Austria - Book

Received April 30, 2026

I got this pretty card from Karin in Austria. She basically just sent greetings and translated the phrase on the front of the card for me. 

The card says, "No poet gives a finished heaven, he only sets up the ladder to heaven from beautiful earth." It was written by Joseph von Eichendorff.  It's an interesting thought!

 

I haven't seen these stamps before. The big one on the right is an old vehicle.  The yellow stamp on the left shows a Bodensee Radhaube, a hat made out of gold and silver lamé threads. It's an almost lost art to make these hats and it is made by hand. 

New Zealand - View

April 28, 2026

 

Mike sent this nice card from New Zealand. He says this is the Mt. Cook region and shows their highest mountain. 

Now, I have a confession. I got this card and instead of putting it on the stair like normal until I could go upstairs and register it, I put it in my pocket and started to prepare dinner. It got bent in my pocket. Ack! It travelled all the way from New Zealand in perfect condition and I'm the one who damaged it. I'm sorry!!

I liked the stamp that Mike used. I haven't seen this one before. 

Thanks Mike!

Books - USA

 This card arrived recently from the US. Liz wrote that she lives in Florida and travelled to Japan a few years ago.  

Generic Books, but definitely something I like!

She put some cool stamps on the back of the postcard. I rather like them. 

Thanks Liz!

Austria - Tea

 Received April 24, 2026

Alessandra sent this card to me from Vienna, Austria. She asked me if I knew that snow globes were invented in Vienna in 1900. Nope would be my answer! One of the stamps on this card shows the inventor of the snow globe, Erwin Perzy. Unfortunately, Alessandra didn't mention tea at all, but she did include a sticker that I liked a lot!

Here are the stamps she used on the back of the card.

And the cool sticker that I can get behind....

Me too!

Black & White Actress Card

Received April 22, 2026

This is my favourite type of card!  It's a black and white card of an actress that I have never heard of before, causing me to do a bit of research on IMDb to find out more information. Yay!

Naveen wrote that this card shows Keerthy Suresh in the movie Mahanati (2018). It's a film biopic of the legendary actress Savitri. I haven't seen this film of course, but the actress whose life it was based on was an interesting person!

Keerthy Suresh as Savitri

He also used some cool stamps on the card that I haven't seen before. 

Thanks for a cool postcard!

The Netherlands

Arrived April 22, 2026

This card came to me from Liesbeth in the Netherlands. She used a few stickers and a lot of stamps on the back . It's a beautiful looking place.

     

These are very cool stamps!  

Thanks Liesbeth!

United States of America - Book Related

Received April 21, 2026

Alison sent this card with its picture of Herman Melville's chimney/fireplace.  The blurb on the back of the card says that Melville wrote some of his novels here, including Moby Dick.

I love books, but to be honest, I loathed Moby Dick! I think I skipped a lot of the book as I just couldn't get into it. I had to read it at college. 

Thanks Alison!