Winter Moomin Card, Finland

 

 

A Winter Moomin card with glittery snowflakes.  It comes from Tanja in Finland who tells me that in Winter everyone has lights in their garden to chase away the dark.  I do that too and my back garden is FULL of solar lights in all shapes, sizes, colours and styles.  Cheers me up every time I go out the back door when the sun goes down.

UNESCO - Multiview of Alberobello Citta, Italy

 

This UNESCO Multiview shows the site 'The Trulli of Alberobello' in Italy.  I won't mark it off of my wishlist as it comes from Finland instead of Italy but it's still a nice card to have.   Thank you Paivi.

Greetings from Lapland. Finland

Chilly looking Lapland card from Eliza in Finland.

Espoo, Finland

Mira sent this to me from Espoo in Finland.  I'm told it has a very green landscape and lots of water.

Ranua Zoo

Great card showing some of the animals at Ranua Zoo which was sent by Minna from Finland.  She tells me it is the Arctic zoo of Lapland and Wiki tells me it's the Northermost zoo in the world.

Cartoon rabbit

Not sure what this says as there's no translation but it looks like a kickass bunny.  Cute bunny stamp too from Eero in Finland.

Kal Stenvall

A Kal Stevall from Ari in Finland.  Cute stamp too.

Huskies, Finland

Some happy but tired Huskies all the way from Susanna in Finland.  Really pretty roses stamp too.

Cats

Cute black and white card of fascinated kittens and a nervous goldfish from Katja in Finland.

Bird

Thanks to Outi in Finland for this lovely card.  The back tells me that this is a Red Beaked Tern. That white bit in front of the bird isn't part of the card, it's just the sorting machines at the post office here scrape off a little of the card sometimes...Usually the cards that mean the most to me or the one's where it shows up really obvious against the background. Grrrr. 

Dog

French Bulldog card from Hanna in Finland. The text reads - "You have reached the age when many peole start thinking about the meaning of life...but to you it has never been a problem!" 

Reindeer

Reindeer on the Fell with a lovely Aurora Borealis stamp.  Thanks Auli Helena!

Hello Kitty

Cute Hello Kitty card from Mikaela in Finland!

Cat Dog

Another pretty card spoiled by 'the white scuff of doom'.  Received from a postcrosser in Finland.

Helsinki

 

Very nice card of Helsinki harbour (marina?) sent to me from Maria in Finland. 

Moomins

My first Moomin card comes from Marita in Finland.  It's signed by several other postcrossers too as Marita took it to a postcrossing meeting to post.  

I don't know very much about the Moomins but I did watch the shows now and then when I was little.

Postman in 1910

From Finland a black and white bike card.  The caption on the back says "Postman Kalle Pahja in the 1910's". Is Kalle Pahja the gentleman's name? I think it is.

Quite disappointed that the postmarking machine has put some ugly printing over his face. Of all the places it could have been and typically it ends up on the most important place!

Cat

Wonderful Cat art card from Eetu in Finland.  Great stamp too!