Shaunna's Postcrossing & Postcard Addiction

T's postcards - 96

2012-01-24T12:00:00.000-06:00

Cute little bear using the phone. "Hello friend!" Thanks Juhani! FI-744396

T's postcards - 95

2012-01-17T12:00:00.000-06:00

"Goin' to Kansas City"
On back: "Cattle are still rounded up by cowboys on horseback, much the same as they were 100 years ago when Kansas City was a major shipping point to the East." Thanks Jessica! US-607273

T's postcards - 94

2012-01-10T12:00:00.000-06:00

Salt Lake City - Temple Spires and Capitol Dome. Holographic! Thanks Grandma!

T's postcards - 93

2012-01-03T12:00:00.001-06:00

Reso'cha - Boeing 747
Another great plane card from Thailand! Thanks Chupoo! TH-33696

T's postcards - 92

2011-12-27T12:00:00.003-06:00

Wild Boars in a forest on the edges of Belarus and Poland. Thanks Misha! BY-40356

N's postcards - 93

2011-12-26T12:00:00.001-06:00

The card that welcomed Nicky into his kindergarten class, sent by his teacher a few weeks before school started. :) Thanks Mme Kruk!

T's postcards - 91

2011-12-20T12:00:00.000-06:00

Front says:
Alaska Facts
Daylight:
Anchorage: Summer Solstice 19.21 hours
Winter Solstice 5.28 hours
Barrow: Sun rises May 10 and sets August 2 (84 days of light)
Sun sets November 18 and rises January 24 (67 days of darkness)
Vastness: 586,000 square miles. Easternmost and westernmost state (55 miles from Russia), and more than twice the size of Texas.
Volcanoes: 70 or more active volcanoes. Most are part of the Pacific's 'Ring of Fire.'
Earthquakes: 10 quakes greater than magnitude 8 on the Ritcher scale since 1889. Alaska has approximately 50 quakes each year with a magnitude greater than 5.
Mountains:
Mt Mckinley highest peak in the US (Called Denali, meaning the 'Great One' in Athabascan) 20,320 ft
St Elias 18,008 ft
Foraker 17,400 ft
Bona 16,500 ft
Blackburn 16,390 ft
Sanford 16,237 ft
Of America's 20 highest peaks, 17 are in Alaska.
Glaciers: 100,000 glaciers cover 30,000 square miles. Malaspina, 850 square miles, is the largest and roughly the size of Rhode Island.
Thanks Grandma and Opa Matt!

N's postcards - 93

2011-12-19T12:00:00.010-06:00

Alaska: "Mushing on the Bering Sea, Alaska. The Iditarod finishes at Nome each year. These teams vie for their positions before the finish." The iditarod is run from Anchorage to Nome (over 1150 miles) each year with teams of 12 to 16 dogs, and is finished in 10 to 17 days. I know what winter is like, and I don't know how they could do it!
Thanks Grandma and Opa Matt!

T's postcards - 90

2011-12-13T12:00:00.000-06:00

Salish art 'Morning Flight' by George Hunt Jr. with quote: "The Blue Herson in flight while transforming into its human form. The Blue Heron represents ancient times." We don't know if herson is a typo - or a combo of heron and person. Thanks Grandma and Opa!

N's Postcards - 92

2011-12-12T12:00:00.001-06:00

Prudhoe Bay showing the temperature at -58. Um, that's cold! Thanks Grandma and Opa Matt!

T's postcards - 89

2011-12-06T12:00:00.000-06:00

"The Old Country Market - Goats on the roof - Coombs"
It sounded strange to hear about buildings built to hold goats on their roofs! Thanks Grandma and Opa!

N's Postcards - 91

2011-12-05T12:00:00.001-06:00

This card shows the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Yangtza River. Thank you! CN-162107

N's Postcards - 90

2011-12-05T12:00:00.000-06:00

This is a card is from the realtor that helped us find our house. It says "And do you commit to a fixed marriage, amortized over a period of sixty years, with penalties for early payoff?" Yikes if marriages were really like this!

T's postcards - 88

2011-11-29T12:00:00.000-06:00

A dvd postcard showing the beauty of Kenai Fjords in Alaska. Thanks Grandma and Opa Matt!

N's Postcards - 89

2011-11-28T12:00:00.000-06:00

The back only says bear cubs - but my guess would be grizzly. Thanks Grandma!

T's postcards - 87

2011-11-22T12:00:00.000-06:00

Puerto Vallarta
A neat looking lizard - unfortunately it doesn't say what kind! Thanks Grandma and Opa!

N's Postcards - 88

2011-11-21T12:00:00.000-06:00

This is actually a folding card, but with some cute baby penguins. :) Thanks Ina! NL-241181

T's postcards - 86

2011-11-15T12:00:00.000-06:00

On back: "Locomotive and trucks: The locomotive, Class 7, no. 975 was built in 1893 in Glasgow, Scotland and was used during the Anglo-Boer War to transport British supplies. The trucks were built respectively in 1890, 1913 and 1920. On display at the War Museum of the Boer Republics, Bloemfontein." Thanks Lida! ZA-4901

N's Postcards - 87

2011-11-14T12:00:00.000-06:00

A neat looking card with little things by the pictures that say things like "you + me = big happy." Along with these, there is a map - it looks kinda like a subway or something like that. Thanks Wei! TW-124279

T's postcards - 85

2011-11-08T12:00:00.000-06:00

Logo (we're guessing) for UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal. Really, all we know, is that there is a soccer ball. :) Thanks Elise! PT-70140

N's Postcards - 86

2011-11-07T12:00:00.000-06:00

Another great 3D card - this one shows a big cat - I want to say jaguar, but I could be something else. Thanks Grandma and Opa Matt!

T's postcards - 84

2011-11-01T12:00:00.000-05:00

Neat looking building surrounded by planes. On the back: "Museum of Military Aviation: Established in 1957. By the number and value of the exhibits, the Museum ranks among ten leading museums of this type in the world. Its collections and funds kept more than 200 aircraft, 130 aircraft engines, a number of radars and rockets, various aviation equipment, more than 20,000 books and technical documentation and more than 200,000 photographs." Wow - next time we are in Serbia! Thanks Blanka! RS-2939

N's Postcards - 85

2011-10-31T12:00:00.000-05:00

Bear in Finland. Marja says it's a brown bear - here those are mostly grizzlies! Big bears! Thanks Marja! FI-737887

T's postcards - 83

2011-10-25T12:00:00.001-05:00

Big truck! The truck works for Eddie Stobart Ltd - Express and Haulage Specialist. Thanks Carole! CA-49031

N's Postcards - 84

2011-10-24T12:00:00.000-05:00

Megane or spectacles bridge in Nagasaki. It really does looks like glasses! Thanks Yoko! JP-95542