The last bus

Postcard ID: NL-2386540
Country: Netherlands

Today I've received this piece of kindness :)

Look at these animals - they are so happy to be in this bus with each other. I think people can learn from them which emotions should be shown during going by public transport.

Ha-ha, here is the really nice card!

Here are some interesting postcrossing stamps:

Magic fairy tale

Postcard ID: RU-2077728
Country: Russia

This is one card from my collection of beautiful cards. I like cards with some magic on them. And I believe in fairy tales, yeah :)

I've tried to find some information about author of this card and discovered that this card is painted by Russian artis Polina Yakovleva.

The backside of the card contains a poem. As usual here is my amateur translation:

Night is deep. So far for the dawn.

Lights are burning dimly far away.

I lost the input keys.

The door will not be opened, knock in the door, do not knock in the door.

Cuckoo

Today I bought wonderful maxicards with cuckoo and would like to make a post about it.

A cuckoo is a bird of 2014 year in Belarus.

Design of postage stamp "Cuckoo" and envelope "First day" belongs to the artist Alexander Mityanin. He has painted almost all the editions of the series "Bird of the year."

Here is a maxicard:

Hope, postcrosser of different countries will like it ;)

Cream cake

Hurray! My collection of sweets has new item now :)

My apologies if you see this message in evening or night. It looks so delicious.

This card also sent to me by Joao. He said that these are the best cupcakes in the whole world. And I believe him.

The original recipe is a secret well kept!

Joao share with me that these cakes are delicious with a touch of cinnamon and a hot cup of coffee. Mmm, yammy! 

This card also contains wonderful stamps:

Roses

These beautiful roses was sent to me by my friends on this site Joao. Thanks a lot for your cards and friendship!

Description from the backside of the card:

Rosa 'Lawrence Johnston' and Rosa 'Cupid', a Hybrid tea, by Graham Stuart Thomas. First published ain Climbing roses  old and new (1965)

Graham Stuart Thomas was an English horticulturalist and garden designer, best known for his work with garden roses, his restoration and stewardship of over 100 National Trust gardens and for writing 19 books on gardening, many of which remain classics today.

In his obituary in the LA Times, Clair Martin, rose curator of Huntington Botanical Gardens said: "Thomas set about preserving the heritage of old roses when many of them were on the verge of extinction".

I like flowers, I like these roses, I like this card! :)

Of course, this card has absolutely amazing stamp!

Beijing Opera

Postcard ID: CN-1227173
Country: China

This card shows us one of the character in the Beijing Opera.

Beijing opera is a form of traditional Chinese theater which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China. Major performance troupes are based in Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and Shanghai in the south.

Beijing opera features four main types of performers. Performing troupes often have several of each variety, as well as numerous secondary and tertiary performers. With their elaborate and colorful costumes, performers are the only focal points on Beijing opera's characteristically sparse stage. They utilize the skills of speech, song, dance, and combat in movements that are symbolic and suggestive, rather than realistic. Above all else, the skill of performers is evaluated according to the beauty of their movements. Performers also adhere to a variety of stylistic conventions that help audiences navigate the plot of the production. The layers of meaning within each movement must be expressed in time with music. Melodies include arias, fixed-tune melodies, and percussion patterns.

As usual, Chinese stamps are incredible!

White swiss shepherd

Postcard ID: FI-2049344
Country: Finland

On this card is sender's white swiss shepherd, when he was 9 weeks old. He has really cute ears when they are growing up :)

Sender likes to do long walkings with him couple of times every day :)

Also now I have beautiful stamp with Finnish flag:

Traditional Czech Fairytail

Postcard ID: CZ-420682
Country: Czech Republic

I don't know the name of this fairytale but a sender of this card said me that this is a typical Czech fairytail. If someone can tell me a little more - you are welcome :)

I think that here a father teach his son not to take and eat amanitas.

A stamp from Czech Republic is:

So happy that you are here!

Postcard ID: DE-2985430
Country: Germany

I don't drink coffee but I like its smell. And really like different patterns on the cappuccino or something like that.

Coffee on this card is in yellow cups on yellow saucer and with happy smile. So kind suns :)

Also sender add some stickers on the backside, many butterflies and flowers. This is one of them:

I really appreciate if postcrossers add some stickers or drawing on the backside. And I also try to add some butterflies :) on this week I even tried to draw a cat on the backside!

Also I really like beautiful stamps. before participating in postcrossing I did not understand its beauty, but now I know :)

Traditional road sign of Hong Kong

Postcard ID: HK-222925
Country: Hong Kong

So simple and non-standard card I received yesterday from Honk Kong. As sender said, Lan Kwai Fong is a local premiere dining and entertainment destination. There are over 100 restaurants, clubs and bars in this world renowned district!

Lan Kwai Fong is a small square of streets in Central, Hong Kong. The area was dedicated to hawkers before the Second World War, but underwent a renaissance in the mid-1980s. It is now a popular expatriate haunt in Hong Kong for drinking, clubbing and dining. The street Lan Kwai Fong is L-shaped with two ends joining with D'Aguilar Street.

The Lan Kwai Fong Association is a non-profit making business chamber which groups together over 100 restaurants, bars, clubs, retailers and service providers in Lan Kwai Fong to promote the unique Lan Kwai Fong culture and charms to locals and the world.

But more thank card (Amis, sorry) I like a stamp! This one is from new series of stamps 2014 with dinosaurs!

Happy Postcrossing!

Postcard ID: RU-2523080
Country: Russia

Hurraaaaay! Finally I have received this card!

When I only started my postcrossing adventure I saw this card in one article on Belarusian portal. Since that time I would like to have this postcard in my collection. And now it's done. 

By the way, 9 March I celebrated 2 years participating in this wonderful project :)

But back to the card - look carefully at the words on card. Dasha from Russia populated her own information on this card!

The card is painted by Belarusian artist Ksenia Belyaeva. 

Many-many thanks to this wonderful girl. You made my day, Dasha! 

I'm happy :)

The Administration of Tyumen region, Russia

Postcard ID: RU-2522405
Country: Russia

This absolutely amazing card came to me from girl with beautiful name Venera.

This postcard is painted by Russian artist Maria Volkova. No I would like to have more her works :)

I can speak very long about this card as this is one from my favourite techniques of art. Size of this card is really big and I want to stick it to wall in my room and look, look, look at..)

Also I want to show a nice stamp from the backside:

Insects

Postcard ID: BE-269942
Country: Belgium

I think that sender does not have cards with butterflies, so selected gor me card with insects and other animals :)

It seems that letter W means something, but I do not know what indeed. Maybe it's Wild animals :)

In addition to animals we have a nice stamp with flowers:

Butterflies

Postcard ID: AU-339168
Country: Australia

Here is one more card in addition to my previous post. As I like butterflies I received even 2 cards with these insects!

Also I have beautiful stamp with Royal family now: