Women on Postcards | E Is for Enxaneta

A castell (literally "castle") is a human pyramid built traditionally at festivals in southern Catalonia, now also found in the rest of Catalonia, and in the Balearic Islands. At these festivals, several colles castelleres (teams that build towers) attempt to build and then dismantle a tower's structure. On 16 November 2010, castells were declared by UNESCO to be amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

The enxaneta is the casteller who crowns the human structures. Generally, the enxaneta is a boy or girl, between 5 and 10 years old.

The assembly is complete once all castellers have climbed into their designated places, and the enxaneta climbs into place at the top and raises one open hand. The enxaneta then climbs down the other side of the castell, after which the remaining levels of castellers descend in highest to lowest order until all have reached safety.

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Thursday Postcard Hunt | Big Catholic Churches

Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família

(Under construcion)

Barcelona, PC

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Assumption
Valladolid, Spain

Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
Zaragoza, Spain

Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady
Guadalajara, Mexico

Postcards sent by Imma (PC), Bruno (Spain) and Bryon (United Nations).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
July theme: ARCHITECTURE

• Week 1 - Churches
• Week 2 - Houses
• Week 3 - Palaces
• Week 4 - Stations
• Week 5 - Shelters

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Summer Mail - IV | Flip-Flop

Women on Postcards - Update

 

View into the Garden, 1926
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)

Earlier this year, I started the postal project Women on Postcards: completing an alphabet of postcards representing women. 

To be honest, I did not think I would receive so many postcards. But, intentionally or not, friends and postcrossers have contributed. 

The result is that halfway through the year, there are only three letters missing: U, X, Z, while I have received more than one postcard for some (easier) letters. 

As I had predicted, it is being a lot of fun. So... Thank you!

Summer Mail - III | Rowing

Zamboanga Vintas

 The Amstel River with the Magere Brug (='Skinny Bridge')
Illustration by Dick Bruna

Sent by Allen (Philippines) and Heleen (the Netherlands). 

Sunday Stamps | V Is for Volcanology

Stamp issued on 13 July 2006, belonging to the series Earth and Universe Sciences, dedicated to Volcanology and Seismology. 

This is my V-entry for A-Z Sunday Stamps.

Escher Calendar

I made some mail art with a calendar dedicated to M.C. Escher...

Front and back of a postcard sent to Eduard (Russia).

Front and back of an envelope sent to Lilli (Canada).

Summer Mail - II | Underwater

BobSponge stamps are very popular!

Thursday Postcard Hunt | O Polbo

Postcard sent by Pedro (Spain), during a recent trip to A Coruña. 

O Polbo (='The Octopus')  is a work by Javier M. Padín Martínez. It was inaugurated along with other sculptures on the A Coruña seafront in 2004. This statue is made of reinforced concrete and covered with small, colorful ceramic pieces that change hue depending on the sunlight. It measures 2 meters high by 3 meters wide.

On the background you can see the most famous landmark of this city: the Tower of Hercules,  the oldest known extant Roman lighthouse. It also appears on the pictorial postmark:

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
June theme: SHAPES

• Week 1 - Letters
• Week 2 - Curves
• Week 3 - Lines
• Week 4 - Irregular/Wavy

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Postcard from València

Some people may do not like it, but for me it is always a pleasure to receive a postcard from a place I know well. To get a new insight, to see how the place has changed, to see which postcard people choose...

Pedro sent this postcard from València, with a matching stamp and a postmark with the image of the Central Market (also on the postcard). It you want to know his impressions of the city, you can read them on one of his blogs.

Women on Postcards | L Is for Light

Sunlight in the Blue Room, 1891

Anna Ancher (1859 – 1935) was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artist colony on the northern point of Jylland, Denmark. She is considered to be one of Denmark's greatest visual artists. The girl on the fist postcard is the artist's daughter, Helga.

A Woman Knitting. Evening Light, 1919

Cards sent by Laura (the UK).

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Summer Mail - I | Citrus

Citric mail sent by Fabienne (France):

And a colourful postcard received from Anna (Poland):

Sometimes I send something refreshing, too, like this letter to Laura (the UK):

Sunday Stamps | U Is for Universe

My U-entry for this A-Z Sunday Stamps is dedicated to Universe. In fact I could add literally any stamp to this post...

Postbox Saturday | Castell de Cabres

Well protected postbox in the small village of Castell de Cabres. I am envious that they have a postbox for 25 inhabitants...

Women on Postcards | T Is for Trash

Still Life with Dish (detail), 2014, by Valerie Belin. Exhibited in Things. A Story of Still Life, Louvre Museum. Postcard sent by Fabienne (France).

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