Suzdal, Russia

Here you can see a typical view of one of the small towns in Russia.  This is Suzdal and it's a popular tourist destination. I love the architecture of the buildings and churches there and the town covered in snow.  It's snowing here right now.  So, we actually got some snow for Christmas, which is rare here.   I received this beautiful card for the October Alernative Round Robin.  Thank you so much Galina for the beautiful view.  

The stamps are really great and always so detailed.  I love the Russian stamps!

Ohio, USA

I'm always happy to find map cards in my mail box.  They're so cool and so much fun and quite informative too.  I still have a long way to go to get one from each state of the US and of course many countries, but I got a good start and love everyone I receive.

This map card of Ohio, nicknamed 'The Buckeye State' came from tanya 1138 for the North American October Round Robin.  

Thank you so much Tanya.

It's an illustration by Ideaman.  I really like them a lot!

Matreshka Dolls from Russia

Where does the time go?  I can't believe it's been several weeks, since I've posted some cards here.  I just stay so busy with everything and I've got so much going on, it totally overwhelms me.  Sometimes I really don't know how to deal with it all.  And on top of it, Christmas being less than a week away.  I got all the presents bought, that I need to get.  Still have to get them wrapped.  

Also, I've joined several Round Robins this month and already received some absolutely beautiful cards.  I still have to write a few more and get them out too.  I've received some gorgeous Christmas cards too!  As usual I'm way behind with getting my cards scanned.  There just doesn't seem to be enough time in a day to get everything done, that I'd like to do.  Hopefully in the New Year, I'll get myself more organized and get caught up on getting my cards sorted and scanned and so on. 

And now to the cards!!

 I just love these Babushka dolls.  I've been wanting a card of them for a long time.  This beautiful card was sent to me by Kaurry from Russia for the November Alternative RR.  

This card is special in 2 ways, one,  it's a card I've been wanting and two, it's from the Moscow Postcrossing Meeting with a lot of signatures of the participants.  I love it!  

A big thank you goes out to Olga for sending me this gorgeous card!  

The Russian stamps are always so beautiful.  I just love the colors and detailed pictures.  So pretty!

Alsatian Flavors

I absolutely love the Nouvelles Images cards.  They have become one of my favorites and every time I find one in my mail box it just makes my day.  

This one of the Alsatian Flavors came from Tiffie in the Netherlands for the October Alternative RR.  It's just adorable and I'd love to try some of these different looking delicious baked goods.  They all look so yummy!  

Love this card and a big thank you goes to Tiffany for sending it my way!

A very clear postmark from Amsterdam with a nice stamp of a heart shaped world.  

Cat making dinner

Loooove this card.  It was in my favorites for a long time and thanks to Taavi from Germany, it's now in my collection.  This is such a cool card.  I think it's just adorable and surely if a cat had this chance, it would go for it lol.  

Thank you Claudia for taking the time to go through my favorites and sending me this awesome card for the October Alternative RR.

Vielen lieben Dank.:)

Very nice stamps, especially the one on the right, such a detailed picture.

Australia

This awesome map card from Australia was sent to me by Aussiebear for the September RR.   I looove it and all the cute characters on the card.  Such a fun card and a great addition to my map card collection.  Thank you so very much Alison!

Unfortunately the stamp was a bit destroyed on the way to me.

Lighthouses

Love lighthouses and I received this beautiful panoramic lighthouse card from Miss Maple for the September RR.  They are from the original driftwood paintings by Martin Wiscombe.  I really love this card and I want to thank Saskia for sending it to me!

These great stamps were on the card.  I especially love the seal one.  So cute!!!