Thursday Postcard Hunt | It Is the Time of Roses

'It was the time of roses' (1914)
By David Murray (1849-1933)

'Rose', c. 1957
By Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)

Postcards sent by Laura (the UK) and Bryon (the USA). Notice the matching stamp on the second one!

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
April theme: COLOURS OF THE SPRING

• Week 1 - Pink
• Week 2 - Yellow
• Week 3 - Green
• Week 4 - Purple
• Week 5 - Blue

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Spring Letters

Letters sent by Laura & Alan (the UK).

Reading Time

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

World Postcard Day 2025

More postcards I got, sent on World Postcard Day:

Sent by Bryon (the USA).

Sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

Postcard sent by Anna (Russia).

And two special postmarks, from Portugal and the USA (Thanks, Pedro & Bryon!):

Reading in Pink

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Mail & Relax

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Is Still Sakura Time Somewhere?

Postcrossing postcard sent by Hiroko (Japan).

Collage on envelope sent by Laura (the UK).

Spring Is Coming

(By train?)

Postcard sent by Yaya-Zhang (China), via Postcrossing.

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Cities in Pink

Budapest (Hungary)

Prague (Czech Republic)
Illustration by Olga Yakubovskaya

Roermond (the Netherlands)

Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Postcards sent by Micu (Hungary), Ania (Czech Republic), Paul (Netherlands) and Heleen (Netherlands). You can add the last one to this post.

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
January theme: COLOURS

• Week 1 - Blue
• Week 2 - Green
• Week 3 - Orange
• Week 4 - Pink
• Week 5 - Red

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

What Do You See Here?

 

This is a postcard from a restaurant, sent by Phillip (the USA). It seems a map to me.

December Stamps (2023)

Each year, PostNL issues new December stamps, (Decemberzegels) which can be used by everyone to send each other Christmas and New Year cards at a reduced rate. The illustrations for the 2023 December stamps were created by illustrator Linde Faas from Tromsø, Norway.

Heleen sent to me the complete series last year, on the back of different postcards --I uploaded to the blog only the first. 

More information about the December set here.

Calendars | The Book Lovers

Front and back of an envelope made out of a calendar (like this one), sent to Laura (the UK).

More Mail Made of Packaging

Envelope made from yarn packaging, sent to Heleen (the Netherlands).

Postcard made from food packaging, sent by Bryon (the USA).

I love this one, also sent by Bryon... Less material = less postage needed!

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Sweet Mail Made from Packaging

Postcard made from Japanese sweet packaging, sent to Fabienne (France). And the reply below, also a handmade postcard made of a box of sweets... could not have been more appropriate! 

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
October theme: FOOD/DRINKS

• Week 1 - Fruits, vegetables
• Week 2 - Sweets, desserts
• Week 3 - Wine, beer, tea, coffee 
• Week 4 - Multiples, multiviews
• Week 5 - Markets, cafés

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Just Send Me a Nice Letter

Sent by Laura (the UK).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Bay Bridge

The Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge (informally called the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and, locally, the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge in the state of Maryland. 

The original span, opened in 1952 and with a length of 6,4 km, was the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure. The parallel span was added in 1973. 

The postcard was sent by Phillip (the USA).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
September theme: BRIDGES

• Week 1 - Stone, Brick
• Week 2 - Long, Curvy
• Week 3 - Iron, Rail
• Week 4 - Wooden, Covered, Swinging

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Sunday Stamps | Paris 2024

Thanks to Fabienne, I can share the perfect stamp for today's Sunday Stamps: Olympics!

Dreaming of Letters

Collage on envelope sent by Laura (the UK).

Postcard sent by Amita (India).

Full of Fun and Play

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Apotheosis of the Rose (and the Book)

Happy St George's Day!

Apotheosis of the Rose, 1926
Joseph Stella

Folded card sent by Phillip (the USA). 

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Postcard sent by Heleen (the Netherlands) in 2023, with matching stamps on the back: books & roses!

My Only, by Katerina Babok

And her 2024 postcard as well.

Letter sent by Imma (PC).

Letter sent by Rosemary (Canada).