30 September 2010

Postcard sent by Kuang with the view the Black Dragon Pool in Yuquan Park (Jade Spring Park), China.

Wiki says:
The Black Dragon Pool is a famous pond in the scenic Jade Spring Park (Yu Quan Gong Yuan) located at the foot of Elephant Hill, a short walk north of the Old Town of Lijiang in Yunnan province, China. It was built in 1737 during the Qing Dynasty and offers a spectacular view on the region's tallest mountain, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, over its white marble bridge. The park features several smaller temples and pavilions:
* The Moon-Embracing Pavilion, which was originally built in the late Ming Dynasty. The current structure is a reproduction from 1963 after a fire in 1950.
* The Dragon God Temple (Longshen Temple) was constructed by local Naxi people in 1737 and is located to the east of the park. It was given the name Dragon God of Jade Spring by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty in the same year.
* The threefold overlap Five-Phoenix Tower (Wufeng Tower) was built during the Ming Dynasty (1601), and today located at the north end of the park. The tower was originally situated at the Fuguo Temple, which is 30 kilometers to the west, but was moved to Jade Spring Park in 1979.
The park is further home to the Dongba Culture Research Institute and the Dongba Culture Museum.

28 September 2010

The ad-card of the Thai movie "February"(2003). Sent by Phakphum from Chonburi, a little city by the sea in the east of Thailand. 
Incredible Thai stamps.

24 September 2010

Postcard from Marjan. She lives in Haarlemmermeer, a small town near Amstedram (Netherlands) with her husband Vincent. 

22 September 2010

Nice postcard with the bridge from Verena (Bayreuth, Germany).
Wonderful postcard with the view of Woolworth and Municipal Buildings from Brooklyn Bridge, New York. I received it  from Katya and Anton, a couple from Moscow Region (Russia).
The stamp with the Ryazan Kremlin.

21 September 2010

Postcard with the view of Carolina Coast "where the sunrise reflects off the beautiful waters of the golden coast". Sent by "Lady Wolf" from Wilmington (North Carolina, USA).

3 September 2010

Nina from Narberth (PA, USA) sent me this postcard with Frida Kahlo's self-portrait "The Broken Column" (1944). "The Column itself shows one of the sources of her pain, the nails in her body show in a physical way the pain she was enduring, and the tears in Frida's eyes show that her pain was excruciating". (c)


Windmill from 1873 with unique Halladay's wind turbine in village Ruprechtov, near Brno, Czech Republic. The postcard arrived from Hana. She lives in Moravia, a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic.
A beautiful stamp with A. Mucha's poster of "Gismonda", a Greek melodrama in four acts by Victorien Sardou that premiered in 1894 at Renaissance Theatre. 
My first postcard from Romania arrived from Mircea (Focşani, Romania). It shows a few views of Romanian Heros Mausoleum in Vrancea (a county in Romania).
Mysterious and charming Marilyn Monroe from Julie (Jacksonville, Florida). Adore it!