech Republic, in particular, the city of Prague, or Praha. I really do love the old cities like this one. Look at all those red roofs!

Next up is a card from Portugal. This one had no English written on it so I really have no idea what it says. I would, however, love to visit the sunny and ancient city of Lisbon.

I do love the puffy, little stickers. And the sheep sticker? So cute!

The next card arrived from Great Britain, Stratford-Upon-Avon, to be precise. And we all know what that means, right? It is, of course, the home of William Shakespeare. This is a picture of Mary Arden’s house. She was, I learned, Shakespeare’s mother.

And the back of the card. Check out the Dr. Who stamp! (Also set as the featured image for this post) Incidentally, I have never watched a single episode of Dr. Who so I really don’t get all the hype and excitement that swirls around it.

The final “card” was almost a package! I was quite surprised to find this on my desk when I got home from work one day.

The envelope…

Check out all those gorgeous stamps! And, when I opened the envelope, I found this…

I was a bit puzzled at first as the entire thing had tape around the edges. That’s when I realized that the card itself was inside this “wrapper”. This was just to keep the card safe.

This is the card! Elena put this together herself. It’s a layered card. I love it! She took the time to put something together. How wonderful is that?

On the back of the card, she had glued a sheet of note paper and used that to write me a short letter.

I know I say it each time I receive a handmade card but I really like them. Add to that the fact that she noted my birthday and this very quickly became one of my favourite cards.

I am now caught up! Let’s see what this week brings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Update

Because I didn’t have my laptop and because we were away for a few days, I have quite a few cards to post about. Without further ado, here we go.

Warning… there are a lot of photos in this post and nominal text.

From Sabine in Spain:

 

From China:

From Gerda in the Netherlands:

 

From Sofiya in the Ukraine (in an envelope):

 

From Germany, home of the VW bus, one of my husband’s favourite vehicles:

From Anna in Russia:

From Tatyana in the Ukraine:

From Kate in Budapest, Hungary:

(I love the stamps on the card from Hungary!)

A retro card featuring a magazine cover from John in the US:

 

From Rita in Portugal:

From Evelyn (my first from another Evelyn) in Florida. I think Evelyn tops the chart with the most writing on a single postcard!

From Paul in the Netherlands:

Paul also included two sheets of stamps featuring traditional clothing. Awesome!

And finally, from Katie in Hong Kong:

There! All caught up and ready for the next batch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s Wrap It Up

This may be a slightly longer post than the others, but it should finish up the catch up. Let’s jump right in!

From Denny, in Australia, my first card from there:

 

Does it get any more Australian than kangaroos on a beach? Next up, Poland:

 

From Portugal:

From Germany, a beautiful castle… what is about castles, anyway?

 

Another one from Germany:

 

I love this next card! Care to guess what it is? The card, incidentally, is from Taiwan.

It’s a tea set! I love it!

Next is the train station in the city of Minsk, Belarus:

 

From China, Baofeng Lake:

 

From Lithuania, a rather dramatic landscape:

 

From Finland, traditional costumes of the Laplanders:

 

From Russia, another gorgeous castle. I love the colours used on this magnificent edifice!

 

We’re in the home stretch now. Next up is another card from Russia… with a difference. This was the first time I’d received a Postcrossing card in an envelope. It was a very pleasant surprise from Elena. In the envelope, I found all this…

 

…and a handwritten note. I love the stamps on the envelope! As I said, it was a lovely surprise.

Now, we’re down to the last few. These last three cards arrived in my mailbox on New Year’s Eve. It was an awesome way to end 2012 and I’m excited to see what kinds of cards will make their way to our little corner of the world in 2013.

From Japan:

 

From Chris in Louisiana in the US:

 

And, finally, this card from Germany:

 

 

Wow! Busy Week!

Today’s mail included another card! I’m all caught up now, if I’m not mistaken. So far, all the cards I’ve received have been from the northern hemisphere and today’s card is no exception. It’s my first card from Portugal.

From Paulo’s description, he lives in a somewhat rural area. I’ve been there. He lives around horses, bulls and open fields; I grew up with cows and open fields (I’m not a farmer’s daughter. We just lived in a rural area.)

As well, my card to Belarus was registered today and that means I can send another card. I already have a recipient’s name in hand (why wait, right?); the next card will be going to Finland. I’ll be looking over my ever-growing assortment of cards to decide which one will go to Alina.