Dressed Cats by Eugen Hartung

  Eugen Hartung (1897–1973) was a Swiss painter. He is well known for his paintings of anthropomorphic cats. These postcards normally illustrate settings that are filled with action, often with a minor disaster just about to occur. While the dressed cats were by far the most popular and most plentiful cards, Hartung also painted other dressed animals - primarily mice, dogs, and hedgehogs. 

These cards were sent to me by sister in 1989

Happy New Year

Happy New Year 1957  

Happy New Year 1967

Happy New Year 1977

Happy New Year 1987

Happy New Year 1997

Happy New Year 2007

Wishing you all a Happy New Year 2017!

This is my entry for "Postcards for the weekend 18: Time/Clock"

Architectural Monuments, Tallinn



The House of the Black Heads Fraternity 1597

Mustapäiden veljeskunnan talo

Pikk Jalg ( Long Leg) street

Pitkäjalkakatu

 The Great Guild Building 15th century

Suurkillanrakennus 1400-luku

Tallinn

Architectural Monuments

Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad 1980 



Architectural Monuments, Tallinn

Great Sea Gates and the Fat Margaret Tower 1529

Suuri rantaportti ja Paksu Margareeta-torni 1529

 Fortification towers of the city wall 15th - 16th centuries

Kaupungin muurin puolustustorneja 1400 - 1500 luku

Saia Käik (White Bread Passage),  connecting Town Hall Square and Pikk Street.
Saia Käik-kuja Raatihuoneentorilta Pikk-kadulle

Tallinn

Architectural Monuments

Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad 1980

Old Town, Tallinn

Because summer is time for traveling I decided to introduce some popular tourist destinations for Finns. Estonia is one of the most popular destinations and especially Tallinn and not only because it is just 70 km (43 miles) south from  Helsinki - Tallinn is beautiful.

At the historical and medieval heart of the city is the hill of Toompea, covered in cobbled streets and filled with medieval houses and alleyways.  The city's old town has been astonishingly well preserved and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997.

P is for Poland

In 1986 I made a trip to Poland with our daughter. These are some cards from our trip.

Gdansk

 St Nicholas' Church is the oldest church in Gdansk built in late 12th century. Between 1348 and 1390 a cloister was added. This is the only church in Gdansk which wasn't damaged during the last World War.  

The Royal Chapel - Kaplica Królewska

is the only Baroque church in old Gdańsk built between 1678 and 1681.  

King Jan III Sobieski wasthe founder of the chapel.

"Hi! We are now in Gdansk. The boat trip went fine.

Ps. Greetings to Kuutti, Jymy and Julle"

( Kuutti was our samoyed and Jymy and Julle our guinea pigs :)

Warsaw

Palace and garden in Wilanów:

Road by the Lake, View of the Castle, The Tower of Palace

The Paroque Garden,  Sundial on the wall of the Palace

Wilanów Palace is a royal palace located in the Wilanów district, Warsaw. Wilanów Palace survived the time of Poland's partitions and both World Wars and has preserved its authentic historical qualities,  also is one of the most important monuments of  Polish culture.

Zakopane

The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra, are a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland, and are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains.

More here.

" Hi! We are on our way home now. It has been very hot about 35 degrees but the mountains were amazing. "

N is for Norway

10.7. 89.

"Greetings from the northernmost post office of Europe. The sceneries are really amazing! "

Soile

Nordkapp is a 307 m (1007 ft) high cliff rising above the Arctic Ocean. Nordkapp is promoted as the northenmost point of Europe, this is however not true. The neighbouring point Knivskjellodden is actually 1,457 m (4780 ft) further north

  Nordkapp - The North Cape, the North Cape Horn has always been a well-known an important point of orientation for all boats and ships. The rock has had a great variety of names and it was only in the mid 16th century that it was given the present name.

View from Salen,  Habor, Hurtigruta dock

Hammerfest – the world’s northernmost town – is one of the most important travel destinations in Northern Norway. 



Kiirastorstai - Maundy Thursday - Wielki Czwartek

Wesołych zdrowych i pogodnych Swiat Wielkanocnych

życzy  Barbara

Cieszyn, Poland

Our daughter got this card from her friend Barbara in 1989.

It is hand written and it was a little difficult for us to read and understand Polish at that time - no Google translator - it was quite difficult still now, even with the help of Google. But from the picture we understood it to be an Easter card with Happy Easter wishes.

In Poland they celebrate Easter with the Blessing Basket. They prepare the basket the Saturday before Easter. Inside the basket they place beautifully colored eggs, bread, cake, salt, paper and white colored sausages and with the basket they then go to church to have the basket of food blessed. It is believed that Great Lent which is the forty day fast before Easter is not over until the basket has been blessed hence the reason why it is called Blessing Basket.

All that is contained in the basket is of meaning such as the colored eggs mean the risen Christ, the bread and salt are for good health and a prosperous life, the sausages are supposed to be a wish for enough food and fertility for the coming spring. There is also cheese and marzipan which are another part of the Easter basket.

Życzę Wam miłych, zdrowych i pogodnych Świąt Wielkanocnych!

Toivotan teille hauskaa ja rauhallista pääsiäistä!

Evening in Sotchi

The Finnish group from Vaasa region got an invitation to dinner, offered by Sotshi Intourist.

The dinner was served on the 7th of November 1981 at restaurant Kamelia Sotchi.

 

" The dinner was excellent and the show after that was wonderful."

Restaurant Kamelia, Sotchi
 

Sotchi - The Pearl of Black Sea

Сочи. Сквер со сталагмитами ( ? )

I tried to translate by google ......

Park with stalagmites or Stalagmite Square

Tippukiviaukio Sotshissa

1981 my mother writes:

" My first day here and I'm recovering from the flight.

This place is beautiful, so warm and lots of lovely flowers in the parks.

Take care!  "

Näytä suurempi kartta

Fountain Friendship of Nations

Kansojen ystävyys-suihkulähde

5.9.1988 from my sister.

The People’s Friendship Fountain (also known as Friendship of Nations) on Moscow features 16 gilded statues of maidens in their national costumes, representing all the Soviet Union Republics. The fountain is framed by an octahedral bowl of red granite with a surface area of 4,000 square meters. The fountain is serviced by a complex system of eight powerful pumps that can shoot 1,200 liters of

water from 800 jets to the height of 24 meters per second.