Fish. Painter Anton Gorcevich

Postcard ID: UA-826813
Country: Ukraine

This strange fish with trees on its back is painted by Russian painter Anton Gorcevich.

Anton was born on August 16, 1974, in Smolensk. In 1990 he moved to Tver and graduated to the Venezianov art college.
Since 2004 Anton is a member of Assosiation of Free Artists of St.Petersburg. The artist's personal exhibitions were held in Smolensk, Tver, St.Petersburg and in the State Duma of The Russian Federation.
Anton works in different genres, but prefers fantasy.

Here is one more Ukrainian stamp:

Cat and fish

Postcard ID: DE-2618384
Country: Germany

When I received this card I found it really funny :)

Now I've tried to search this picture with better quality (as my scanner is not good enough) and saw that this picture was used in Wiskas advertisement :)

Arizona, USA

Postcard ID: US-2496240

Country: USA

Here is the description from the backside of the card:

Arizona became the 48th state on February 1912, and is the sixth largest state in the U.S. at 114,006 square miles. The statealso carries the distinction of leading the  nation in copper production.

I think that this is absolutely amazing card. I'm so happy to receive this one!

Here is the flag from the back side...

...and the stamp:

Jip and Janneke

Postcard ID: NL-2177420

Country: Netherlands

Jip and Janneke is a series of children's books in the Netherlands, written by Annie M.G. Schmidt and illustrated by Fiep Westendorp.

The series was originally written for Het Parool. Between 13 September 1952 and 7 September 1957 a weekly episode of no more than 250 words was published. Each episode is an independent story in itself. The stories were later collected and published as books.

I like this series of cards and already have a few postcards with Jip and Janneke.

Here is the Dutch stamp:

Winter Is Coming

Postcard ID: RU-2155633
Country: Russia

Winter is coming to our country. I like this season of a year despite the cold. Of course, a snowman is one from the most known symbols of winter. I like to make snowmen, or build a castle from snow, or playing snowball with friends. Or just ride with ice slide :)

Now I wait for many cards relating to winter or New Year themes.

Here is the Russian stamp:

Ayora, Valencia, Spain

Postcard ID: ES-259365
Country: Spain

Ayora is a municipality in the comarca of Valle de Ayora in the Valencian Community, Spain. It lies in the inland part of the Valencian Community on the border of the provinces of Albacete and Alicante.

The Valley of Ayora runs between the mountain ranges of Sierra Palomera and Mugrón to the west, and Cortes de Pallás and the Caroig Peak. Its landscape consists of numerous forest tracks crossing the valleys and bordering the mountains. It contains a number of tourist attractions: the Cave of Don Juan, the Ayora Castle, the Parish church of Our Lady of the Ascension, Hermitages, the Iberian town of the Castellar of Meca, Cave paintings (Cave La Vieja), La Hunde and the rivers Cabriel and Júcar. The region contains a rich variety of fauna and flora and resembles a typical landscape of inland Mediterranean zones.

Here are the Spanish stamps:

Chocolate is the new black

Postcard ID: LT-333011, EE-180568
Country: Lithuania, Estonia

Chocolate is my religion :)

Most of all I like milk chocolate, however I know that black chocolate is more useful.

As you see this card came to me from Lithuania. I love their chocolate Pergale. Recommend it!

As I received one more copy of this card, but from another country, here are some amazing additional stamps from Estonia:

Colourful emotions

Postcard ID: UA-840452
Country: Ukraine

Do you go for a walk on the rainbow with me?
I love all colourful things, especially in grey seasons of a year. This autumn was so beautiful, trees have an amazing view! However now here is boring...
So this card has been really appreciated by me :)

Wish you all who reads this post, colourful mood! :)

Look at beautiful Ukrainian stamps:

Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey

Postcard ID: TR-151534
Country: Turkey

The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. The Grand Bazaar is located inside the walled city of Istanbul, in the district of Fatih. 

Today the Grand Bazaar is a thriving complex, employing 26,000 people, and one of the major landmarks of Istanbul. It must fight the competition of the giant malls built everywhere in Istanbul, but its beauty and fascination represent a formidable advantage for it. According to the head of the Grand Bazaar Artisans Association, the complex has been in 2011 - the year of its 550th birthday - the most visited monument in the world. A restoration project starting in 2012 should renew its infrastructure, heating and lighting systems. Moreover, the Hans inside the Market will be renovated and later additions will be demolished.

The Grand Bazaar is opened each day except Sundays and bank holidays from 9:00 until 19:00.

Storm at Creac'h Point

Postcard ID: FR-331264
Country: France

Here is in Belarus we don't have access to the sea. So we don't see it at the storm or calm. However postcrossing helps to know more about things which I don't see during my everyday life.

I think this is very beautiful card. And I would like to meet with a lighthouse keeper :)

Here is the French stamp:

A butterfly with poem written by A. Fet

Postcard ID: RU-1987930
Country: Russia

Butterflies are my passion :)
The poem on this card was written by Russian poet Afanasy Fet:

You're right. An outline of the air
I'm so sweet.
My whole velvet with him alive by blinking -
Only two wings.

Do not ask: Where did?
Why rush?
Here I light the flower down
And now - breathe.

For how long, without purpose, without any effort
I want to breathe?
That's it now, flashing, Raskin wings
And fly away.

Camels

Postcard ID: CN-1040995
Country: China

I have never seen camels in real life. However postcrossing helps me to see these animals on the pictures :)
I don't know if calms live in China (probably not), but here is in Belarus we can find them inly in zoo.

By the way, did you know that camel is a symbol of the Perl programming language?

Also the sender used sooo many wonderful stamps (without camels :)):

Finnish sweets

Postcard ID: FI-1858053
Country: Finland

Sweets, sweets, sweets! After wedding (which was 4 October) we still have some boxes of chocolate. However chocolate is never too much!

Especially, when in the back side you can see amazing Moomins family

Aaaand wonderful Postcrossing stamp!

Kitty under the Rainbow

Postcard ID: TW-989139
Country: Taiwan

I think this is an amazing cat! I love cats, reading and rainbow :)
Also I think that this is a cat from fairyland. I would like to live there :)

Oryol city

Postcard ID: RU-1981948
Country: Russia

Here is a little averloaded by landmarks a postcard from Russian city Oryol. In translation to English it means Eagle. So, if you are going to visit this city you can take this card and try to find out all these places :)

And here is a nice bear and stamp from Russian post:

A temple on a mountain

Postcard ID: JP-435864
Country: Japan

This card shows a temple on a mountain in Yamagata. There are about one thousand seventy stairs. It's a very hard to reach a top.
And this is a really amazing place.

Here are Japanese stamps:

Mimimi Monkey

Postcard ID: GB-460072
Country: United Kingdom

To be honest I don't know the difference between gorilla and orangutan. So, I call animal from this card just monkey :)

So, it's very kind monkey which are thinking about me :)

Thank you, dear monkey, I also will think about you :)

UK stamp: