paraiha

About Päivi...

I'm 51 years old woman with a family of two 9-years old sons (twins) and my husband.
I like reading, movies, photography, patch quilting, networking - if I have time!

I have always loved to look at pictures and to see different views to life and to it's wonders. Postcards are my hobby. I will appreciate every card that I get!

I like a lot single view cards with no text on picture side. If possible, please: no multiviews (many small pictures in one card)!
PLEASE: no self-made or ad-cards (free advertisement cards)! Please!

Postcards with these themes are especially wellcome:

- windows, doors, gates, fences,balconies
- lavender, fields of flowers (lavender, poppies, sunflowers,tulips, canola...)
- "woman in a harmony":
like handwork, reading, washing, kitchen work, sitting in a garden...
- sea and ocean
- mountains, rocks, cliffs
- forests, trees
- stones, shells, star-fishes
- lighthouses, windmills
- melancholic landscapes
- landscapes with large view
- houses with thatched roofs, cosy houses
- famous historical places
- exotic places
- castles
- medieval, old towns
- monasteries, convents
- gardens, parks, benches in parks
- autumn (all year round!)
- road, path, narrow lanes, bridges
- lanterns
- bicycle
- volcanoes
- space, northern lights
- wisteria flower, pelargonium, sunflower, poppy, physalis, dandelion, globeflower, hydrangea, lotus
- puddles, rain
- penguins, wolves, hedgehogs, owls
- dragons
- fairy tales, mythology
- Star Wars, Harry Potter, dinosaurus, Lego (for my sons!)
- beer (for my husband!)
- hot air balloons
- pumpkins, peppers
- fruits, berries, vegetables, mushrooms
- Iceland, Ireland, Slovenia, Scotland, Cornwall, Wales, Denmark, Poland, Norway, Japan (especially Yakushima Island), Australia, New Zealand..
- books, reading
- views to everyday life
- maps (especially antique and celestial maps)
- vintage postcards, nostalgia
- anything related to Jane Austen or George Eliot
- Christmas, snoman, Christmas tree, brownies, gnomes
- Halloween

well, I am interested in almoust everything...

including private swapping. I wish to swap with a person who has an album for the cards, so that we both have a possibility to choose which card to swap. Here is my album (nickname OpenSea)

http://picasaweb.google.com/raihapa

I collect both new and written postcards (also very old antique cards).
I have started to upload my postcards to Flickr (nickname SeaSailing)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/saarahanna/

...and the scanning goes on...

Thank you!

Attention!

Lida (?) from TAIWAN: ID-number was not correct in your view card!

Alvin from the NETHERLANDS: you sent me London postcard, but the ID is not correct!

PORTUGAL: I got a card showing the monument of portuguese discovery of the New Land in Lisbon with incorrect ID-number