Brazil - Food

May 7, 2019

Igo sent this delicious looking card from Brazil with a friendly note on the back.

He wrote;

Hello Helen!

Tudo bem com voce? (How are You?)
My name's IGO and I live in a small town called Aracaju. My wife is grand-daughter of Japanese. Your last name is Shimada [I think he means 'her' last name, not mine.] I love desserts...My favourites are: Tiramisu, Brownie, Ice-Cream and Brigadeiro (typical Brazilian dessert)

All the Best!

:-)

Tiramisu

 Gorgeous stamps from Brazil.

Czech Republic

May 7, 2019

This interesting multicard came to me from Yvona in the Czech Republic. She wrote a note on the back in very small writing, so was able to say quite a lot! I wish I could do that, but it doesn't work for me!

Yvona wrote;

Hello Helen!

Greetings from the Czech Republic! My name is YVONA, I am 54 years old and I have 2 adult daughters and 2 little grandchildren. We live in DECIN, a small town in the north of Cz, but I work in USTI NAD LABEM where I also spent all my childhood. We have a family house close to a forest with hens and goats in our garden.

Last time I watched movie, Bohemian Rhapsody, I love it a lot, because I've loved QUEEN :)

Best wishes, YVONA

I really like these stamps, but I have no idea if they are real people or from literature or what their significance is.  Readers?

Russia

May 7, 2019

Dmitry sent this card to me with a short and friendly note on the back.

He wrote;

Hello, Helen!
My name is Dima or -Dmitry. On the card depicts the Vezhe-Tundra mountain in the Murmansk region in spring.  I wish you excellent spring mood.

Dima  21.04.2019

 Dima used some very interesting stamps on the card. I'm not sure if the picture in the corner is an indication of a pre-stamped card or the place where we are supposed to put the stamp!

France - Actor in Black & White

May 2, 2019

This black & white card came to me from Thierry in France.  He wrote a nice note on the back too.

He wrote;

Hello Helen, for you, I found and choose this postcard with the actor Leonardo Di Caprio, it's one of my favorite.  Hope you like it. I'm Thierry, 54 old from Cogolin, in the southeast of France.

All the best,
Thierry


This card was scratched on the surface. The scan doesn't show too much of it, except a little in the upper left side of the picture.  It arrived with another card that was more damaged, so it was a bad day at the post office!

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 I really like the flamingos on the stamp. They're lovely!

Netherlands

May 2, 2019

This card came from the Netherlands and was sent by Jolanda. It was a little hard to register the card since the Dutch post office stamped over the number on the back.

She also decorated the entire back of the card. That meant there wasn't much room on the back for her to write a note.  She wrote a little though.

I do have to say that sadly this card, and the next one, were damaged on their way to me.  It was a rainy day when it arrived, perhaps the card got wet?  I'm not sure.

Jolanda wrote;

Hello from the Netherlands.  Today it is 25

My name is Jolanda.

I live in Eindhoven

On the front you see a lumenprint.

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Photography with sunlight