There are some friendships that are decided in heaven and consummated on earth

Postcard ID: DE-3857818
Country: Germany

Here is one more amazing card that added to my butterflies collection :)

Quotes on it is in German, but I found English version:

There are some friendships that are decided in heaven and consummated on earth

(c) Mathias Claudius

Burning lantern

Postcard ID: RU-3188208
Country: Russia

Now there is no snow in Belarus. But I like snowing winter :)

So this card shows perfect picture of winter still life. Hmm.. it's a god idea to paint this card :)

Come over!

Postcard ID: UA-955902
Country: Ukraine

Oh, I have a story regarding this postcard. Some months ago I received a postcard without Postcard Id, but with name Nastya and with user name. I used Postcrossing search to find Id for the card that was sent to me by Nastya from Kyiv. Id was found, I registered a postcard and found out that user name is another than on the card.
So the I found a user by user name, sent a message to her. And found that this girl sent me this card not through postcrossing, I gave her my address on another resource! But postcard was already registered...

Some weeks after that I received postcard from this post. Again without Postcard Id. And again from Nastya from Kyiv. So I decided that this is right card. Postcrossing Search could not help me to find the correct Postcard Id due to lack of the info..

Domestic cats

Postcard ID: UA-1213281
Country: Ukraine

I like cats and after receiving this card I want to have one, especially black cat :)

Here is some official info:

The domestic cat is a small, usually furry, domesticated, and carnivorous mammal. They are often called a housecat when kept as an indoor pet, or simply a cat when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines. Cats are often valued by humans for companionship, and their ability to hunt vermin and household pests.

I think that everyone know who is a cat :)

Here is a Ukrainian stamp:

A butterfly by Ekaterina Arkhangelskaia

Postcard ID: RU-3270098
Country: Russia

This postcard opened a new name of painter for me - Ekaterina Arkhangelskaia. I found her blog, but it's only in Russian.

Here is quite unusual postcard with butterfly, but certainly a great card :)

Also this card has wonderful stamp:

Gone with the Wind

Postcard ID: CN-1491560
Country: China

This postcard is so special, so I've decided to start new label for it - Unusual postcards. I'm not a musician? so I cannot play the music from this postcard, but this card contains QR code on the backside, so you can listen to this music! It's wonderful!

Here are the beautiful stamps from the backside:

Happy New Year!

Postcard ID: TR-208220
Country: Turkey

Here is so beautiful winter postcard! This year we don't have so much snow at the current time (that's unusul for Belarus), but I so like when winter looks like on this postcard. It gives us special winter and Happy New Year mood :)

Here is a Turkish stamp:

A German postman

Postcard ID: DE-3783055
Country: Germany

This postcard shows a dress of German postman a century ago, I think :) Have you heard a toll? So you received a postcard, yeah! :) Dance! :)

Here is a stamp from this card:

Happiness often has a lot of faces

Postcard ID: DE-3559309
Country: Germany

Here is one more beautiful postcard with butterfly has been added to my collection :)

It has a good quote on the top (even with stamp!) and so sunny butterfly :)

A stamp on the backside is also great:

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Postcard ID: US-3127222
Country: USA

Yeah, it's my first UNESCO site postcards from USA! I so like beautiful nature and already in love with this park :)

And thanks for the nice story, Alison! ;)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site that straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. The border between Tennessee and North Carolina runs northeast to southwest through the centerline of the park. It is the most visited national park in the United States. On its route from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail also passes through the center of the park. The park was chartered by the United States Congress in 1934 and officially dedicated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. It encompasses 522,419 acres (816.28 sq mi; 2,114.15 km2), making it one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States. The main park entrances are located along U.S. Highway 441 (Newfound Gap Road) at the towns of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and Cherokee, North Carolina. It was the first national park whose land and other costs were paid for in part with federal funds; previous parks were funded wholly with state money or private funds.

