Books - Netherlands and Germany

July 6, 2026

Leah sent this card from Germany. She wrote about her town and her favourite movie [The Blind Side] as she loves the message and how loyalty and love is portrayed.

I've read about 5 of these novels, how about you?

She also asked me what my favourite Jason Statham movie was....I have a few, I like Spy as he's hilarious in it and I also like The Transporter because the action is very cool. 

July 8, 2026

Anneke sent this from the Netherlands and mentions that she lives near the Belgian border. She notes that the stamps show writers from the Netherlands.

 

France -Crown Jewels

 July 3, 2026

Mik sent me this card from France....I believe that the crown on the front is part of the British Crown Jewels. 

He said that he had an aunt with the same first name as me, and wished me the best with a Japanese man. [What does that even mean? We've been together for almost 25 years.] And then mentioned that his son nearly married a Japanese woman! (Shades of Bridget Jones' Diary?)

He sends his best!

St. Edward's Crown with which the Sovereign is crowned.

The stamps he used were rather interesting as well. Apologies for putting it on sideways, I just wanted to show off the stamp more!

USA - Crafting

 Sewing

I received this card back in May and then didn't receive any cards for a while! I had a bunch of cards travelling and some of them didn't arrive. It happens, sad to say. 

The sender didn't write her name on the card, just said that she was originally from Russia and she came to the US recently and got married.  She likes books and movies about Harry Potter.

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!