Thursday Postcard Hunt | Sheep, Ram, Yarn

Big postcard made by Fabienne (France).

Sent by L. J. (USA) through the Postcrossing site.

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
March theme: ANIMALS

• Week 1 - In the Wild
• Week 2 - On the Farm
• Week 3 - Pets
• Week 4 - Young

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Happy Epiphany

Tři králové (='Three Kings'), 1955)
Josef Lada

Wie schön, dass du geboren bist
('How wonderful that you were born')

Postcard sent by Tomáš  (Czech Republic) and Bruno (PC).

8th Day of Christmas: Eight Maids a-Milking

Twelve days of Christmas:

On the eight day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Eight maids a-milking

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

Goodnight Christmas

I had received some stationery and stamps dedicated to Goodnight Moon (also here)... and now the rest have landed, along with a first day postmark on one of the favourites. Both the colours and the themes look a lot like Christmas!

Goodnight Moon

I got this piece of mail from Bryon (the USA). The stamps and stationary celebrate Goodnight Moon, an American children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. It was published in 1947.

It took me a while to realise it was actually an aerogram! For once, I managed to open it properly.

I have not read the book (yet?). But I like that, on the stamps, they knit and sleep. It seems a relaxing life!

Christmas Sheep

The Continental, by Scott Church (2012)

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

First Day of Autumn

Фея на улитке ('Fairy on the snail')
by Анна Злобина

Postcard sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

Happy Winter Collages

Ways of coping with the long winter afternoons: reading, knitting, writing letters...

...or just sitting in front of the fireplace with a cup of tea!

Collages on envelopes sent by Laura (the UK).

Mysterious Illustration

I got this postcard from a Russian postcrosser. I guess she chose it because of the sheep. But there is no clue about the illustrator or the meaning. Maybe it belongs to a book? I find it very intrigung!

Moomins Alphabet

Front

This post by Phillip (the USA) made me click on the link about the alphabet stamps and give a try to the free colouring page. 

I printed it on not so a thick paper, so I am glad it made it through the postal machines!

Back

Festive Deer

Christmas & New Year mail sent by Alicia (Spain), Fabienne (France) and Phillip (USA).

Perfect

Knitting + books + letters = the perfect winter day (I just would add a cup of tea!).

Card and letter sent by Rosemary (Canada).

It Is Knitting (and Quilting!) Time

The Penguin Knitting Book

Mouflon (Ovis orientalis)

Postcards sent by Alison and Karla (the USA).

Stamps sent by Bryon (the USA).

It Is Still (and Always!) Knitting Time

Card sent by Phillip (the USA). The illustration is derived from the drawing that accompanied a knitting needles patent from 1937.

I think the stamps, featuring Ruth Asawa's wire sculptures match really well! (More information about these stamps). I have got the whole lot!

Greetings from Germany

Die Wartburg bei Eisenach

Koblenz an Rhein und Mosel

Sachsen

Frelenberg

Postcards sent by Sebastian, Irene, Micky and Andreas (Germany), through the Postcrossing site. And, below, two postcards with lighthouses, from a swap in the new Postcrossing forum, sent by Marcel.

Travemünde

Pilsen

Ireland Galore

Shaped cards sent (looong ago) by Heleen (the Netherlands) and Laura (the UK).

And more Irish postcards and stamps, sent by Laura from the UK and Ireland. I guess Saint Patrick's Day is the appropriate time to show them on the blog. Despite the celebrations being cancelled... It is still St Patrick's Day!

To celebrate the Bicentenary of the official opening of the GPO 200 years ago, An Post issued this commemorative stamp which features an image of the GPO engraved by Robert Havell in 1820. The building still serves as the headquarters of the Post Office in Ireland as well as housing the internationally recognised GPO Witness History centre.

 Actually, I didn't received the stamp itself, but this (big!) postcard.

Bedford Tower, dating from 1761 is the centrepiece of Dublin Castle's principle Georgian courtyard. The complex of buildings is generally open to the public as a tourist attraction except when hosting State functions.

View of College Green and the entrance to Trinity College. Dublin City.

This one was sent by Béibhinn (Ireland), through the Postcrossing site.

Vibrant and exciting, Galway City is situated at the mouth of Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. It is Ireland's third largest city and the only one in the province of Connaught.  

Clockwise from top left: Eyre Square, bustling city street, traditional pub and the Spanish Arch.

And this one sent by Nora, also thanks to Postcrossing. With a lot of information about the Irish Alphabet.

My friends Lie & Steeve (Spain) visited Dublin and sent me the whole city on a postcard!

"Dublin is the capital city of Ireland with a population approaching 2 million people and covers an area of 115sq Kilometres. Situated on the estuary of the River Liffey and in the province of Leinster, Dublin has more green spaces than any other European city. This card shows the Ha’penny Bridge over the river Liffey, the Temple Bar, Merchants Arch, the Campanile, Trinity College, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Spire and O’Connell St. and colourful Georgian Doors."