SWITZERLAND - Steinkauz/Little Owl

 Thanks to Sara for the card.

USA - Sand Point Preserve, Long Island

Thanks to Ann for the card.

"The Sands Point Preserve on the original Guggenheim Estate embodies the grandeur and elegance that define the Gold Coast period of the early 20th century, when prominent American families built great mansions on large estates as summer retreats along the Long Island Sound. Sands Point was the famed “East Egg” of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”

Today, the magnificent 216-acre park, including its historic mansions and the Phil Dejana Learning Center, is owned by Nassau County, NY, and is maintained and operated by the Sands Point Preserve Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, formerly the Friends of the Sands Point Preserve. The Conservancy provides year-round educational and cultural programs, seasonal celebrations, mansion tours, fitness activities as well as private/corporate event services and film/TV location facilities."

GERMANY - Kanadaganse/Canada goose

Thanks to Anne for the card.

CANADA Cover

USA - Trinity Church, New York City

Thanks to Rosanne for the card and beautiful cover.

GERMANY - The Church of St. Michael, Hildesheim

Thanks to Holges for the card.

"The Church of St. Michael (German: Michaeliskirche) is an early-Romanesque church in Hildesheim, Germany. It has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1985. It is now a Lutheran church."

BELARUS - Castle Complex, Grodno Region

Thanks to Nelly for the card.

GERMANY - The Russian chapel at Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt

The last Russian Czarine was born in Marmstadt and this little church was built for her. Thanks to Eberhard for the card.

The Russian chapel at Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt is consecrated to St. Mary Magdalene .

AUSTRIA - Graz

Thanks to Scott for the card.

FINLAND - Ylöjärvi Wooden Church from 1850

Thanks to Arja for the card.

GERMANY - Sunflower

Thanks to Biena for the card.

UKRAINE - Pass with me under the Rainbow

Thanks to Konobas for the cute card.

JAPAN - Japanese Art

Thanks to Ayu for the card. :P

CHINA - The Tomb of Confucius

Thanks to SuiLong for the card.

"The Cemetery of Confucius (Chinese: 孔林; pinyin: Kǒng lín; literally: "Kong Forest [of gravestones]") is a cemetery of the Kong clan (the descendants of Confucius) in Confucius' hometown Qufu in Shandong province. Confucius himself and some of his disciples are buried there, as well as many thousands of his descendants."

RUSSIA Maxicard

Thanks to Valeriya for the Postcrosing Maxicard.

SWEDEN - Royalties of Sweden

Thanks to Jarmo for the great card and ms stamps! I love it!

RUSSIA - Monument to A. Butlerov

Thanks to Alice for the card.

"Located at the entrance of Leninsky Sad (Lenin Gardens) off Ulitsa Pushkina is a statue of the Russian chemist Aleksandr Butlerov. Butlerov was born in Chistopol in the Kazansky Governorate in 1828 and after completing Kazan University went on to become one of the principle creators of the chemical structure theory. In addition, a street in Kazan is also named in his honour. Also to be found in Leninsky Sad is a simple memorial to victims of political repression."

PAPUA NEW GUINEA -Rabaul

At last, a card from Papua New Guinea.  Papua New Guinea comes as country no #163.

Rabaul - East New Britain Province.  Rust-away World War II relics, Kokopo Museum.  Thanks to my boss for sending this card from his travel.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Goroka

Goroka - Eastern Highlands Province. Asaro Mudmen. Thanks to my boss for sending this card from his business trip.

"The Asaro Mudmen come from just outside the village of Goroka in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

The mudmen could not cover their faces because legends say that the people of Papua New Guinea thought that the mud from the Asaro river was poisonous. So instead of covering their faces with this alleged poison, they made masks from pebbles that they heated and water from the waterfall."

Cover - Iceland