Postcard #46: Little Venus & Little Mooshi

Kittens
Photography by Zandria Muench Beraldo

This postcard was sent from Mooshi to his girlfriend, Venus, with the following message:

"To my dearest, fairest Venus,
I wish I could tell you this in person cat, but your father has not given me a response. Well... long story short: We have twins. One looks like you, one looks like me. This is proof that I've remained faithful. I hope I'll see you soon.
All my love,
Mooshi"

Sent May 8, 2013 to Spokane, Washington, USA

Postcard #45: Salon des Cent

Alfons Mucha (1860-1939), Werbeplakat fur die Ausstellang >>Salon des Cent<<, Hall de la Plume (1896), Farblithografie / Mucha Trust / bridgemanart.com

Dated and Postmarked: March 25, 2013 from Germany

Postcard #44: Welcome to Ukraine

The flag of Ukraine consists of two equal sized horizontal stripes - the top stripe is light blue and the bottom one is yellow. The blue half represents peace, the sky above Ukraine and the country's streams and the yellow represents prosperity and the color of the country's wheat fields.

www.galushki.com

Dated: April 1, 2013 from Kiev, Ukraine

Postcard #43: Vintage skiers

www.karto.fi

no other captions

Dated: March 3, 2013 from Finland

Postcard #42: St. Petersburg University

Main building of St. Petersburg University (known as the Twelve Collegia)

Sender wrote: "I send you view of oldest university in Russia that was founded in 1724 by Peter the Great."

Postcard #41: Lutsk, Ukraine

Lutsk, Volyn region, Ukraine

Dated and Postmarked: March 3, 2013 from Ukraine

Postcard #40: Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey
no captions

Dated and Postmarked: March 7, 2013 from Turkey

Postcard #39: University of Santa Tomas

The University of Santo Tomas
A four century old learning institution
Manila, Philippines

Copyright, 1967
IMC Press, Inc. Quezon City, Philippines

Dated: March 20, 2013
Postmarked: March 25, 2013 from The Philippines

Postcard #38: Syracuse University

Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Crouse College, School of Management. The Dome Athletic Center, Sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, and the School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Photos by John Penrod

Postmarked: April 9, 2013 from Syracuse, New York

Postcard #37: Castle of Kaunas

Kauno Pilis
The Castle of Kaunas
Photograph: A. Armonas.

Postmarked: April 2, 2013 from Lithuania

(Written by a little boy named Adam, who wished me a Happy Easter, and has put a sticker on the postcard)

Postcard #36: Scheveningen

Kurhaus, Pier, strand
(c) Bert van Loo, Karel Tomei

Postmarked: March 22, 2013 from The Hague, The Netherlands

Postcard #35: Lincoln Memorial

Lincoln Memorial
Architect Henry Bacon designed the Lincoln Memorial in the style of the Doric temples of ancient Greece. Surrounded by 36 columns, symbolizing the number of states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death, the memorial houses the 19-foot sculpture of Lincoln by Daniel Chester French. National Mall & Memorial Parks, part of the National Park Service

Photo by Carol Highsmith
(c) Eastern National

Sent to me and Ari from our good friend Adaline, who was vacationing in Washington DC

Sent: March 25, 2013 from Washington DC

Postcard #34: Eastern Meadowlark

Charley Harper | Birds
Eastern Meadowlark
Estate of Charley Harper

Sent to me and Mooshi by our good friend Ruma! <3

Postmarked: March 26, 2013 from Madison, Wisconsin

Postcard #33: Easter from Czech

Dated: March 19, 2013
Postmarked: March 25, 2013 from Czech Republic

This is what was written on the postcard (it is absolutely hilarious):
"This card was painted by famous Czech artist Josef Lada. The most famous tradition for Easter is whipping girls on Easter Monday. Boys have to make a special whip from willow rools and they decorate them with colourful ribbons. The tradition says that a girl spanked by willow whip will be healthy and lively for the whole year. After the whipping, a girl should tie a ribbon to the boy's whip and give him a decorated egg."

Postcard #32: Hong Kong

Hong Kong
Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour from Lugard Road, the narrow road circling the Peak, offering a different, but equally magnificent view every few yards. Pictures from here need updating twice a year because land reclamation and the pace of building make the scene change so rapidly. This is rightly considered to be one of the most exciting night views in the world.

Dated: March 30, 2013
Postmarked: April 2, 2013 from Hong Kong

Postcard #31: Ambiances de Rennes

Rennes
The busy animated squares with their half-timbered houses.

Postmarked: April 10, 2013 from France

(This was written, in English, by an 8-year-old French boy who says he's learning English. He is adorable, and his English is basically near-perfect!)

Postcard #30

www.katphotography.de
(other captions blocked by stickers & stamps)

Postmarked: March 23, 2013 from Germany

Postcard #29: Virginia Sate Flower

Virginia
Dogwood - State Flower

The American dogwood is well distributed throughout the Commonwealth, and its beauty is symbolic of the many attractive features of Virginia, thus it was chosen as the official state flower. The dogwood blooms in early spring and its blossom as a tiny cluster of flowers surrounded by four white leaves that look like petals. No tree says "Southern" better than the flowering dogwood.

Photo: Pat & Chuck Blackley

Postmarked: April 11, 2013 in USA

Postcard #28: University of California

Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California

A public science center in the Berkeley Hills, overlooking the San Francisco Bay Area. The Hall is open daily, offering science and computer activities, classes, films, and lectures.

Photography: David Best

Postmarked: March 25, 2013 from California,  USA

Postcard #27

I am back after a long hiatus! I have roadtripped, moved, vacationed, and generally settled in. And so, I am back at it again!

Copyright: Kim Schmidt & Flying Kiwi Media GmbH

sent from Germany
received on April 18, 2013 in Santa Monica, California

Chinese New Year: Year of the Snake

Two special "Year of the Snake" postcards to mark the holiday!

Wishing you good fortune and every success in the Year of the Snake

Postmarked: Feb 13, 2013 from Hong Kong

Illustration: Dani Poon

Dated: March 12, 2013 from Australia