Peter Rabbit from Windermere :D

Bought myself this Peter Rabbit postcard at the World of Beatrix Potter in Windermere. So cute! :D

The stamp was originally clear and sunny…but the postmark brings out the real weather condition in Windermere faithfully. xDDD

I doodled on the postcard because I already wrote about my trip in my travel journal. :>

Alice from Windermere :D

Sent by my Hong Kong friend and travel companion Janet from Windermere, the lake district, England.

Alice and the amazing Cheshire cat! :D Postcard bought at the British Museum. So many people love Alice in Wonderland and I’m no exception! >_<

Cute drawings by Janet – all of them our travel experiences! >_< It’s so lovely to receive a postcard full of drawings but there’s so little time left for this when I travel…>_<

Some of our experiences were hidden behind the cloudy and rainy postmark of England . :P

I so miss the post boxes in England!

Keep calm and carry on shopping xD

My 3rd Keep Calm card – received in late June 2013 via Postcrossing private swap. Thanks Dominique! :>

Lovely decoration:

And lovely stamps! ^^ Oh the otter looks sad! >_<

Thanks to Dominique my Keep Calm collection is slowly growing! xD

(Offer) HK plane/airport postcards with special postmark :)

I’m collecting postcards / stamps of the Year of the Rabbit. If you still have some left, would you be interested in having a private swap with me? :)

My offer:

Postcards of plane/airport with a special plane postmark. To get the postmark, the postcards have to be sent from the HK airport post office.

Here’s the postmark from the airport post office:

The next time I’ll go to the airport will be: early-mid October 2013

I’ll only send postcards with special postmark to people whose Year of the Rabbit postcards/stamps I receive on/before 5 Oct 2013.

Please let me know which postcard you like. :)

A1:  An A380 flying over the Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

A2: A plane flying over Kowloon City to the old Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong

A3: An aerial view of the Chek Lap Kok International Airport, Hong Kong

A4: Old Kai Tak International Airport (closed on 5th July, 1998), Hong Kong

My own collection :D

I’ve started to collect special postmarks from 8 big post offices in Hong Kong! :D The airport postmark is one of them.

Yes, I sent myself 3 postcards… :P

1. A tiny postcard of the HK airport & a plane

2. Yes, I do like this postcard of an A380 flying over the Victoria Harbour, though it looks a bit fake to me, haha. xD

I love stamps of Year of the Rabbit. >_< Please use them to send me a postcard, thanks! >_<

3. Inside the HK airport. :) It’s really one of the best airports in the world! >_<

I’m a Capricorn. :)

My 2nd Lali card: turtles!

Received in late June 2013 via Postcrossing private swap. Thanks Silvia Maja! :)

Can you find the turtles that have fallen in love? :O

 

Cute stamps:

Hodonín (the Czech Republic)

Received in late June 2013 via Postcrossing. Thanks Alena! :)

From Wiki:

Hodonín is a town on the River Morava in the southeast of Moravia, in the Czech Republic. It lies in the South Moravian Region. The population is 26,226 (2006). Hodonín was first mentioned in 1046. In 1228 it became a town. In 1850 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of independent Czechoslovakia, was born there.

(Top right: the town hall)

Cute cartoon stamps! :)

Nürnberger Christmas Market (Germany)

Received in late June 2013 via Postcrossing. Thanks Björn! :)

 

Christkindlesmarkt is a Christmas market that is held annually in Nuremberg, Germany. It takes place during Advent in the Hauptmarkt, the central square in Nuremberg’s old town, and in adjoining squares and streets. With about two million visitors a year the Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt is one of the largest Christmas markets in Germany and one of the most famous in the world. Every year the Christmas market begins on the Friday preceding the first Sunday in Advent and ends on December 24, unless that day is a Sunday.

(From Wiki)

 

Aaaaaah if I travel solo in Europe, I normally don’t go out at night unless accompanied by a companion. >_< Would love to go to this Christmas market someday. >_<

 

A stamp of Mother Theresa:

 

Do you notice the lovely postmark of a letter? I do and I love it! :)

 

Farmer by Fernando Amorsolo

Received in late June 2013 via Postcrossing. My 33rd official card. Thanks Erika! :)

 

Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972) is one of the most important artists in the history of painting in the Philippines. Amorsolo was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. He is popularly known for his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light. Born in Paco, Manila, he earned a degree from the Liceo de Manila Art School in 1909. (From Wiki)

No stamps. >_<

 

Rabbit from the Netherlands

Received in late June 2013 via Postcrossing. Thanks Michel! :)

 

I love rabbits! >_<

 

White rabbit from Russia

Received in late June 2013 via Postcrossing. Thanks Natalya! :)

Very neat handwriting! ^^ The last sentence: “….and fight for your dreams.”

 

Thanks for using lots of lovely stamps! ^^ (though I’m very afraid of insects! xD)