Taos Pueblo

Received a rather interesting postcard in my mail the other day,

the sender sends a postcard of herself from New Mexico.

Thanks to Demaris for this nice view :)

Sent: 23 March 2016   Received: 12 April 2016   Travelled: 20 days

Alburqueque Fiesta Fun Facts

Thanks to Christine for this swap, love seeing so many

hundreds of balloons in the sky! Spectacular!

Sent: 15 March 2016    Received: 29 March 2016   Travelled: 14 days

Taos Pueblo

Excerpt on back: The Taos-Towa Native America inhabitants of this pueblo

site live as their ancestors did nearly 1,000 years ago. The publoe houses 200,

and has no electricity or running water.

Another wonderful postcard from Chris. The cancel on this postcard is

the best one I've seen from the US. Love this interesting home card.

Sent: 25 Sept 2015   Received: 9 Oct 2015   Travelled: 14 days

US3369944 Travel by Train

Colour lithograph poster published by the Newman-Monroe company 1925

Thanks to a postcrosser for this lovely postcard for my Travel Poster/Ad collection.

Sent: 6 May 2015   Received: 22 May 2015   Travelled: 16 days

Farolitos

Thank you Ahmed for this card from you US trip! I love the lanterns, it's odd to see it being lit here, although the Chinese tradition is to float it to the sky and make a wish.



Sent: 16 October 2013
Received: 28 October 2013
Travelled: 12 days

Aburqueque balloons

 

Alburqueque is known as the hot air ballooning capital of the world. Alburqueque's annual ballooning event is the most photographed sporting event in the United States.

 

Thank you Irma for this amazing card1

White Sands National Monumet

Back:

One of the world's greatest natural wonders are the

glistening white sands of New Mexico. These great wave-

like dunes of gypsum sand cover 275 square miles of desert.

Thank you Jean Claude for the beautiful tree in the desert.

 

 

NM balloon

 

Thank you Jean Claude for this balloon from NM!

Sandia Mountains

 

The rising moon illuminates the sky over the Sandia Mountains near Alburqueque, New Mexio

Thanks Kendall for this beauty!

Sent: 23 Feb 2010

My first balloon card!

Thanks to a special friend who was in the Albuequeque air base, I got this gem of a postcard that became the start of my whimsical balloon collection :)

thank you very much Kendall!

Sent: 18 November 2008