Also this postcard has amazing nature stamp:

A combination Grateful Dead music with butterfly :)

Postcard ID: US-3106626
Country: USA

Firstly I saw this colourful postcard and was alredy happy! Butterfly is all I need for happiness :) after love, sure, hehe :)

Then I read the text on the backside and knew that images inside the butterfly are combined from music Gareful Dead. After that I opened youtube and listened to some sings, but no, it's not my music. However postcard is still great! :)

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long musical improvisation. "Their music," writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists." These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world". They were ranked 57th in the issue The Greatest Artists of all Time by Rolling Stone magazine. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and their Barton Hall Concert at Cornell University (May 8, 1977) was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry. The Grateful Dead have sold more than 35 million albums worldwide.

Postcard stamps are:

Merry Christmas!

Postcard ID: NL-2795415
Country: Netherlands

These nice dogs with kind eyes wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! :)
I believe that many people in the world received a dog like a gift :) that's the best friend! ;)

Guangji Gate Tower, China

Postcard ID: CN-1433620
Country: China

Guangji Gate Tower is often regarded as the most spectacular one among seven ancient city gates of Chaozhou. The gate tower is constructed in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), it is the most prominent symbol of Chaozhou City today. Featured by the distinctive architectural style and the grand fortifications, this gate tower is surely a must-see landmark for visitors and locals alike.

Stands to the west of Xiangzi Bridge, Guangji Gate Tower occupies a prominent position in the center of Chaozhou City, it is well-preserved till today as a good example of this kind historic construction. Erected on a large, thick platform, this magnificent construction is a three-storey tower, and the architectural style outwardly resembles that of a palace. In the center of the first floor stands an impressive arch, at a height of 11.9 feet and a width of 9.5 feet. Hanging on the third floor is a gigantic bronze bell, made in 1134 during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Guangji Gate Tower presents a pretty majestic and imposing sight for it was double-crowned with green tiles and constructed with red walls, as well as decorated with the delicate carvings, scarlet pillars and fine traceried windows.

Butterflies from Ghana

Postcard ID: GH-2027
Country: Ghana

It's so wonderful to receive a postcard from rare country for the 1st time! And double wonderful if here is a postcard with butterflies. And stamps are also with butterflies! I'm super happy :)

Ghana, officially called the Republic of Ghana, is a sovereign multinational state and unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Ghana has a land mass of 238,535 km2, with 2,093 kilometres of international land borders. Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King".

Here are amazing stamps:

David and Goliath, Turkey

Postcard ID: TR-206361
Country: Turkey

Turkey is a country that has many attractions for tourists. Image on this postcard is one of them :)

Goliath or Goliath of Gath (one of five city states of the Philistines) is a giant Philistine warrior defeated by the young David, the future king of Israel, in the Bible's Books of Samuel (1 Samuel 17).

The original purpose of the story was to show David's identity as the true king of Israel. Post-Classical Jewish traditions stressed Goliath's status as the representative of paganism, in contrast to David, the champion of the God of Israel. Christian tradition gave him a distinctively Christian perspective, seeing in David's battle with Goliath the victory of God's king over the enemies of God's helpless people as a prefiguring of Jesus' victory over sin on the cross and the Church's victory over Satan.

Here are the stamps and a sticker from this postcard:

North Frisian Islands

Postcard ID: DE-3783064
Country: Germany

Those islands look so nice, that I want to visit it after visiting Berlin, Bonn, Bremen..)

The North Frisian Islands are a group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea, off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The German islands are in the traditional region of North Frisia and are part of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park and the Kreis (district) of Nordfriesland. Occasionally Heligoland is also included in this group.

Sometimes the North Frisian Islands include also the Danish Wadden Sea Islands on the western coast of Jutland, Denmark. They belong to Tønder municipality and Esbjerg municipality. The ethnic group of Frisians lives only on the German-ruled islands.

Here is the German stamp:

Khokhloma

Postcard ID: RU-3237889
Country: Russia

Oh, I so like different traditional patterns! Gzhel and Khokhloma are my favourites, maybe it's cause they both are Russian, it's so close to me.

