My 1st Inge Löök.

Today I received my very first Inge Löök posctcard!!
This postcards are highly collectible in the postcrossing world! Inge Löök (real name Ingeborg Lievonen) is a Finnish artist who was born in Helsinki (Finland) in 1951.

The interesting fact is that she actually was a professional gardener! and nowadays she is most famous for her Granny postcards.

When Inge was a child, she used to live in building in Helsinki, and in that building she had two older women as her neighbors, Alli and Fifi, who later became her inspiration for the characters in her postcards.

The postcards designed by Inge are super fun and optimistic!! The motto of this images is: “Time is not money and spending it isn’t a sin”.

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This postcard is really special because I won it in a lottery in the FB group of postcrossing! It was sent to me by the lovely and really kind Helena , who said that she loves Spain and the sea, and also shared a saying “sea calms women”.

Scotland - red deer.

This postcard is from Scotland and it was sent by Alan, who said that they call the lakes “lochs” from the Gaelic word for lake.

The picture shows a red deer, and it was taken by the photographer Duncan Shaw. Via Postcrossing.

Australian flag.

This Australian flag postcard was sent to me by the lovely Jan, a 72 years old lady who lives in Bunbury and who likes to knit and to travel. ———————————————————————————————

Australia’s national flag incorporates the Union Jack, Southern Cross and federation Star.

This design was chosen from a national flag competition held in 1901. From 32,000 entries, five people submitted near-identical designs and were declared joint winners. They shared the £ 200 prize money. The winning design had no legal status until the “Flags act 1953” was passed.

Ukraine traditional clothes.

This wonderful postcard comes from Ukraine, and it shows the “Forset-steppe” Dnieper’s middle reaches. A woman in a daily dress and a girl in a festive dress.

It was sent by Nastye, from Kiev, via Postcrossing.

The coronation.

Gosia is a Polish woman who lives in the UK, she send me this postcard that portrays the Coronation (2.June.1953), the royal carriage.

This postcard is a reproduction from a stamp which was designed by Kate Stephens. Via Postcrossing.

Canadian first nations.

This Canadian postcard was sent to by Jana, a lady who lives in Edmonton (Alberta).

She said that she likes to travel, and that she lives in a cattle farm. In the postcard you can see a picture of a native from the Canadian “First Nations” paople, the true founders of the country.

Our lady of Miracles.

On this postcard you can see a detail from one of the churches in Rennes (France).

The postcard portrays the Saint-Sauveur church: Our lady of Miracles, who is said to have saved the town when it was under siege from the English during the 100 years war.

It was sent to me by Nico, who likes to eat pancakes with ham and eggs :) Via Postcrossing.

Singapore multiview.

This multiview postcard was sent to me from Singapore by Sity, a lovely lady who is a secretary and loves to read books and magazines. Via Postcrossing.

Mögen sich all deine träume und wünsche erfüllen.

This postcard was sent to commemorate my birthday last year!!

It traveled from Germany, and it says “Mögen sich all deine träume und wünsche erfüllen” (“May all your dreams and wishes come true”. The framed image is 3D, and it was designed by Archie.

This postcard was sent by Veronika, a lovely 58 years old lady who likes to knit and travel :) Via Postcrossing.

Trumping angel of Chernobyl

Here is another postcard from Ukraine.

This postcard is special because it comes from Chernobyl, and in the image you can see the “Trumping angel of Chernobyl” over the alley commemorating the victims of Chernobyl catastrophy in 1986.

It was sent to me by Valentyna via Postcrossing.

Once upon a time in Korea

This postcard is from the set “Once upon a time in Korea” by Seodang.

It was send to me by Sairah, who is an English teacher from Canada, who was living in Korea at the time. Via Postcrossing

Ladies in Paris II

This is a special postcard because it is a square shape. it was sent to me by Alexandra, who said that they finally had a new president in France (it was sent in 2012 via Postcrossing!) The drawing is called “Ladies in Paris II” and it was made by Avery Tillmon.

Polish national emblem.

This is the first postcard I got from Poland, it is a multiview, and it shows their national emblem in the middle. It was sent to me by Dorota via Postcrossing, who said that people in Poland are really hospitable.

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.

This postcard shows one of my favorite paintings. It is “Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer” (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog) by Caspar David Friedrich (1818). It was sent to me from Düsseldorf (Germany), by Inge via Postcrossing. Inge said that he loves to travel :)

Why so many Russian postcards?

This postcard is so colorful!! :)

It was sent from Russia, by Tanya via Postcrossing.

Sadly all the back description of the postcard is in Russian, so I can’t share with you the name of the image, or the author.

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Reading my blog you will realize later on that there will be a lot of postcards from Russia, and that is because the population of Russian postcrossers is really large!

There are over 51,000 Russian postcrossers!! They have sent over 2,00,000 postcards, and currently they are the 4th country which sends more postcards!!


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