Thursday Postcard Hunt | English Houses

 

The ceiling in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Made from papier mâché, the ceiling is inspired by Persian designs and constructed by Italian plasterers. 

Historic Hampstead houses: Kenwood House, Admiral House, Burr or Burgh House and Fenton House.

Dickens House Museum (Broadstairs, England, UK). Outside and one of the rooms ("Betsey Trotwood's Parlour").

The Old Curiosity Shop in Broadstairs (England, UK). Nowadays, a café.

Postcards sent by Laura (the UK).

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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 - VI | Sunny

Good morning

Postcard sent by Bryon (USA).

Do You Get a Lot of Postcards of Volcanoes?

Just asking because I received two in May:

Mount Fuji (Japan)

Volcanoes in Olot (Catalonia)

Postcards sent by Yuki (Japan) and Imma (PC).

Lighthouses on Postcards

Amrum lighthouse (Germany). Sent by Detlef.

Weskapelle (Germany), but sent from France by Fabienne.

Sheep's Head (Ireland). Sent by Dieter (Germany).

Scheveningen (Netherlands). Sent by Noëlle.

Kołobrzeg Lighthouse (Poland). Sent by Magdalene

Tokarevsky (Vladivostok, Russia). Sent by Alexei

Marblehead (Ohio, USA). Sent by Phillip.

Sunday Stamps | W Is for Wood Art

Different kinds of wood art for W letter of Sunday Stamps:

Summer Mail - V | Party

Card sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

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.

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

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!