Khokhloma or Khokhloma painting is the name of a Russian wood painting handicraft style and national ornament, known for its vivid flower patterns, red and gold colors over a black background, and the effect it has when applied to wooden tableware or furniture, making it look heavier and metal-like

Spanish Dancers

Postcard ID: ES-326708
Country: Spain

It happened that I have a contact witn some Spanish guys for the last year. So this country for me is magnificent. I really hope to visit it one day, preferably this year :D

So this postcard is even more for me than just postcard. It's like a sign what should I do. "Do you like me" - asked me this postcard - "So, come in and look at me with your own eyes!" :)

A flower

Postcard ID: DE-3722262
Country: Germany

Maybe it's not obvious from my scan, but this is a shaped postcard :)

I really like postcards of this type as all of them are unique :) anyway, all (or almost all) girls like flowers! :)

This postcard also has stamps with flowers:

...and nice owl!

Happy X-mas!

Postcard ID: DE-3759628
Country: Germany

I received this postcard in the middle of December, so it was a great way ro congratulate me with Christmas and New Year :)

This postcard is really cozy and it inspires me to cook delicious pastries :)

Also here are nice stamps (especially with Snowman ;)):

Thymelicus lineola

Postcard ID: FI-2251822
Country: Finland

My mailbox is getting happy again and again with each new butterfly postcard :) this one flew to me from Finland.

The Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. In North America, it is known as the European skipper.

With a wingspan of 2.5 to 2.9 cm it is very similar in appearance to the small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris. They can be told apart by the undersides of the tips of the antennae: the Essex skipper's are black whereas those of the small skipper are orange. This butterfly occurs throughout much of the Palaearctic region. Its range spreads from southern Scandinavia through Europe to North Africa and east to Central Asia It was only identified in the UK in 1889 and its range is expanding both in England and in northern Europe. In North America, this butterfly was accidentally introduced in 1910 via London, Ontario and has spread across southern Canada and to several northern US states.

Also this postcard has gorgeous Finnish flag:

Sea kayaking, New Zealand

Postcard ID: NZ-114409
Country: New Zealand

This postcard is so beautiful so I want immediately to be in the place shown on the card :)

Michelle (a sender) wrote that New Zealand has a lot of coastline so you are never move more than 2 hours drive from the sea, so beach activities are a big pat of life in New Zealand :)

It so unreal when you live in the country without access to the sea.. ) 

Roman Zozulya, a Ukrainian football striker

Postcard ID: UA-1200514
Country: Ukraine

Finally, we received a postcard for my husband! Thank you, Volodymyr! :)

Roman Zozulya is a Ukrainian football striker, currently playing for Ukrainian Premier League club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Ukrainian national team.

Also this postcard contains amazing stamps with birds:

Blue and Yellow

Postcard ID: UA-1195936
Country: Ukraine

This postcard was sent to me by Tanya from Ukraine. It shows a girl in national costume. Just look at her nails - it has colours of the national flag of Ukraine!

I'm a big fan of nail polish, so like-like this card! :)

Here is a stamp from the backside:

Manor house in Veliky Topal village

Postcard ID: RU-3212278
Country: Russia

Actually, here is not the postcard. It's a photo made by Alina in Veliky Topal village.
Veliky Topal is a village in the  Klintsovsky region of Bryansk district. The population - 750 residents. Despite the distance from the district center, the Veliky Topal remains one of the largest villages Klintsovsky area.

"Even the smallest dreamer has the right for big dream" by Victoria Kirdiy

Postcard ID: RU-3223258
Country: Russia

Yeah, here is one more postcard painted by Victoria Kirdiy. It shows so lovely activities from childhood: to make a snowman or to sledding.

Backside contains a great quote:

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't-- you're right

(c) Henry Ford

Also here is a nice Europe stamp:

Collection of butterflies

Postcard ID: NL-2752483
Country: Netherlands

This beautiful collection of butterflies was sent to me by Astrid and received in early December. These butterflies are similar to Pieridae family, but I'm not sure.
So I do as usual - like butterflies even if I don't know their names :)

Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Postcard ID: ZA-56406
Country: South Africa

Ooh, it's so wonderful to receive postcard from African continent. They have so wonderful nature that I cannot see in my country. Just looks on the views of this card. I think that everyone wants to visit this place :)

The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is Table Mountain, overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. The peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille point in the north to Cape Point in the south.

The stamp from the postcard is: