It’s as if she KNOWS me… Received from Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Taiwan

Received from China, via a Postcrossing Forum tag

I’m spending less and less time on this particular blog, though I seem to be spending a lot more time at Postcrossing! While I started this WordPress to log all of my cards–even the ones I wouldn’t be keeping–that certainly hasn’t proven to be the case. SO, as is mostly the way these days, Today I present mostly cards that I love (starting with some lovely pinnipeds).

If you have time to leave a comment, I’d be interested in hearing how you Postcross (/Postcard Unite)!

Isn’t this great? It came my way from Germany, and with a “seehund” stamp, too.

More pinnipeds, these sent from Luxembourg

A bottlenose dolphin from England!

Received from China. The sender told me that if I’d like to see Giant Pandas there, the best choice would be Chengdu.

Another panda from China, this one from Anhui.

Received from Finland. I do love squirrels, though I don’t feed them, as does a friend of mine.

Received from Germany

I love this! Received from the Czech Republic. How interesting, huh? A Czech postcard, depicting an Antiguan stamp, depicting an American attraction.

A cool Doraemon postcard from Yokohama, Japan!

Received from Germany via Postcard United

I love this one I received from Prince Edward Island, Canada!

Received from Gujarat, India via Postcard United

Received from Taiwan

From Augsburg, Germany. Does this person know me?

Please let me know what your favorite cards are! Happy Posting!

Cathy Does Not Make Me Say “ACK”: Received from Belarus, China, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, & the U.S.

Another long stretch of Postcrossing (and Postcard United) to partially share! Do you have any favorites here?

Received from Germany via Postcrossing. I love it! I’ve been holding on to a similar one for a long time, not sure I should part with it. Now I can send it out into the world!

I love this Donald Duck postcard I received from a Postcrosser in the Netherlands via a tag thread. The postal system trail seems to have been long and winding: the card took nearly two months to reach me!

Cathy just arrived from Salem Corners, Minnesota, via a Postcrossing Forum trade, and I am more thrilled than even makes sense. Sure beats a “For Better or For Worse” postcard, right?

I always enjoy receiving a Doraemon postcard, and I really love this one that cam in from Suwon, South Korea via Postcard United.

More Doraemon! I got two of this card: one from Japan, one from Finland.

Received from the Netherlands in a Postcrossing Forum tag trade. Love it!

This beauty came to me from a Postcrosser in Germany

Received from the South of France

Received from Germany. I love this pair!

I love red pandas! This came in from a Postcrosser in India, via a tag trade.

This is what cats see when they act that certain way. Received from Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

From Mississippi, U.S.A., via Postcard United

I love this card from a Postcrosser in Singapore who writes, “Our food tend to be on the spicy & stronger flavour side. You might have tried dishes like chili crab & chicken rice.”

This is a fun one! The scan doesn’t do it justice.

From Minsk, Belarus, from a Postcrosser who said she was making a TikTok about writing this card. She also said she was currently reading Fannie Flagg’s book, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe.

From Shanghai China, a small shaped card featuring taro balls with herbs (sweet)

I like this chill trio who came to me from Hessen, Germany.

Received from Japan, via Postcard United

From Switzerland: “This is the Axen Road, an 11 km long road which was build into the steep cliffs in 1865. You can see a part of Lace Lucerne and the village Flüelen. Today, there is a modern Axen Road for car traffic. The old road on this card is now reserved for hikers and bikers.”

Received from Shanghai, China, via Postcrossing

The Russian Postcrosser who sent me this card tells me it’s from Karlsson-on-the-Roof. The character started as a book by Astrid Lindgren (also the writer of Pippi Longstocking), and became popular as an animated character in the Soviet Union.

Another card with holiday vibes, this one is from Belgium.

This is the Hamburg Maritime Museum, and I see it is absolutely the gigantic propeller that makes this (both the postcard and the setting).

Received from Lower Saxony, Germany

Stamp Math, + Some of my latest favorites, received from Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, and South Korea

U.S. Postcrossers, how are you doing with the latest increase in stamp rates? This, plus my recent discover of old discounted postage for sale, has resulted in my doing a lot of math lately to get the right amount of stamps on each postcard — and often, it’s resulted in my running out of space to fit the stamps across the top of the cards!

