What a coincidence and surprise to receive an official from someone I've swapped with before! Thank you very much Michael for this wonderful map card.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Postcard from Finland
Description:
Sweet bread called pulla was a rare treat. Since good flour was hard to get and mills were miles away, pulla was baked only for holidays. A large amount of dough was prepared, and some of the remaining sweet bread was dried into rusk. Ram head pullas and grandma’s baking towel from Western Finland.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Secondhand cards: France
Marseillan-Plage, southern France, 1988
Arras (Pas-de-Calais, northern France, written but not stamped), undated
Secondhand cards: France
Agde (Hérault, southern France; undated but after 1964)
Chenonceau castle (Indre-et-Loire, central France; written and stamped 1973). One of the famous Loire castles.
Saint-Pierre (Martinique), 1992
Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), the capital of my beloved Alsatia, 1986
Secondhand postcards: Germany
The upper postcard is mint, the lower written and stamped from 1978.
Postcard from the U.S.
I received this card as a thank you from a German lady married to an American and residing in Virginia. Danke! :-)
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Secondhand cards: Switzerland
An ad for the 8. cantonal Schützenfest in Flüelen, Uri.
The Gotthard hotel in Weggis, which I passed frequently on steamboat rides in my childhood. (Lake Lucerne)
Zermatt (postcard from 1977). I've been there on a weekend trip for my 20th birthday in 2003 and absolutely loved it.
Secondhand cards
Two restaurant ads from Austria. The upper one dates from 1973 and the lower from 1985.
Secondhand card
Hotel Americana, New York City: Located at
7th Ave
, and
52nd Street
, it is New York City
Secondhand card
The “Annie and Mary” Railroad, Blue Lake, CA
The historic “Annie and Mary” Railroad puffs across the Warren Creek Trestle. The old-time logging railroad operates during the summer, starting at Blue Lake, CA on an 11-mile round trip. The old Shay locomotive is named “Spanking Fury”, after a white horse that provided the railroads first power.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Second hand cards
The first of a series of secondhand cards I bought recently.
Description:
World Famous Tree House. Located in Tree House Park
Redwood Highway
. Built in a large redwood tree, the room is 21 x 27 ft. inside and 50 ft. high. Tree is approx. 250 ft. high. Age approx. 2,000 years. Believe it or not. (postmarked 1977)
RR card from Virginia
Native American Art: Yup’ik Eskimo woman’s boots, ca. 1920, Bethel, AK. Caribou hide, bearded seal skin, wool cloth, glass beads. Wonderful card!
RR card from Ohio
Another wonderful card from Erin. Thank you so very much!
Description: Seven popular products made by the Yuengling Brewery using a recipe of water, malted barley, corn grits and yeast. Established in 1829 and now having three breweries- the original in Pottsville, PA, 2nd location in Tampa, FL, and the newest in St.Clair/Port Carbon, PA.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Postcard from a pal
This beautiful view of Rapallo (province of Genova) came from my new Italian postcard pal Laura. Grazie mille! :-)
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Postcard from Japan
Postcard from the U.S.
For more infos, check out http://jackassmailrun.com. Sounds like something I would love to participate in. Thank you for this wonderful postcard Eleanor!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Postcard from Australia
Aboriginal
men of Australia’s Top End taking part in a ceremony which is accompanied by
the haunting music of the didgeridoo, a deep-toned instrument made from a
branch hollowed out by termites, and rhythm sticks.
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