scribbles, scratches and scrawls: china

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Monday, February 03, 2014

Boats and a rocking horse

Postcard from Sinebabe from China

Postcard from Nille from Latvia

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

My Melody, Where’s Wally and Musicians and Dancers

Postcard from pancake-syrup from Japan
J was super excited to receive this card – she says that My Melody looks like Hello Kitty.

Postcard from alicestrange from the United Kingdom
Description: Find Wally (or Waldo if you’re Canadian) as well as four robots, four six-armed aliens and an alien with its arms folded. J loved searching for the list of items and she’s spent quite a bit of time studying all the other things going on in the picture. She really likes the Can You See What I See series of books, so it might be time to see if the library has any Where’s Waldo books for her.

Postcard from YuShane from China
Description: it really does say Musicians and Dancers! Maybe that’s the name of a series of postcards and not this individual ones???

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

A lake in China

Postcard from Siwo from China

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Sea, Lake, and The Kid and Karlsson

Postcard from dugi from Croatia

Postcard from Ashley57 from China

Postcard from bluntschi from Russia

Description: Cartoon “The Kid and Karlsson”
Director Boris Stepantsev

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Is this a record?

This might be a record…today we received 8 official cards! J is going to be so excited when she gets home from school!

Postcard from moyang from Taiwan

Postcard from Mila96 from Germany

Description: (translation via Google Translate)
Front: We greet the lake
Back: Greetings from the beautiful lake

Postcard from miniroc from Japan.

Description: Lovely Daisy Lady colorfulcandy and jelly beans

Postcard from charming1972 from Taiwan

Postcard from johnruss from Russia

Postcard from heyi0421 from China

Postcard from Riff from Canada

Description: This one came with a Stella stamp…guess what we’re going to look for at the post office!

Postcard from k3rryk from Australia

Description: Mighty roadtrains hauling livestock or merchandise of every description are a common sight along the outback highways of Northern Territory, Queensland, South and Western Australia. These huge giants of the road measure 50 metres in length , weigh 115 tonnes and can have up to 60 wheels. They travel at a top speed of 85 kilometres an hour, however the very latest in modern technology and high tech braking and tracking systems make them the most energy efficient and cost effective mode of road transport in Australia.

We also mailed a big stack of cards this week, so our mailbox will hopefully be full regularly for the next little while!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

China via the USA - Blue and White Porcelain

Postcard from vanmegon from China via the USA

Description: Hey! I’m swimming to you

Sometimes the descriptions on these postcards make me laugh (this was the description printed on the card, not what the sender wrote)

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

You’ve got mail…lots of it!

We were only away for one mail day, but today there was lots of mail stuffed in our mailbox this morning…besides six postcards, I also got two letters! What a lovely day!

Postcard from Lyy-Yi from China.

Description: From 26 Moment From A to Z About You

Postcard from paras from India

Description: Elephant on road

Postcard from Suzie-L from Russia

Description: Wild pig (which looks a lot like these guys)

Postcard from OliaChelsy from Russia

Postcard from ameliajosephine from the USA

Description: Passing the Time Away at Fort Sheridan. The U.S. Army base at Fort Sheridan, Illinois was active from 1887-1993. Horse shows and cavalry training were part of the pre-World War II regimen. Postcard originally printed by Ekmark Photo, circa 1930. Reproduction of this postcard sponsored by Melissa and Randolph Kahn.

Postcard from Lyonika from Russia

Friday, April 12, 2013

What a week - China and Germany [part 5/5]

Postcard from Constantine47 from China

Description: Shuntou

Postcard from imandra from Germany

Monday, January 14, 2013

China - Peking Opera Masks

Postcard from liucongcong from China

Thursday, January 03, 2013

China and Germany: Cats and Cars

Postcard from semper-fi from China

Postcard from Credibility from Germany

Description: It is on account of the grown-ups and their ways. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, “What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?” Instead, they demand: “How old is he? How many brothers does has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?” Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.

-“The Little Prince”

Monday, July 23, 2012

Germany, the Netherlands, Belarus and China: Five people, a cat, a dog, and a house

Postcard from starfarer from Germany
Description: Schwalenberg Town Hall in Westfalia
I love this painted (and maybe carved?) building – so beautiful. This card came with a pretty unique stamp – it’s a scratch and sniff lemon!

Postcard from alida29 from the Netherlands
Description: From “Jip en Janneke” written by Annie M. G. Schmidt
This is the second Jip en Janneke card that we’ve received. I think they’re cute! This card also came with a Postcrossing stamp. It's the third one down on the right side if you click over to the Postcrossing site.

Postcard from currant_m from Belarus
Description: Belarusian national clothes. Costume of Liahavichy region.

Postcard from Xi6ao2ban from China

Thursday, July 12, 2012

China and USA: Light and mountains and I want to go

Postcard from sysukun from China.

Description: Western Sichuan Scenery

Postcard from heatherc from the USA

Description: Docks on Lake George

When I got home and found these waiting, my first thought was to head to the airport and go to either of these places. They're both so beautiful and the light in both cards is amazing and I just really want to go.