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 #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

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Paul Luke
Ink & Watercolor Pencil

Postcard #21: It's raining cats and dogs!

Caption: none
Art: none credited

This gives a whole new meaning to "It's raining cats and dogs!"

At least the cats and dogs look happy =^_^=

Postcard #8: Winnie the Pooh

Caption: Friendship Forever / L'amitie pour la vie
© Disney
Based on the "Winnie the Pooh" works, by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard.
Postmarked: Sept 23, 2008

This adorable postcard is from my friend Jaidi in Canada (notice the bilingual English/ French on the card). It's got the major Winnie the Pooh favorites chilling by the river on a Hunny picnic - though I have no idea where Kanga is...

It's worth mentioning that even Eeyore looks happy.

Who's your favorite Winnie the Pooh character???

Note: The glaring scrape on the card is done by some sort of postal machines. Unfortunately it happens often, and the scrape is usually around that same area. Kind of makes you wonder just what kind of paper-shredding monster they're using to sort mail...

Postcard #3: Cat - Climb the Fridge

Art: Jeffrey Brown

This is from a collection called "The Cutest Sneeze in the World" which has 30 of these comic-strip-style cat postcards. I saw this at the local art museum store, and it was just too cute to refuse. I also just have a grand weakness for cats. A lot of these remind me of my cat, Mooshi. (Those of you that know me probably think I talk too much about him).

Well, the cuteness speaks for itself. Of course, there will be more of this collection in the future. =^w^=

This postcard is going through Postcrossing to a guy in Australia; he has a birthday coming up, so I decided to honor his request (stated on his profile) for cat postcards.