X-mas time

I've been receiving many x-mas cards from friends and relatives in the past few days, but yesterday 4 postcrossing cards arrived as well!

This is from Montana and the cat is a mountain lion/cougar.

This is from Norway. I just love the little orange fox.

This is from Japan. Cute little kitty :)

This flower card is of course from Texas.

Old cards

I bought these cards from Pori travel agency. I sent them to Germany, Poland and Usa.



I especially like this one. The building behind the skaters is the same one that I go to university now. It used to be a cotton factory.

Similar cards

Both of these came from Germany. And they both look really alike.

This is from Technisches Museum "Frohnauer Hammer".

This is from city of Xanten.

Curious kitten

This sweet kitten card came from Vienna, Austria. This card has a lovely blue tone and a curious look on the cat.

Black monster with wings

Today I'm sending 4 cards. To USA, Serbia, Germany and Estonia. This one is going to Germany and all the rest were traditional Pori cards. I have to buy more of those later today.

1 year

I've been sending postcards for one year now.



So far I've sent 85 cards and received 79 cards. This is a really nice hobby and I'm always excited when a card reaches my mail box. Shopping for cards is great too!

More cats!

Two cards last week:

This one is from Portugal. Great colours and it's very traditional.

And this is from Germany. See Hagenbeck zoo website. When I'm travelling I always visit a zoo if there is one.

Sheeps

This one is going to Austria. It has a certain autumn feeling. Yesterday we got the first snow this winter. But it has all melted away now. I wish we will have a real winter this year!

Visited countries in Europe

These are the countries that I've visited. Also I've been to New York.


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Autumn scenery

These cards came few days ago:

This one is from Montana.
"Long warm summer days and cool evenings make the wild flowers dazzle!" Molly Hamilton

This beautiful purple sky card is from Ontario, Canada. At first I wanted cat cards, but now I'm really digging these city and nature cards.

Cards from Germany

These cards are all from Germany.

City cards

Two city view cards:
This view card came from Western Australia. Perth is a nice looking city.

This one is from Kaunas Lithuania.

Austria

There two cards came both from Austria.

This black cat is just so cute! I love there kind of drawn cat cards.

Here are bigger cats. A bit scary I have to say.

Beautiful autumn

This kind of cards will be sent to Germany and France. I just love the colours in this card.
Also one traditional Pori card is going to South Australia.

The weather is getting colder day by day. Nights are really cold and roads are dangerously icy. In some parts of Finland there is already some snow. This part is usually the last to get so much snow that it would last long. There hasn't been much snow in the last few winters. Sometimes there is a lot of snow and temperature is -25 celsius, but mostly the winter is just -5 degrees and some snow.

Lazy times

Since my summer job ended last month I haven't been able to update this blog so often.
I'll try to put the received cards here as soon as they arrive. I think I have to stop scanning cards that will be send because if I wait for a right moment to scan the card will leave really late.

Cards this month

This card is from Brazil.

This one is from Great Britain. The card is a senders own design. Pretty amazing!

This is from The Netherlands.

This really cool recycled card is from USA. Visit her website.

This is also from USA. I just love the color and style of this card.

Grey kitten

Evi from Germany sent me this beautiful card. I think this cats breed is chartreux.

La Côte d'Azur

Yesterday postman brought a card from Côte d'Azur in French Riviera. A bit difficult name to write and pronounce, but I'm guessing the place looks really amazing.

Birds and flowers

Today I'm sending two cards. The Vincent van Gogh card is going to The Netherlands and bird card to Italy.

Bumblebee

This card is flying to Canada. I chose this card because there's a bumblebee on it. I just love the word "Bumblebee" :)

Canary Islands

Yesterday I got this card from Canary Islands. I've never been to Canary Islands, but is looks like a perfect holiday paradise.

Sleeping cat

This lovely kitten card came from Eesti last Friday.

Peregrine

This bird card is going to Puerto Rico. The printed text on the back says: "The rare peregrine is the fastest bird in Finland. The juvenile, after its virgin flight, has already a stern stare of an adult bird."

Catz

OUR CATS:

Pahis ("The bad one")
2 years old. We found him wondering outside when he was really young. We took care of him and he stayed with us. All our cats are indoor pets.

Pikkis ("The little one")
Pikkis is 3 years old. We went to a animal shelter and found him. He was just a little kitten and someone had left him beside a busy road. Pikkis is quite shy, but likes all the attension.

Lotta (Finnish girls name)
Lotta is 1 year old burmese. We are hopeful that she will have kittens this autumn.

She is our little princess :)

Best scenery card

Finally I found a nice city card of Pori. I bought 5 of these. The first one is going to USA.
The building on the other side of the bridge is actually the university I go to.

And on the other side there is a nice map of Finland and where Pori is situated.

Kitten

This cute kitten card came from The Netherlands yesterday. The sender has actually been to Finland for a holiday last month.

Forest strawberries

This sweet summer card is going to Germany. Summer has been really weird this year. In early June we had a good heat wave and yesterday it rained so much that cars and houses were in danger. I just hope there are some warm days still left!

Church

Two of these cards are on their way to Germany and Turkey. I bought the cards from a small local shop in Kauvatsa. My summer job as a paint factory office clerk is situated here. Kauvatsa is a really small country village 50 km from Pori. I've been working here for seven summers - that's really a long time, but I like job and people. Kauvatsa is a part of Kokemäki, a little bit bigger town (population 8000). I lived in Kokemäki for 13 years. I moved to Pori to study when I was 19 years old.

Cards from America

Yesterday postman delivered two cards. Both of them were sent from USA, but "The Charles Bridge" card is originally bought from Prague, Czech Republic. The black and white cat card goes to my cat card collection.