- How did you come across Postcrossing? What got you hooked?
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It was a post in my friend’s diary on journals.ru. I have always been attracted to something unusual… and what can be more extraordinary than paper postcards in the age of electronic correspondence? And then it turned out that this is a very interesting process, you can see a lot of interesting postcards, stamps, read the people who live on the other side of the planet Earth.
- Do you have any other interesting hobbies?
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I’m interested in the Star Wars universe – I am the administrator on a site and forum dedicated to this world. I translate short texts and beta-read works of other authors. I like to assemble plastic models of the real and the fantastic vehicles. Photography. Cross-stitching. Sometimes I even manage to find some time for all these things… sadly there are only 24 hours in a day!
- Show us your mailbox, your mailman/mailwoman, your postoffice or the place where you post or keep your postcards!
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This is Post Office from which my postcards often hit the road:
- Show and tell us about your favorite received postcard to date, and what makes it special.
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I think that almost all of my cards are favourites!
What makes them special? It’s the fact that someone took the time to read my profile and tried to pick up the card in accordance with the wishes, and wrote something just for me.
I have favorite authors as well, for example, French artist Severine Pineaux. She has a very beautiful dragons and cats.
And if we talk about the subject of cards, there is a series of “Darth Vader and Son” that I really like:
- Have you met any other members in real life?
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Yep. I participated in postcrossers meetings in Sevastopol and in Yekaterinburg (Russia, Ural), when I was there on business. This is in Sevastopol:
And here we are in Yekaterinburg:
- Is there anything that you are passionate about?
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Sevastopol.. I really love my city and his great history. It is really my passion and obsession. Sevastopol has always been a military city, the base of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia. I hope that he will once again be such, and not turn into just a resort.
Warships standing in bays and covered with morning fog is one of the most beautiful sights I can imagine.
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posted by meiadeleite
BlackDrago (aka Natalie) hails from Sevastopol, in Ukraine. Besides being an avid postcrosser she’s also a devoted photographer and a Star Wars fan! :)
21 comments so far
Hi! Many thanks for to share with us your history,and experiences in the meetings!Great!!
Hello,
I love the Darth Vader and Son - I bought the set for my collection too. I still haven't bought Vader's Little Princess postcards.
Натали, спасибо за твою историю! В Севастополь я просто влюблена, дважды бывала в нём (навещала друзей) - красивейший сильный духом город! Всего доброго и удачи во всех делах!
Thank you for sharing the informations...
A great profile :)
Love to see the real life behind postcards!
Thank you so much for introducing BlackDrago, it's always great to learn more about other Postcrossers. But there is one thing I don't agree with, for me there is no beauty in warships, I would love to live in a world where we don't need them anymore - I know, it's a dream. Now I am looking forward to many more wonderful postcards from Ukraine! Greetings to BlackDrago from Germany!
I fully agree to DorotheeB - for me there isn't any beauty in warships either! Anyway, thank you for the interesting spotlight, Natalie.
Thanks to All for your interest!
Nice to meet a story about you here!
Hello! Thanx for sharing. HappyValentine'sDay!!! :)
Nice to meet you :)
Как приятно читать о земляках на этом сайте!
Обожаю Севастополь! Один из моих любимых городов Украины! :)
How do you get chosen to have a profile?
Thanks for sharing your story!
great to see this spotlight!! and for me your favorite cards are new and interesting, what a taste.. hehe... great also to add meeting pics to your spotlight!! and last but not least the great photo from sevastopol harbour!!!
happy postcrossing!!!!
without reading the other postings before - IT IS A GREAT PHOTO!! the quality of the photo - here is not the place to speak about *war*, this wasn't the purpose to show this photo, but a sample of a photographer!!!!
und typisch, dass das wieder von deutschen kommt!! sorry!!
Nice interview and beautiful pics. Thank you,Natalie. And to the other postcrossers: I am sure, she did not mean that Sewastopol should be a military-harbour again, she just wants to have some more ship traffic there again, so that Sevastopol would be a more important harbour again.
I feel the same as Vasida wrote!
Отличное интервью!
Вот бы и мне повезло попасть на вашу встречу посткроссеров в Севастополе!
Правда, я из Евпатории сама)
So interesting to hear about another Postcrosser.
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