Mail from Australia

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The Wounded Deer, 1946, Frida Kahlo(107-1054)

Received on 7 Feb, 2021

Sent by Megan, Melbourne, Australia 

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Fashion 

 Photo Bruno Benini Italian  (1925 - 2001)  Models- Robyn Fong, Lucinda Wills, and Graeme Jones. National Gallery of Victoria, 1972

Received on 28 Oct, 2020

Sent by The Barron's Family,  Cambooya, QLD.

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Barry Humphries, 2000

 Barry Humphries  (born  1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.

Received on 26 Oct, 2020

Sent by Angela, Brisbane, QLD 

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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (1971 – 2017)

 Commonly known as Gurrumul and also referred to since his death as Dr G. Yunupingu, was an Aboriginal Australian musician of the Yolŋu peoples. A multi-instrumentalist, I have played drums, keyboards, guitar and didgeridoo.

Receive on 11Sep, 2021

Sent by  philocartist, Brisbane, QLD  

Mail from Romania

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Bran Castle

Received on 2 Aug, 2020

Sent by Anca (Bucharest, Romania) 

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Bran Castle

Received on 5 March, 2020

Sent by Anca (Rădăuți, Romania)

Bran Castle is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Brașov. It is a national monument and landmark in Transylvania. Commonly known outside Transylvania as Dracula's Castle, it is often referred to as the home of the title character in Bram Stoker's Dracula. 

Capital Cities

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Belarusian State Circus, Minsk, Artist. T. Dolskaya

Received on 11 Sep, 2021

Sent by Evgenia (Minsk, Belarus)

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Westminster Bridge and Big Ben, London, United Kingdom 

Received on 13 Sep, 2021

Sent by Toby  (Essen, Germany)

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Berlin attractions, German

Received on 15 Mar, 2021

Sent by Steffi (Berlin, Germany)

 

Monday Meetups

FB-Swaps

Summer greetings 

Random July

Summer greetings swap

 Postcrossing Meetup 

Turku, Finland, 4.7. 2021

Summer greetings swap

Åland 100 Years Anniversary Year Meetup

Mariehamn 8-9 July 2021

Summer greetings swap

Postcrossing 16 year Meetup 

Nokia Finland, 14. 7. 2021 

Summer greetings swap

Postcrossing Meetup 

Vilpelä,  old village school

Sahalahti, Finland,  31.7. 2021

Random July swap

Postcrossing Meetup

Pori, Finland, 15.7. 2021

 

Sunday Church

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Saint Benedict's Catholic Church in Honaunau, Hawaii, U.S.A

Received on 6 Sep, 2021

Sent by Marion (Baderbom, Germany)

 Saint Benedict's Catholic Church (also called simply The Painted Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Honaunau, Hawaii. It was built between 1899 and 1902 under the direction of the Belgian Catholic missionary Father John Velghe, who then painted frescoes along the interior ceiling and walls. An untrained folk-artist, Fr. Velghe depicted various biblical scenes, such as Cain's murder of Abel, Jesus refusing the Devil, and the writing on the wall, as well as a vivid illustration of sinners in Hell.

Sweet Saturday

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Chocolate for Christmas. Handmade chocolate from Portugal. 

Ecuadorian Chocolate store in Porto, Portugal

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Postallove

Chocolate of the day. Photo Natalia Klenova

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Christmas treats from Ukraine

 

Christmas gift ♥

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Posting a letter, circa 1870

Christmas Post sent by Iwona. She also sent little ♥Frida-stickers ♥ in envelope, feels really like Christmas! 

Frida and Diego Rivera. 1931

The Pigeon in the upper-righthand corner carries a banner that reads: “Here you see us, me Frida Kahlo, with my dearest husband Diego Rivera. I painted these pictures in the delightful city of San Francisco California for our companion Mr. Albert Bender, and it was in the month of April of the year 1931. ” 

Portrait of Diego Rivera. 1937

This portrait was painted when Diego was fifty-one years old. 

Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940

In this portrait thorns are around Frida's  neck like a necklace which is held by a black monkey. Her neck is bleeding from the piercing thorns. Her expression is calm and solemn. It also seems she is patiently enduring the pain.

