Postcard #3:
This beautiful postcard arrived in my mailbox from the Ukraine. Such a pretty view, in my opinion. Those flowers are so beautiful and that wall in the back ground? I love old architecture. This postcard was a little different than most, where it also had a picture on the back. At first, I was confused as to why they hadn't written anything to me, but then I realized I was glad they didn't. Here's why:
The back is even prettier! The drawn scene would have been ruined by any writing. I was saddened when the address label left some remnants on the card when I tried to peel it off. I tried to peel it off carefully, but it was stuck on pretty darn well. :) I wish I had the slightest ability to draw like that. Truth is, I don't. XD Not even close. In the words of my postal co-worker, "My stick figures look like stiff spaghetti.". Yeah. Pretty much. I was super interested in learning more about this scene on the postcard, so I went perusing the interwebs, trying to translate the Ukranian language on the postcard. After my sixth attempt, I looked at the lower right corner, which, in my defense was covered by the address label, and found the name in English. One point for the post card! Of course, after searching the ENGLISH version, I found this immediately. The Monastery Complex of the Discalced Carmelites. Here's a little background sentence to shed some light, I won't go into the history and whatnot on this entry. Might bore some of you. "The Monastery Complex of the Discalced Carmelites at 22 Vynnychenka Street, today the Greek Catholic Monastery of the Studite Order and Church of the Archangel Michael, is a religious building of the 17-19th centuries designed in the Baroque style with elements of Classicism."- The Monastery Complex of the Discalced Carmelites. How cool is that? Man, this post card thing is like traveling.... FOR FREE! :D Another successful postcard!
Postcard #4:
Here's another slightly horsey themed postcard! :) I do love those! Hopefully, I'll have a pretty good sized equine postal card collection. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. This particular postcard traveled 1,021 km, 5 days, from Idaho. :) My fellow Northern Neighbor. It's of a paintint from Arnold Bocklin; War, 1896, oil on wood. She was even nice enough to include a pretty nice quote. "Stupidity is the sin that is never forgiven and always punished." Agatha Christie. Pretty good quote, eh? I thought so. I have it written on my profile for Postcrossing, that I dislike stupid people, so this quote was fitting. :) She also had super pretty handwriting that I enjoyed reading. Wasn't chicken scratch.
Ciao !
J
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