My Postcards: February 2006

Play It Forward -- Made me Happy! ;-)

I got this awesome & unusual card through the Play it Forward - Make me Happy thread. The text on the back reads:

Black Sunday
April 14, 1935
This infamous "black blizzard" of Oklahoma's dustbowl years (1933-40) produced zero visibility and moved thousands of tons of topsoil across the plains. Today through better farming practices, Oklahoma is rarely plagued by dust storms of this intensity.

Thank you Inky Zebra! I love this card. :-)

Bird TAG from Finland

Awww, aren't they cute? I love owls! It's funny how it always looks like they're wearing glasses ... maybe that's why we always think of owls as wise creatures? Thanks uimapipo! :-)

Another amazing Finish stamp! I might have to move to Finland just so I can send off mail with pretty stamps like that too ;-)

Something typically Finnish ...

I got this TAG card from Rraisa in Finland. She asked what kind of card I'd like so I told her something typically Finnish. :-) I love the old barns (in the top picture), they look so strong and warm. Very nice color!

She also found me a stamp with something typically Finnish on it; cloudberries! Also known as Rubus chamaemorus. Don't they look delicious?!

Thank you for the great card and the cool stamp Rraisa!

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I received this beautiful snow landscape from an 8 year old girl from Finland. Isn't it amazing?! The more cards I receive from Finland, the more I want to go there on a holiday, even though it looks very, very cold ;-) Thank you so much milla!

I love the stamp! It's designed by Paavo Huovinen ... I wish I knew what kind of flowers they are.

Edited to say: thanks to a very sweet postcrosser I now know what kind of flowers they are. :-) It is called a prickly rose (Rosa acicularis). Thank you Cloudy!

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This is my first card from Portugal. It is a picture of the Christ Convent Window. I didn't really know what it was so I went online and found out it is on the UNESCO World Heritage List ... how cool is that?! Thanks ajcm! :-)

The stamp says Modernização da Marinha de Guerra (modernization of the Navy) at the top and Navio de Patrulha Oceânica (Ocean patrol ship) ... that is, if those online translation sites can be trusted. ;-)

TAG card from Barbara. I think I've fallen in love with night view cards. :-)

TAG card from daliz. It's called Missing in Action.

Play It Forward

Vintage Old Faithful card ... what a great surprise to get such a special card! :-) Thanks Mikemtn!

Deutsches TAG

This card is so worth having to write one in German myself! Thanks BalouP ... I love it! :-)

Beautiful flower stamps ... makes me think of spring.

TAG from cbiggs. Very touristy ... just what I was hoping for. :-) I miss California!

Animal TAG from Finland

Front: Isn't he cute?! (it's a little hedgehog) Thanks Tiinu :-)

Back: Beautiful fox stamp and seal print.

Historical TAG from Zmrzlina. I love how green the grass is ... plastic maybe? :-P

Private trade. The card shows the Grieckengasse in Vienna. I asked the sender to write in German ... it was great to read a card in a foreign language! :-)

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This is one of my favorite cards ... it's textured so it has a great feel to it! :-) The picture shows the Tainan Eternal Fortress in the south of the Anping district. Thanks CWH!