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My father started collecting postcards as a way to continue his nomadic life at least in spirit. I am continuing the collection and posting at least one, chosen at random, each day.
2016-04-30 09:34
This will be me, as soon as the month is over. I will be going away on holiday, so maybe I won't sleep all the time.I find it interesting that all but one image has the sleeper on her right… Read More
2016-04-29 09:22
This must be self-explanatory.Yachts might have made a nice collage, except that I have only one, or at least only one that I can find. I've discovered over the last few weeks that I need a… Read More
2016-04-28 08:01
Until recently, I had no idea there were such things as Christmas themed postcards. They aren't easy to find in the UK but other countries have an abundance of them. They come in many differ… Read More
2016-04-27 09:09
Waterways, I suppose, means a way of getting from one place to another by water, so I have excluded a few nice waterfalls. So here you have a mixture of canals and rivers.Occasionally it's h… Read More
2016-04-26 09:37
The truth is, I don't collect Villages or Village scenes, but I do collect any building with a thatched roof. T was taken by other topics so here we are with Villages.A typical English… Read More
2016-04-25 09:11
If you lived in London you would call it the Underground, but the underground system in Moscow is called the Metro as it is in Paris. However you would never mistake the Moscow metro station… Read More
2016-04-24 13:40
I have no great and abiding interest in trains and yet I have somehow accumulated several postcards showing them. Many, but not all, are special trains for tourists rather than the average t… Read More
2016-04-22 09:07
When I first started collecting postcards, I concentrated on views of different countries. I had no idea at the time that so many other types might be available. I "discovered" spices very l… Read More
2016-04-21 09:12
I could have chosen Rome, or ruins, or even Roman ruins - and on reflection perhaps I should - but it's too late now. I have gathered together a selection of reflections Read More
2016-04-20 09:08
Theis, is this a unique ?TheisThey come from a pack of postcards I was sent as a result of sending a donation to the postcard designer. Because he received more donations than expected… Read More
2016-04-19 09:03
Panorama postcards are a larger size, proportionally wider than average. Generally they are about 3.5 by 8.5 inches (roughly 9 by 21.5 cm), though of course they do vary quite consider… Read More
2016-04-18 09:53
Ornithology probably doesn't really describe a few postcards of birds, but the letter B went to bridges, so here we are with ornithology.I am particularly fond of robins because of childhood… Read More
2016-04-16 11:56
Both nature and night views are very popular collecting themes. I suppose there could be an overlap between these two but nature at night is rather hard to see.In fact, when it came to picki… Read More
2016-04-15 10:31
The letter M provides us with a fairly large number of popular collecting themes: variations on Military, or on Motor, Monuments, Music.I have a large collection of Maps, but I may have done… Read More
2016-04-14 09:53
The letter L has left me spoilt for choice between the seaside and the city centre, lighthouses and London. I couldn't decide between them, so I'm showing both because they provide a nice co… Read More
2016-04-13 09:20
K proved to be a bit tricky when I realised that I had used kitchens for Domestic scenes! However, I hope you agree that many of my cards, and these in particular, are a kaleidoscope o… Read More
2016-04-12 09:12
"Jetsam": unwanted material or goods purposely jettisoned to lighten the load.Here I have some jetsam that I am about to cast, maybe not overboard, but to the uncertain fate of the… Read More
2016-04-11 09:08
I always, if asked, say that I enjoy postcards showing art of any type. As a result I've received art of almost every description and, of course I realise now there are some styles I like mo… Read More
2016-04-09 07:31
The Hanseatic League was formed in the 13th century by a group of merchants in northern Europe to protect their trading interests and rights, using their own laws and armies. It lasted about… Read More
2016-04-08 09:12
I have more cards Germany than from any other country except possibly France, but the French cards have mainly been purchased while the German cards have been exchanged via Postcrossing. Abo… Read More
2016-04-07 09:11
What can I say about fruit and flowers? While I was looking for the cards, I found that most of the fruit seems to come from Finland where they seem to have an abundance of berries, so… Read More
2016-04-06 09:31
I realise, of course, that an animal I might consider exotic could be entirely commonplace for other people. It depends on your point of view. I have split the cards into my own personal vie… Read More
2016-04-05 09:26
When I was writing a wishlist for Postcrossing, I added that I love to see traditional kitchens. Whenever I visit any castle, château, or mansion I make a point of visiting the kitchen… Read More
2016-04-04 09:01
Deciding on a more unusual theme to collect can come down to a very personal connection. I used to drive a Citroen 2CV for many years, so, when its day was done, I thought it would be… Read More
2016-04-02 09:12
B could have been for Birds or Butterflies or Babies or Boys, but I've chosen Bridges. Nobody sends me babies or butterflies. :)I seem to have accumulated a considerable number of bridges ov… Read More
2016-04-01 09:00
Many people, when they start collecting postcards, think they will collect as many places as possible. Before too long you realise that it's something of an impossible task. It's clearly imp… Read More
2016-03-21 23:40
Well, I swore I wouldn't do it again, but here I am again. This time I hope to show collections of cards rather than individual ones. We'll see what happens when I get to X Read More
2016-03-20 22:42
Alice in Wonderland, by George Dunlop Leslie, 1879.Since it's Mother's Day tomorrow in many parts of the world, I thought this picture of a mother reading to her daughter might be appropriat… Read More
