Saturday, April 28, 2018

Princess Diana Wedding

Lovely card of Prince Diana wedding, a great addition to my royal collection.
Thanks to Susan for the card.



USA - Pele, Goddess of Hawaii's Volcanoes

Pele, Goddess of Hawaii's Volcanoes. The famous painting by artist-historian Herb Kawainui Kane shows the goddess Pele on one of her many forms.  Her traditional home is the active crater Halemaumau at the Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii.   Thanks to Glennys for the card.



RUSSIA

Thanks to Artemy for the card.



CHINA - Hubei

Thanks to Hurling for the card.




HONG KONG Maxicard - Bamboo

Thanks so much for the maxicard, Claire!



RUSSIA - The Cathedral of the Resurrection (the Savior-on-the Split-Blood), St Petersbury

Thanks to Anna for card.  Love the stamps!.



RUSSIA - Kizhi

Thanks to Anna for the card.



USA - Statue of Liberty

Thanks to Russ for the card.


The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. 

The Statue of Liberty is a figure of a robed woman representing Libertas, a Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed in Roman numerals with "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI" (July 4, 1776), the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. A broken chain lies at her feet as she walks forward. The statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.


JAPAN - Okayama

Thanks to Yumiko for the card.



USA - Chicago

Wrigley Building (left), 1921 - 1924.
Thanks to Alexandra for the card and beautiful stamps.


Saturday, April 21, 2018

CHINA Maxicard - Beijing Opera

Thanks so much Irene for the Beijing Opera maxicard.



CHINA - Curios Seller

Thanks to NinHao for the card,



HONG KONG - Hong Kong

Thanks to Vivian for the card.



HONG KONG - Dish

Thanks to Zheng for the card.



CHINA - Alley




Monday, April 16, 2018

INDONESIA Maxicard - Orchidaceae of Indonesia

The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants.