Postcard from Russia

Only one piece of mail today,

this postcard 

by Irina Zeniuk

Anime love!

I just noticed these beauties never made it to my blog!

Time to set things right

I got them all in one swap 

Two postcards from the Netherlands

These postcards fell in my mailbox today

I am really happy because both roses and horses are

personal favourites!

This gorgeous rose came with several Christmas stamps

but that's for another post

 The horses were a "just because" card from 

a fellow postcrosser, I love it. 

Collecting Christmas stamps

USA

The Global Holiday: Silver Bells Wreath International Forever stamp (2014)

was created under the art direction William Gicker. Michael Owens designed the stamp and constructed the wreath, which Sally Andersen-Bruce photographed. Angelica Dennis created the bow.

I love the cancellation too! 

Poinsettia Stamp

classic holiday stamp with the bright and cheerful rendering of America's favorite holiday flower, the poinsettia.

All kinds of mail things

This tea was a resend from a swap I did via Swap-bot,

the card arrived, but the envelope was open and the tea gone.

The sender of the swap was so kind to try again.

This Christmas card arrived via a Postcrossing group

on facebook I am a member of. Look at the cute envelope

and extra stickers! 

And of course I also made some Christmas cards.

Hope that they arrived safely.

A great surprise in the mail!

I am back! Took some time off but now I am ready for 2015!

The first mail I received this year was a total surprise.

Not the best quality pic, but I had to be fast. Why? 

Well, the cat paw gives you a clue...

I got this great package from Nancy in Switzerland!

She hit the random button on Sendsomething and got my address,

lucky me! 

I got lots of chocolate, cute magnets, tea, 

a nice coin purse, a short story, a pretty pic

and a sweet Christmas card and letter.

The stamps are amazing too, but more about those in a different post.

Christmas mail with tea

Some of the Christmas mail I was so lucky to receive already!

My mom was really happy with the tea too.

From the Netherlands

From Korea

Native American Heritage

November is Native American Heritage month. 

In honor of that month Native American Postcards blog

did a give away to all people who sent a request.

This card shows two girls from

Ganado, Navajo Reservation, Arizona

On the back were these amazing stamps

Crazy Horse

The most famous war leader of the Lakota, he became feared by other tribes in the early 1850s for his skill in battle and continued fighting against U.S. expansion until his death. From a young age, he reportedly had trance visions of himself as a great warrior. He became an expert at luring cocky U.S. battalions into ambushes by pretending to be an injured, vulnerable target. Most famously, he led his tribe into the Battle of Little Bighorn, which left 268 soldiers dead including George Custer and two of his brothers.

Chief Joseph

(1994?)

Assiniboine

Indian headdresses

American folk art

(1990)