Warmest Wishes

Really nice to look at this illustration in the middle of the winter...

Card sent by Phillip (the USA).

Festive Reading

Sent By Heleen (the Netherlands).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Autumn Reading

Postcard sent by Bryon (UN).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
October theme: COLOURS OF AUTUMN

• Week 1 - Orange
• Week 2 - Yellow
• Week 3 - Red
• Week 4 - Brown
• Week 5 - Halloween or Black

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Reading a Letter on a Letter

Illustrated envelope sent by Imma (PC).

Reading in Pink

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Summer Beer!

On the first Friday of August, the International Beer Day is celebrated around the world. I received this card by Heleen (the Netherlands) yesterday. It says "summer"!

Mail & Relax

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Red Book

The Tkachev brothers were a Soviet and Russian tandem of painters and graphic artists, consisting of two brothers: Sergei Petrovich and Alexey Petrovich. Alexey Tkachev died on April 3, 2025, at the age of 99. His brother Sergei Tkachev died in 2022, having lived to be 100 years old.

Boy with a red book (1957-1960)
Алексе́й Петро́вич Ткачёв

Between Battles (1957-1960)
Алексе́й Петро́вич Ткачёв

Eduard (Russia) sent me the first postcard two years ago, and the second recently. At first sight, I thought it was the same boy reading the same red book.

Spring Readers

This is the perfect season for reading in the garden.

But maybe you prefer to read indoors...

Letter sent by Laura (the UK) and door tag Phillip (the USA).

Current Mode: Reading Letters

Letter sent by Imma (PC), with a drawing on the envelope.

Letter sent by Rosemary (Canada).

Sunday Stamps | Comfortable Furniture

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Furniture. You know... the best furniture is the one that you can use for comfortable reading!

This stamps are two of the Dutch Kinderpostzegels (Children Welfare Stamps) issued in 2007. The designer was M. Kisman, and the title: A Safe Home. (You can see here all the Kinderpostzegels).

Keep Calm and Read Letters

Collage on an envelope sent by Laura (the UK). I like how the stamp seems to be part of the scene.

Christmas Sheep

The Continental, by Scott Church (2012)

First (and almost last!) Christmas card received this season, sent by Phillip (the USA).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Reading Rabbits

This advent calendar arrived in January. So, I decided to keep them and use it on the following Christmas season -Now! The rabbit on the oversized chair is reading the most appropriate title: Christmas Story.

The postcard was sent by Phillip (the USA). The following day, curiously, another reading rabbit sent by Heleen (the Netherlands) reached my mailbox!

Story Time, by Racey Helps

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
December theme: SNOW

• Week 1 - Snow
• Week 2 - Animals in snow
• Week 3 - Keep warm
• Week 4 - Christmas

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Books, Books!

Zug, by Quint Buchholz

Persephone Books, Bath (the UK)

Mail sent by Heleen (the Netherlands), Laura (the UK) and Rosemary (Canada).

It Is Cold Outside

Collage on a letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Send Yourself on a Postcard

This is a postcard sent by postcrosser Lara (Germany). It is her own design. She depicted herself doing what she love most: reading books in cafés.

How would you like to appear on a postcard?

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
October theme: FOOD/DRINKS

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

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

How Is Your Summer? - VIII

Hand illustrated envelope sent to Heleen (the Netherlands).

It arrived safe and sound. In three days!

Plants = Happy

Collage on letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Postcard sent by Bryon (the USA).

Both arrived together.

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).