And one more cup of tea =) This time from Anita.
This card is so big!) And has nice stamps on the back side.
Thank you, Anita!

 

Do you have any idea, what could it be?
It's a teapostcard! Have you ever drunk a postcard? =)
Its another side has a space for the message, address and stamps. And there is wonderful rooibos inside. My loved friend, Guzel, didn't know, that is was one of my favourite teas, but she chose it.
It was a great surprise! =)

I'm always glad to receive postcards with drawings by Natasha Chetkova. The postcard with her drawing form the postcrossing meeting is a double joy! =)
Thank you, girls!

Tea postcard from John with an interesting information :)
Thank you, John!

This sunflower came from Lena. The sun is most needed now, in this cold.
Thank you!

Ryszard Kapuściński came from Natasha with beautiful stamps.
Have you ever read anything by him?
Thank you, Natasha =)

 

I haven't shown these interesting postcards from Natasha yet. They were drawn by Marina Fandeeva and sent to me with kind words :) Sometimes I have the beads and the feathers in my hair, too)
Thank you, Natasha!

This is another one African miracle, kindly sent to me by Esme from Namibia.
Esme has told me, that people usually don't hitch-hike there, but if you need, they can take you to this and you'll go with them) I hope, one day I will! =)
Thank you, Esme.

Beautiful postcard from Tolga from Turkey. Thank you!

Guess, what the great surprise was waiting for me at the post office today! Ethiopian postcard from Kate! With many stamps) It's my second card from this country, and I was so happy to receive it, because I dream to visit Ethiopia soon.
By the way, here you can see Kate's website.

Beautiful orchid came from Teng in Malaysia.
This June I got my first (real) orchid. It has already lost flowers, and I hope, it'll have new ones later, but now I can see them on the postcard.
Thank you, Teng!

Did you know, our Natasha could work wonders? Yes, she can) It seems, that while she was walking in Berlin, one of her hands left for Montenegro to send some postcards from there. Now I have more sea home, and this is my first card from this country.
Thank you, Natasha =)
P.S. Berlin bear is coming soon)

This postcard came from Tiffany today. And its second part reminds me of our summer this year. It's only +9 C now. Is it fair? =)
Thank you, Tiffany!

This postcard came from Rosa in Portugal. Unfortunately the picture can't show, how warm it is.
Thank you, Rosa!

I added these gloves to my favourites so long ago. Now I have them. Finally! Thank you, Evija!

Beautiful postcard with irises, drawn by Vlad Kravchuk, came to me from Lena. The same flowers grow near my work, and I go to see them at dinnertime.
Thank you, Elena Nikolayevna)

My first postcard from Switzerland. It shows Fribourg and the cathedral of St. Nicolas.
Thank you, Clément!

This tender postcard was drawn by Anna Petrova and sent by Natasha.
Thank you!!! =)

This orange African postcard was sent by Nina from Germany. It's a photo, taken be Uwe Skrzypczak in Tanzania. I'm going to be there one day =)
Nina shared her favourite quote with me: "In the end everything will be good. And if it's not good yet, it's not yet the end".
And "peace" is "frieden" in German.

Lorie from USA has sent me this postcard, and I like it very much! She also told me about Memorial Day.
On the postcard you see Iron Breast, Piegan, by Edward S. Curtis. The card also has the quote of Luther Standing Bear, Lakota Sioux Chief: "The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, or mesas. He fits into the landscape".
Thank you, Lorie!

Did you know, today is The Lucky Postcrossers day? =) Because how else would you call the day, when you receive the postcard like that? New (and always the best) Bob Marley came from Irina.

 Another wonderful option of this card was a poem, written by Ivan Bunin in 1906. I really wish you to know Russian now =) Because I want to share this poem, full of colours, with you. It's «Из окна» (From the window).

Ветви кедра — вышивки зелёным
Тёмным плюшем, свежим и густым,
А за плюшем кедра, за балконом —
Сад прозрачный, лёгкий, точно дым:
 
Яблони и сизые дорожки,
Изумрудно-яркая трава,
На берёзах — серые серёжки
И ветвей плакучих кружева,
 
А на клёнах — дымчато-сквозная
С золотыми мушками вуаль,
А за ней — долинная, лесная,
Голубая, тающая даль.

I hope, you received great postcards today, too.
Thank you so much, Irina! =)

Britta from Germany has sent me the work of Maurah. You can see more works on her website. I like the colours.
Thank you, Britta!

Another German postcard was sent by Renate. It shows peaceful Nymphenburger park in Munchen. I would like to walk there.
Thank you, Renate!

Styopa moved to India long ago, and it was a surprise to receive a postcard from him. He wasn't prolix. The only one thing written there was OM. But does anything else needed? =)
Thank you, Styopa!

Flower postcard from Japan with a great back side.

These are two postcards from Nastya. She shared with me her favourite poem, and I hope she doesn't mind, if I'll share it with you =) It's "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost:

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Thank you, Nastya!

This colourful and cheese postcard came to me in 2012 from Marianne with a letter, where she told me about her life and town.
Thank you, Marianne!

Another beautiful postcard from Andrés.  It came to Chelyabinsk, when I already left it. And found me a year later. Andrés always find interesting stamps.
Gracias! =) 

This postcard from Nikolina was a big surprise. It has the shape of the flower, and this flower is full of the sea) I'm in love with the sea. And as always, Nikolina put a very interesting stamps to the card.
Thank you!

Such a warm postcard I received today from Galina! If I wouldn't see the ID, I would think, that an old friend has sent it to me.
Galya, thank you againg for a beautiful card and your kind words.

Long Night of Museums, or Postcrosser'll find the postcards anywhere

There was the Night of Museums here in Ekaterinburg, like in many other cities in the world. I chose five museums to visit, and three of them were in the Literary Square, because I love literature and because it's one of my favourite places in this city.
It's very green and calm place, with singing birds and old buildings. Let's go! =)

The first museum I visited was the Museum of the literary life of the Urals in the XIX century. To tell the truth, it wasn't very interesting, because there was a small exhibition about Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov, and a guide didn't tell us anything new (but M. Lermontov is one of the great Russian writers, and if you are thinking what to read now, maybe you'll read him? :) By the way, he was not only the writer, he also played music and drew).

Though the museum itself wasn't so interesting tonight, I was glad, that I went there. First of all, it's an old house(and I love it), and its garden was full of flowers. They were so beautiful and smelled so sweet. These are only some of them. Unfortunately they are not as beautiful on the pictures as in real life, but look.

 And now look, what I found there! Before the main exhibition there was another one. So small, but very interesting still. There were old (original) postcards, drawn by Lyubov Endaurova (Любовь Эндаурoва) and her sister Elisaveta Bem (Елизавета Бём) or Elisabeth Bohm, the most successful prominent author of postcards in XIX century Russia. Maybe you even have received their reprint.

And some more postcards =)

After this museum I went to the former post relay near the house of the writer Fyodor Reshetnikov (Фёдор Решетников). A guide was very enthusiastic, and he told us interesting facts about postmen and coachmen. There were a lot of people and small rooms, so I couldn't take pictures. But I can show you some pictures of this place, taken in different time.

If you happen will visit Ekaterinburg, find time for the Literary Square, you'll love it. Or better let's go together =)

Very nice postcard has sent me Celia from Hong Kong. This is the work of Donald Zolan. It's very ipmortant to be able to wonder, even when you think, you are adult.
Celia taught me to write "peace" and "love" and draw a funny elephant. And put a beautiful stamp. Thank you, Celia!
She is graduating from secondary school this month. Let's wish her good luck! =)