Thursday Postcard Hunt | Skies

Knowing the place, I doubt this sky is real... But the postcard is beautiful. It was sent by a couple of friends who do not send mail often, so even more appreciated. 

A completely different sky on this postcard sent by Fabienne (France). The artist is Isabelle Thomen.

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
May theme: COLOURFUL

• Week 1 - Trees/Flowers
• Week 2 - Skies
• Week 3 - Wildlife
• Week 4 - Buildings
• Week 5 - Vehicles (trains, buses, boats, cars)

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Year of the Snake (VI)

Folded postcard featuring Kali, the goddess of transformation. With matching stamps and First Day Cancelation. There are snakes everywhere!

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

Paper Cats

I received these postcards months apart from Phillip (the USA). I cannot help but think that it is the same cat on both.

Lighthouses on Postcards

Lanterna di Genova
(Italy)

Bodie Island Lighthouse, Outer Banks, North Carolina
(the USA)

An Rinn
(Ireland)

Fécamp
(France)

Postcards sent by Ania (Italy), Ilyse (USA), Pammie (Ireland) and Fabienne (France).

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).

States Project | The Palmetto State

The South Carolina postcard, full of postmarks, is the last but one postcard from Bryon's States Project. How cool is that?

Although we have palmettos here (in our case, Chamaerops humilis), I did not know the word, and even less that a US state bears this nickname. The palmetto is also on the flag.

Count Your Blessings (=Mail Days)

An update of my 2025 postal project: counting the days I get mail.

As you can see, my mail life improved in April.

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Le Pays du Mimosa

Tanneron, with its twenty-two hamlets nestling in the heart of the massif of the same name, is the largest area in France planted with both cultivated and wild mimosa, spectacular yellow forests of fluffy little balls, so beautiful to see in their natural environment. From December to March, the abundant mimosa blossom will surprise you with its fragrant, intoxicating gold and light: a magical experience.

The sender, Ania, agrees with that!

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
May theme: COLOURFUL

• Week 1 - Trees/Flowers
• Week 2 - Skies
• Week 3 - Wildlife
• Week 4 - Buildings
• Week 5 - Vehicles (trains, buses, boats, cars)

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Year of the Snake (V)

First Day postcard and postmark, sent by Bryon (United Nations).

Daffodils!

 

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

States Project | The Bay State

This postcard belonging to the States Project has made a long journey and even a time travel: it was written on 23 September 2024, only got a postmark on 6 February 2023 (!?). It reached me on 24 March 2025.

I really wanted to get the postcard from the state where the oldest lighthouse in USA was built!

Sunday Stamps | Chequered

Chess is a common topic for philatelists, but I found only these among my received ones. Go to Sunday Stamps to see more Patterns on stamps!

United Kingdom, 1976

France, 1966

And the same pattern in a stamp belonging to the series The Secret of Life. And also apt for the Year of the Snake!

United Kingdom, 2003

Virginias

 

This is a (sort of) postcard made out of chocolates packaging. It was sent to Bryon (the USA) as a reply to yesterday's and this postcard.

States Project | The Mountain State

The postcards of the States Project usually do not arrive alone, and this one came along with its Virginia sister. 

It surprised me to see again the cardinal as the state bird. According to the Wikipedia: "Some state birds are shared between multiple states. Of the 50 states, a total of 32 do not have a unique state bird." The northern cardinal is the bird of seven states (See this map).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Edo

The Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). 

Sent by Noriko (Japan).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
April theme: SPRING

• Week 1 - Spring Flowers
• Week 2 - (Song)Birds
• Week 3 - Easter-y Things
• Week 4 - Gardens

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!