 Self-Portrait in Medallion 1948

In this portrait, Frida is wearing the traditional Tehuana costume which Diego Rivera admired a lot.

She looks sad.

Random Five

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received on 29 Jan, 2021

sent by Louise, Wales. United Kingdom

The Royal Crescent, Bath- built by John Wood the younger in 1767-75. 500ft. long, contains 30 houses and 114 giant order of Ionic Columns

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Baratti, Italy 

received on 22 Aug, 2016

sent by Debora in Milan

Baratti is a village of the comune of Piombino in the Province of Livorno. Gulf of Baratti is a small bay which sits between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy. Baratti's location is ideal for tourists seeking a coastal retreat.

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 Cycling in Utrecht, Netherlands

received on 17 May, 2021 

sent by Patricia, Utrecht

The Kumir River, Russia

Direct swap sent by Ekaterina, Chelyabinsk, Russia  

Good Morning

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Green tea with mint ♥

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Teatime by Zoryana Ivchenko

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 Coffee paper made from 10% recycled coffee waste.

 

Statues

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Armação dos Búzios. Brasil .

 The statue of Brigitte Bardot placed the Buzios coastal promenade called Orla Bardot.

Sent by Fernando in São Paulo

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Arch of Augustus and  Augustus statue Fano Italy

The Arch of Augustus in Fano is a city gate in the form of a triumphal arch with three vaults. 

Sent by Chiara in Fano

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 Ulyanovsk, Russia.  Monument of N. M. Karamzin.

Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin ( 1766 – 1826) was a Russian Imperial historian, romantic writer, poet and critic. He is best remembered for his fundamental History of the Russian State, a 12-volume national history.

Sent by Nika in Ulyanovsk

Forbidden City - The Hall of Supreme Harmony. UNESCO World Heritage, China

Sent by Rach on 7 Oct, 2016 from Hong Kong

Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz

Sent by Paula on 8 Jul, 2018 from Mainz

Statue of Pythagoras on Samos island, Greece

Monday Meetups

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Meeting; Saint Petersburg, Russia. 19 September 2020

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Postcrossing Meetup, 15th Mar 2021

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Illustration Ekaterina Kugaevskih, Russian  

Sunday Church

Kiruna Church, Sweden

A wooden church in the shape of a Sami goahti, a tent cot. The architect was Gustav Wickman. The church was completed in 1912 and donated by the LKAB Mining company to the people of Kiruna.

 

Movie Night

Harry Potter - Good Guys and Bad Guys

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Albus Dumbledore

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 Lord Voldemort

US-7460863.

Albus Dumbledore 

RU-8375202. 

Lord Voldemort, Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy 

Flower Friday

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Autumn harvest

photo by Lisa Mozrovaja

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 Breakfast with lilacs.

Illustration Julea- Mas

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Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms

 

Summer Greetings from Finland

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Summer greetings from Finland

Greetings from Juupajoki

Old shoe factory, Juupajoki gorge, Korkeakoski Old church, Juupajoki church

Juupajoki is a lively and warm municipality in the countryside in the northeast of Pirkanmaa. The traditional landscapes of Juupajoki, with well-preserved old buildings and clean nature with their rolling fields, lakes and wooded hills offer a variety of opportunities for both summer and permanent housing, as well as for nature and cultural experiences. The municipality of Juupajoki is small with 2,000 inhabitants, 

Greetings from Korsholm-Mustasaari, Ostrobothnia, Finland

Korsholm - Mustasaari is a municipality of Finland.  It is a coastal, Mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago. 

Greetings from Varkaus, North Savo, Finland

Varkaus is an environment-conscious international industrial city founded in 1929. Varkaus is located in North Savo in eastern Finland with the third largest population in the province. At present, Varkaus has 21,000 inhabitants.

Greetings from Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland

The Vapriikki Museum Centre  is a cluster of museums operating in the old factory premises of Tampella, in Tampere, Finland. The name Vapriikki derives from the Swedish word fabrik, meaning factory.