2016-03-20 22:41
I was being lazy in Ireland last week, which would cover August 10th, National Lazy Day in the USA. However, even though I say it myself, I was being quite active climbing the Hil… Read More
2016-03-20 22:40
Children seem to do the same things the world over. This could be a scene from "The Railway Children " (by Edith Nesbit) but in fact it's an oil painting by Pavel Gavrilenko, a Be… Read More
2016-03-20 22:40
I never did want to be a ballerina when I grew up. Even as a child I knew I would never manage to look like this, though if I'd seen this card, maybe I might have tried a little harder… Read More
2016-03-20 22:40
Paddington Bear is second only to Winnie the Pooh when it comes to famous British bears, with Rupert Bear coming third. Let the arguments commence!I'm sure there are plenty of other Paddingt… Read More
2016-03-20 18:35
These first two bridges, the Pontcysyllte aqueduct (opened 1805) in north Wales and the iron bridge (opened 1781) at Ironbridge, were part of an industrial archaeology series of stamps publi… Read More
2016-03-20 18:35
These two stamp cards are part of a larger series, British River Fishes, issued in 1983. The other two which I no longer have were salmon and trout. I've always said that collecting po… Read More
2016-01-07 23:50
Over the years, I suppose I've spent many hours in the kitchens of wherever we happened to be living at the time. It seems to have resulted in a fascination with kitchens in general but it's… Read More
2016-01-05 23:01
I've been lucky enough to have received a number of cards from South Korea, and two of them have shown the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Hwaseong Fortress at Suwon.It was built in t… Read More
2016-01-04 22:33
I am particularly fond of collecting market postcards and this season I have been lucky enough to receive several of German Christmas markets.The one above is a gorgeous maxi-card… Read More
2016-01-02 23:34
Robins are among my favourite birds, the European robin, that is. I have not met an American robin even though I believe a few have made it to these shores when migrating. The robins f… Read More
2016-01-01 23:15
The caption in English is "Month kidnaps Dawn" which I thought might be a good start to a new year, especially as I feel the last few of my months were kidnapped by various means… Read More
2015-09-03 11:42
This is a painting by a young Russian artist, Vlad Krachuk, who lives and works in Moscow. This particular card was chosen because today it felt as though autumn had already started. M… Read More
2015-09-01 11:37
An oil painting by the Russian artist, Sergey Sochivko (1959-). Although the card says it's a detail of the original, in fact there is very little missing.Sergey Sochivko is from Omsk… Read More
2015-08-31 20:54
The shape of Africa made up of all the animals you might associate with the continent, from the largest elephant to the smallest insect. Maybe not quite the smallest, but there are ins… Read More
2015-08-16 10:45
I tend to think of the seaside and summer going hand in hand though I have to say that actually living by the seaside is starting to put a dent in that association. This summer has been less… Read More
2015-08-15 11:18
A welcoming cup of tea when I reached home, sent from Germany. The label on the teabag says "You & Me Tea".Milk and one sugar for me please! Read More
2015-07-19 18:51
I would have sworn I had shown these butterfly stamp cards before, but if I did, then I can't find them. The first is from a recent series, "British Butterflies" issued in 2013, and th… Read More
2015-07-06 21:41
A new - for me - map of the Côte d'Azur showing the position of Monaco. I bought it ready stamped with old stamps, and probably over-priced, but I liked it. It seems s… Read More
2015-07-05 16:16
I've shown almost all my postally themed stamp cards in the past so I've had to scrape the barrel. You can't have post without stamps of some sort so I've chosen these two. It's really… Read More
2015-07-05 15:43
I have, some may have noticed, been away. Part of it was holidays when I did a lot of this:...But in a place more like this:The weather was wonderful and I feel very much the better for it.T… Read More
2015-05-17 22:10
Neither of these PHQ stamp cards are in my possession because I've sent them to people who collect mushroom cards. Personally, although I find them interesting, I don't think they are… Read More
2015-05-12 08:46
Sometimes I receive cards that have no particular significance apart from being pleasant to look at. And this is one of them. It's title is "Summer" and that seems fair enough, it does look… Read More
2015-05-11 08:45
John McDouall Stuart was the first explorer to cross Australia from south to north and back again. He followed roughly the route of what is now the Stuart Highway which stretches from… Read More
2015-05-10 10:27
When I first thought of the theme of "peace", I thought of a dove but the only stamps cards I could find were Christmas ones, and I've posted them before when the theme was birds, I bel… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The traditional fish market in Hamburg is held early every Sunday morning beside the Elbe river in the old town of Altona, west of Hamburg. You can buy not only fish, but practically a… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Map postcards of central Scotland, an area where I once lived. The two maps overlap so I tried to demonstrate, with limited success.On the card showing the Trossachs you can see the Ri… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I've really had to stretch a point today to find any public transport that I haven't done before. I'm having to hope Ivor the Engine did carry passengers.Ivor the Engine was a children… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
a2013 was the 50th anniversary of the International Agricultural Show which is held, rather strangely to my mind, in Paris each year. La Poste marked the 50th anniversary with a… Read More
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