A postcard a day - Two Edmunds

Good morning!

I'm a bit bleary eyed this morning. There is a cricket/cicada just outside our bedroom window and it's making an enormous row. It's hard to imagine that a little insect like that can make so much noise!

Today two cards with images by a painter called Edmund. Two different Edmunds though.
The first is by Edmund Leighton

 Edmund Blair Leighton was an English painter(1852-1922) of historical genre scenes, specializing in Regency and medieval subjects. Wikipedia

This painting is called 'Sweet Loneliness' (1919). I received this card this week from Hannes, who lives in Bavaria in Germany. He chose it as I like any card with a book in it.... 

The other Edmund is Edmund Dulac and the card i have is this one:

It is called 'The tempest' and is an illustration from 'Shakespeare Illustrated'. It reminds me a little bit of the style of Arthur Rackham (whose work I like).

   Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) was a French-born, British naturalised magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse he studied law but later turned to the study of art the École des Beaux-Arts. Wikipedia

It was sent to me by Iris in Estonia. I love the stamp with the national costume:

That's all for today,

Have a great weekend,

I'll be back tomorrow,

Lisca

A Postcard a Day - 25 July 2015 The Stars light up

Hi peeps,

This is a very nice card I received from Novgorod in Russia a little while ago. It is oil on canvas by Anna Silvonchik, called 'The stars light up' (2012). I really like it. It's subject matter is traditional but the artwork is quite modern.

It was sent to me by Anastasia, who says she loves Spain. She had been here on holiday twice and likes it very much. At the same time she invites me and my family to come to Russia! That is very kind.

The stamps are very unusual. There is a triangular stamp! Have a look at this:

The one on the left I found on a philately website and it was described as 'My first step for the Einem biscuit'. A vintage poster advertising biscuits. Here is the original poster from 1900 by an unknown artist in czarist Russia:

The triangular one is my favorite and was once part of four stamps together showing shawls (Arts and crafts of Russia series 2013). This is what I found on the website:

Beautiful isn't it!

That's all folks,

More tomorrow,

God bless!

Lisca

A Postcard a Day - 24 July 2015 The Beauty and the Eagle

Hello everyone,

Great to see you are visiting again. I have an interesting card to show you today. I like it very  much. It came all the way from Hongkong.

There is no explanation as to what/who it is and who the artist is. It looks like a mythical figure.             

The card is from www.mo-card.com . I went to that site but it is no longer in use....

The girl that sent it to me is Shela, who is a university student majoring in Chinese. She loves reading and was reading Paulo Coelho's Alchemist when she wrote the card.

The stamp is an air mail postage stamp.

I'm not a philatelist, so I have no idea what the picture is about. I see a man picking hearts from (or putting hearts in) a tree. (Ooh, that is food for psychologists... what do you see: picking or putting?)

Finally a stamp I bought today at the post office:

Only the middle bit is the actual stamp but they are sold with the surround. The whole thing is quite big and takes up half the envelope!

The building is that of the Spanish Constitutional Tribunal. No, I'd never heard of it either... but I looked it up! I'll print the wikipedia result below.

That's it for today. Tomorrow is another day.
CU then,
Lisca

The Constitutional Court of Spain (Spanish: Tribunal Constitucional de España)

 is the highest body with the power to determine the constitutionality of acts and statutes of the Spanish Government. It is defined in Part IX (i.e. sections 159 through 165) of the Constitution of Spain, and further governed by Organic Laws 2/1979 (aka Law of the Constitutional Court of October 3, 1979), 8/1984, 4/1985, 6/1988, 7/1999 and 1/2000. The court is the "supreme interpreter" of the Constitution, but since the court is not a part of the Spanish Judiciary, the Supreme Court is the highest court for all judicial matters.

Notable decisions

In 2005, the court ruled that the Spanish judicial system could handle cases concerning crimes against humanity, such as genocide, regardless of whether Spanish citizens were involved or directly affected. In this instance, it reversed the decision made by the Supreme Court in the same case, which held that such cases could be brought before Spanish courts only if a Spanish victim was involved

A Postcard a Day - 20 July Vacation!

Hi peeps,

This arty-poster like card is to tell you that we are going away on holiday for a few days in our campervan. (RV for those in America). We live an hour and a half from the coast so I'm going to pack my bikini too. Neither of us is keen on beaches (too hot and a bit boring) but I might be tempted to dive into the sea as the weather is very hot at the moment.

This is the card:

I love this card. It looks like an old poster. It conjures up memories of (for me anyway) Beach Boys, sun, summers without responsibilities and lots of fun.
It was sent to me by a lady, resident in the Arroyo Grande Care Centre. She writes that she likes coloring and jewelry. I went to the website of the care centre (www.arroyograndecare.com) and it looks like an amazing place with lots of activities and a farm. One of the activities is Postcrossing. Isn't that great!

There is no stamp to show you as the card had been machine stamped. 

But this card made me happy, especially now I have seen where it came from.

So if you are on holiday or going on holiday. I wish you rest and peace and fun. I'll be back on Thursday with anther card.

Have a good week,
God bless,
Lisca

A Postcard a Day - Books and Belarusian cartoons-13 July 2015

Hello peeps,
Happy Monday!

Today another card with books on it. (Postcards with books on them are on my wish list in my profile on Postcrossing.) So it was really nice of Lena to send me this card. Lena lives in Belarus in the city of Minsk.
The artist of the painting is  printed on the back but it is in Russian letters so I can't read it.

To me the books look a bit like old Reader's Digest collections of abridged books that people used to buy or got sent. Don't you think so?

The stamp is especially gorgeous. 

It is a stamp from 2013 and is from a series of cartoons. This one is from an animated cartoon called Pilipka, which won several international awards. It's based on a fairy tale about a little boy Pilipka and a big bad witch Baba Yaga.

Lena wishes me a life full of miracles and happiness! Well with the Lord Jesus Christ in  my life I certainly have that!

Have a good day and CU tomorrow,

Lisca