A Spaceman (Astronaut) Surrounded by White Cats

 This was a Postcrossing Meet-up postcard mailed from Germany in 2023.  I absolutely love it!

A Few Cats from BC Canada

 

An Eagle from the Netherlands

International Postcard Week - October 1-7, 2023

Hello,

This year I was curious to see what you can create with AI. They made square designs.  It is fun to do. 

Our sea eagle, white-tailed eagle has a brown head.

Greetings,

Brenda

The Netherlands

A Reindeer from Finland

 The sender writes:

We are on our way from Kattajarui to Kilpisjarui with fine warm weather.  Then it turned into 'normal'

Lappish weather with -10C!

This beautiful postcard was postmarked from Finland in 2023.

Aplomado Falcons (Falco femoralis)

Aplomado Falcons (Falco femoralis)  were once common in open grasslands and deserts from southern Texas to southern Arizona, the northernmost boundary of their range.  Today they are listed as endangered and vary rare in the U.S. and northern Mexico, but efforts are underway to reintroduce them to Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

Photographer - Larry R. Ditto

This postcard was postmarked in 1995.  

A Saint Bernard Dog in the Snow from Switzerland

"Koko"
Le Saint-Bernard Des Neiges

(I believe the translation is: The Saint Bernard of snow.)

The sender writes:
We are having a great time.  The snow in Austria was out of this world - but here in Zermatt, there isn't any so we leave here tomorrow morning for Davos for the rest of the week.

(Zermatt and Davos are both in Switzerland.)

This postcard was postmarked from Switzerland in 1973.

A Cattle Drive in Texas for International Postcard Week

International Postcard Week
October 6-12, 2019
from Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Hello from Texas!
The Fort Worth Cattle Drive happens every day in the stockyards, rain or shine.  It's pretty amazing!

This postcard was made by Janet from Keller, Texas.

A Fox for International Postcard Week 2019

International Postcard Week
October 06-12, 2019

This card was designed by Bradley Fuchs in Oklahoma.

An Eagle on an Apollo 11 Insignia

Apollo 11

John F. Kennedy Space Center
N.A.S.A.
The official Apollo 11 Insignia

- - - - - - -

The Apollo 11 mission emblem was designed by Michael Collins, who wanted a symbol for "peaceful lunar landing by the United States". At Lovell's suggestion, he chose the bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, as the symbol. Tom Wilson, a simulator instructor, suggested an olive branch in its beak to represent their peaceful mission. Collins added a lunar background with the Earth in the distance.

Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins decided not to put their names on the patch, so it would "be representative of everyone who had worked toward a lunar landing".

Where Trees Chase Dogs

It's so dry out here the trees chase the dogs

A Genuine KromeKolor Comic Card

A Mosquito as the State Bird of Mississippi

Mississippi State Bird
The Mosquito

The sender writes: I saw this postcard at a gas station in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, it made me laugh, so I decided to mail you one.

This postcard was postmarked in 2019.

For Valentines Day - A Dove, An Emblem of Love

An Emblem of Love
To My Valentine

The sender writes:
Thanks for your super letter - will answer when we get settled.
P.S. Do you want a bunch of postcards?  They are from when I won the birthday draw, motels and such. They are boxed and all ready to go, maybe 100 or so.  - let me know soon if yes.

This was postmarked in 2005.

Exaggeration Postcard - The Fishing is Swell, We're as Busy As...

The scenery's grand here
And the fishing is swell,

We're up before dawn
And are busy as h....

This Curteich postcard was postmarked in 1940.  I love that the sender wrote in the word 'heaven' on the poem.