Greek Cats

Thanks very much to Angeliki for sending this card that has been

on my "wishlist" for a while, showing cats waiting for the catch of

the day by the local fishermen :)

Sent: 26 October 2015   Received: 24 November 2015  Travelled: 29 days

Milk Maid

Thanks to Elly for this postcard and nice stamps!

Sent: 26 November 2015   Received: 17 December 2015   Travelled: 21 days

Morchard Bishop

Morchard Bishop is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon in the English county of Devon. It has a population of 975, and contains a primary school, two churches, and a playing field with tennis court. Notable past residents include Ernest Bevin.

Morchard Bishop is twinned with a village in Normandy. It also has a garage,a post office and a pub called The London Inn, a surgery, a blacksmith and its own woodland. It is a peaceful village set in beautiful scenery about 13 km from the market town of Crediton. It is a vibrant community with lots going on: the village pantomime, an allotment association, a Ukelele band and football teams

Source:Wikipedia

Hehehe thanks to Christine for this Blacksmith Forge from Morchard Bishop

(which is a rather funny name for a village but then it's just me :D )

Sent: 15 August 2015   Received: 21 Sept 2015   Travelled: 37 days

Threshing rice

A Sabahan girl in traditional attire threshing rice at Harvest time.

Wow this card is a great surprise from my very happy go  lucky friend

Jesse who is on a Malaysian tour. So many nice things on this card, an

old never seen before card, an old stamp issue which also I've not seen

before and a bus ticket from Penang! Thank you Jesse!

Sent: September 2015    Received: 15 September 2015

Winter logging with oxen

Thanks to Marius for another beautiful card from Romania!

Sent: 27 July 2015   Received: 27 August 2015   Travelled: 31 days

Newfoundland lads

Three jolly fisherman show of their catch - a sculpin.

Thanks to Diane for this postcard of smiling fishermen

Happy to have this card for my collection.

Sent: 14 July 2015   Received: 3 August 2015   Travelled: 20 days

A hard day's work in Malta day

Excerpt: Another day over - back home with the fruits of a hard day's work.

A traditional rural scene with headscarves worn as protection fromm the sun. The house is built of local limestone. Thankyou Silvan for this lovely view of people going about their business :)

Sent:20 September 2014   Received: 31 October 2014   Travelled: 41 days

Alberobello, Bari, Italy

Alberobello is a small town and comune in the province of Bari, in Puglia, Italy. It has about 11,000 inhabitants and is famous for its unique trulli constructions. The Trulli of Alberobello are part of the UNESCO World Heritage sites list since 1996.

Thank you Silvia for this amazing card basket weavers from Italy!

Sent: 13 October 2014   Received: 31 October 2014   Travelled: 18 days

Fishermen

My second card from Sri Lanka!

Thanks to my friend Alena who was travelling there!

Sent: 17 April 2014   Received: 25 April 2014   Travelled: 8 days

Pearl Diving

The traditional livelihood of pearl diving in Bahrain

went into decline after Japan started the cultured

pearls industry. Thank you Edwin for this wonderful

people card!

Sent: 26 January 2014,   Received: 18 February 2014,   Travelled:23 days

Belarus tradition

 

Card showing Belarus blacksmith,sent by Ira, many thanks!(postcrossing.com)

 

Sent: 14 January 2014

Received: 5 February 2014

Travelled: 22 days

Shearing

Sheep shearing on Mason Island with views of the Twelve Bens Mountain in the background, Connemara.

 Thank you vedalovelo for this shearing sheep card!

Received: 4 February 2014

Rajasthan

 Rajasthan has always been one of my most vivid impressions of India, especially after watching the movie Yaadein with my neighbor back in my college days. The colours, the desert and the beautiful life made me curious about the different regions in India.

Thank you Rizwan for this beautiful card!

Sent:15 October 2013

Received: 24 October 2013

Travelled: 9 days

Umbrella industry

One of my favourite postcards from Indonesia showing

the cottage industry of umbrella souvenir art. It reminds me

of the huge souvenir "fan" that my parents bought from a

trip to Bangkok years ago with beautiful artworks of nature.

Thanks to Nia for this exchange

Sent: 30 January 2013   Received: 18 February 2013   Travelled: 19 days

Hong Kong

Love this card of the bird seller from Hong Kong,

as we know it for being the Dragon economy of Asia

but here is the calm and quiet enjoyment of birds in the concrete jungle

Thanks to Tracy for this awesome card!

Sent: 23 January 2013,   Received: 29 January 2013,   Travelled: 6 days