Some postcard manufacturers barely leave enough room for a small single stamp in the corner of their cards. I wonder sometimes if the people designing the back of the postcards ever actually send cards. How do you handle the challenges?

My mailbox has been very happy, though: so many cute animals & cool ‘toons! Check them out…

This beautiful otter came to me from a Postcrosser in Okinawa, Japan.

More wonderful sea creatures, these from Germany. A funky scan of a great card.

Uh-oh: watch out, seals! This beauty came to from a Postcard Uniter from Poland

In from Japan, on a Postcrossing Forum tag. I love it!

And I love this gorgeous pup, received from the same Postcrosser! She says it’s an Akita Inu, known as the “Busakawa dog,” meaning “unattractive but very cute.” I find it both attractive and cute.

Also received via a Postcrossing Forum tag, this time from Russia. I’d love to have these two beauties riding in my car!

More beautiful creatures! These shore birds came to me from a Postcard Uniter in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Just 3 days after a sunset stroll during which I saw a family of raccoons coming out of the woods, I received this lot (no relation) from a Postcrosser in Russia!

This gorgeous beach scene came to me from Lissone, Italy (near Milan) — though by the time it reached me, the card seemed to have had a bite taken out of its bottom left corner!

From a Postcrosser in Singapore. The Sri Mariamman Temple is Singapore’s oldest temple, and you really should see it!

Received from Finland. The sender translates Snoopy’s thought: “An inspiration can surprise at any time (although sometimes it wears off before it gets off to a good start).”

Received from Portugal, love it!

Cool cubbies! From a Postcrosser in Ontario, Canada.

These fish came to me from Germany.

From England, some beaches. The Postcrosser who sent this to me says he got the card while on a trip to Scotland, but did not visit any of these beaches.

From Chiba, Japan

Received from South Korea via Postcard United

Postcatcrossing: Sent to China

A postcard I sent to China by request has been received!

Nice paperweight.

A First! Received from Belarus, Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, and Taiwan

I just received what I think is my first postcard from Costa Rica! Have you ever? This came via Postcard United, and posters there are so few, the ID code was only 3 digits: less than 800.

Playa Guanacaste

On to the rest of the postcards, all from countries I hear from much more regularly–please tell me which cards are your favorites!

This card is so delicious. It’s my favorite from a day where I received 6 postcards. The sender identifies herself as a Lithuanian living in Singapore, and writes about the Singaporean food she loves: “kaya toast, mee siam, mee rebus, bak kut teh, ban mian, and century egg porridge. I love most of the food, basically.” She asks how many times I’ve visited Singapore (3), and what foods I’ve liked the most (chwee kueh, popiah, and just about everything else, too).

Sunset in Taiwan. Not a great scan of a beautiful sunset.

Love this seal! It came my way from a Postcard Uniter in Wölfersheim, Germany.

Another beautiful seal, this time from a Postcrosser in Switzerland!

Received from Sochi, Russia. Love this little guy!

From Japan, and — wow, it’s an official Postcrossing send from someone I get tagged by sometimes on the Postcrossing Forum! A rare thing.

This cat, from Germany, came in the same day as the dog from Japan. The sender says this cat belongs to a friend of their daughter. Great photo!

I always like receiving a Peanuts postcard! This one is from a Postcrosser in Speyer, Germany.

Cooooooool Disney card! Received from Finland via a Postcrossing Forum tag.

Hey, it’s ROWLF! Sure, when it comes to the Muppets, Sesame Street is my sweet spot–but I do have some favorites from the Muppet Show, including Statler & Waldorf, and Rowlf, here. This card came my way from a Postcrosser in Germany.

Received via Postcrossing. Makes me miss traveling.

Another card received in a Postcrossing Forum tag trade, but this one from Netherlands.

Received from Japan, via a Postcrossing Forum tag

From a Postcrosser in Hsinchu, Taiwan

These delicious chocolate truffles came via Postcard United from Wohnbach, Germany.

This delicious card came my way from a Postcard Uniter in Japan. Even better, though, was the postmark!

This Postcrosser in Belarus saw that I had a birthday coming up!

Received from a Postcrosser in Vancouver, Canada, who tells me this card is from a “Classic Toys” postcard set she received from her sister in Scotland.

Flying hippos, from a Postcrosser in Germany. Hmm.

In other posting news, I recently found that old, unused postage can be purchased from sellers online at below the printed rate. They’ve been making the backs of the cards I send much more interesting–but they’ve been slowing me down a lot! I’ve been photographing them, and may even show them at some point.

Happy Posting! Be careful out there, and keep your nose well inside your mask, please.

I can hardly wait

WOW, just saw these new stamps due to come out from USPS sometime this year!

Otters! I love them! I tend to head to the coast to see sea otters. I tend to avoid places cold enough to have snow.

Day of the Dead / Día de Muertos — I’m a fan. These are beautiful!

! ! ! Can’t say I’ve ever seen U.S. postage stamps quite like these. They remind me of Uglydoll.

Needless to say, I’ll be buying lots of each.

Postal delays and such: sent to Brazil

Finally, another post of the postcards I have sent out! Today, that’s because the recipient took a photo and sent it to me.

These were sent via Postcrossing Forum tags, and yes, there was just one recipient here. Nope, I didn’t riddle a user with tags (one or two here were actually reverse tags); these were sent over the course of about 40 days (May 16 and June 26)! Received all at once, though, by the Postcrosser in Brazil. Odd, huh?

Just a little bit of the postcard reaction sent to me from the recipient, in regard to the cartoon properties here:

“To tell the truth, I’ve never read the Addam’s Family, just watched the cartoon but still enjoyed it a lot. Now I need to look for the comics hehe. I became familiar with Peanuts when I was a kid, I watched movies with the gang and really enjoyed it. After growing up, I still loved the comic strips and even bought some of the book collections.”

Do you have any favorite postcards here? I’d love to receive any of them, personally.

Nanu-Nanu Bars: Received from Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, and Thailand

Okay, time to press “publish” again! This post, once again, represents nothing more than a few weeks’ worth of postcards received via Postcrossing and Postcard United — but only the cards whose images were uploaded by their senders, because I have reached a very lazy time-saving phase of this blog: no taking pics of my own (and that includes stamps)!

The only organization here, really, is that my favorites are more or less around the top. What are YOUR favorites here?

Hope you are doing well & staying safe. Happy posting!

From Germany. I’m always happy to see an otter! The sender decorated the back with an otter stamp, sticker, & even return address label.

A lovely bunch of walruses, received from Germany.

A lovely pair! Received from Belarus

I really love this image of Charlie Brown & Linus I received from a Postcrosser in Bremen, Germany. The big, close-up focus is just so great.

This postcard came to me from China, & it is delicious.

Wow, so rare to receive a postcard from Thailand! You should see the wonderful stamps on the back — but even the basic posts I’ve been submitting lately are time-consuming enough.

I received this funny card from Kirov, Russia, by request. The sender writes, “I never thought that someone will pick this card. It’s a bit strange, but I like it, too. These toys are from a children’s show called ‘Goodnight, Kids.’ Every child in Russia born or grown up in the 90’s knows who they are: Stepashka, Mryusha, Karkusha, and Filya.”

Received from Oxford, U.K. The sender tells me that she is supporting a local artist who lets people download his art for free. She contacted the artist, Joshua Squashua, to get his blessing to print his work on postcards. He agreed, and as a thank you, the sender raised some money for a homeless charity he supports.

Received from Netherlands

Received from Canada

This cute hedgehog is from a new Postcrosser in Russia, who is also a postal worker who admits to “having looked with interest at small messages from all over the world.” Glad I don’t write anything too scandalous on the cards I send out, how about you?

From Saint Petersburg, Russia

Krtek the Mole & friends, Received from Munich, Germany.

Received from Netherlands

Received from Germany

Received from Petrozavodsk, Russia

Received from Minsk, Belarus. The sender says, “Belarus is a beautiful country. It has many rivers, lakes, and forests, rich flora and fauna.”

Received from Tula, Russia

I received this card from a Postcrosser in Canada, and I think I shall have to make these delicious-sounding nanu-nanu bars! The card’s sender tells me the dish originates from Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, where she lives.

Received from Brazil: “Based in a waterfall in the south of Brazil among your favorites, I decided to send you this postcard with mountains.”

Tilt your head to the left. This one came from Taohuatan, China (via registered mail!) The sender recommends this place in the Anhui province, saying, “there are lots of beautiful sceneries, delicious food, and the air here is very fresh.” I really do look forward to safer travel again…

Now tilt your head to the right. This has arrived from the U.K., and the sender tells me it’s “a very apt postcard seeing as the rain is currently pouring outside after a weekend of sunshine. Typical!”

Received from the Czech Republic. The sender wrote a lot about his country, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to read much of it, due to the tight cursive writing. This has happened pretty often lately.

Received from Russia

This in from Poland. If the town name sounds familiar to you, it may be because the sender’s daughter played volleyball there, and her team won the championship.

Received from Russia

Received from Udmurtia, Russia. The sender writes, “We have a joke. It’s cold for 3 months, and the remaining 9 months are very cold!” Well, I would hate that, seeing as I don’t even like to see photos of snow.

I pretty much just pasted 15 postcards and then hit “publish” — Received from Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, and Taiwan

Here are a fraction of the postcards I’ve received since my last post. Whether received via Postcrossing or Postcard United, the one thing they all have in common is that the sender scanned and uploaded their image, thus giving me something to copy and paste into this space once I’d registered them!

Do you have any favorites?

Received from Germany, & I absolutely love it. Love getting Peanuts postcards, and this is just about the best! Great close-up image of Lucy & Linus.

Looove this one from Mikkeli, Finland. It came with a Donald Duck (AKA Aku Ankka) stamp, too!

Oh, this one is so cool! Received from Taiwan, with lots of cool rubber stamps from the various members on the back. To be honest, though, what I miss on a Postcrossing Meetup card is always the message from the sender(s).

Not the 1st time I’ve received this card lately, but fortunately, I love it! Just in from Germany.

Also from Germany, also loving it!

A nice coastal view, received from Germany

What an interesting background! I love this otter postcard, received from Germany.

Astro Boy flew in from Belgium!

Received from Netherlands. The sender tells me that she wishes she could tell me the food there was amazing, but it’s not. She DOES stand up for their bread: “The bread is amazing, though. That’s what I really missed when I was abroad. Cakes and bread. The profiteroles on the front (of this card) are also really nice.”

Received from Wuxi City, China. Not really sure what’s going on here. What would you make with cherries & assorted nuts?

Received from Germany

From St. Petersburg, Russia I feel like this image keeps getting bigger, taking up more space every time I get back to it, which I guess might be considered funny in a horrifying way.

Far out! Received from Moscow, Russia

Received from Lutterbach, France

Received from Russia

Postcards from all over: received from Austria, Belarus, Belgium, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherland, Russia, Spain, and the U.S.

This is the laziest post ever: “composed” over the course of weeks from cards received via Postcrossing & Postcard United, selected not according to whether I liked them, but whether the sender scanned the image for me to copy & paste! I mention my favorites below; what are yours?

From Brussels, Belgium

From Barcelona, Spain

Oh, I like this! Received from Germany

Received from Russia

Received from Austria

YUUUUUMMMM! Received from China

From Minsk, Belarus

From Luxembourg: “Never give up!”

From Dalian, China

From Groningen, Netherlands. Another card I really like!

Yet another great one! Received from Finland.

From Belgium

Sweet! Received from Russia

Received from Dublin, Ireland. The sender writes: “Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland. We don’t do things like pinching people for now wearing green. I find this American custom very strange. ” SAME.

Love this one so much! Received from Russia.

From Germany, another card I love!

Another one from Germany… this makes 2 Postcrossing cards from Germany received the same day.

Received from NY, USA: “One of my favorite American foods is chicken wings. I like my chicken wings with rice (because I’m Filipina) and a mixture of soy sauce and lime.” Oh, me too.

From Austria

Whoa! This one came to me from Germany.