DianaKashlei

Hello! My name’s Diana. I live with my husband and 13-year-old daughter in Grodno, Belarus.

I like spending time with my family. We often go out for walks through the forest and down to the river or cycle when it's warm. We also enjoy traveling in our car, exploring new places and observing birds and animals in the wild. I do love and respect all the living creatures that inhabit our planet.

I work at Grodno Medical University Library, International Student Department.
I love libraries and used bookstores and have lots of books at home. I read a lot including books for children. I like buying books, I like being around books and I like breathing new life into old books by repairing them. I also write stories and fairy-tales for kids.

My husband and I love dancing (Afro-Latin social dances), going to the theatre and planning our future trips.

We have a pet. It's an adorable cat named Kuzia who we got as a present from Santa six years ago. My daughter says Kuzia is her bestest best friend ever. He is a cutie and we all love him very much.

I collect books, stamps and all kind of envelopes (stamped envelopes with postal markings, handwritten envelopes, first day covers, mail art envelopes).

I would appreciate any kind of postcards. But if you are at a loss which card to choose, here are some hints:

- illustrations from children's books
- books, writers, libraries, bookstores
- composers, sheet music, piano, musical instruments
- typewriters
- scientists, inventors, explorers; scientific expeditions
- bread
- samovars
- kokoshnik (traditional Russian headdress)
- dance related cards
- animals, birds; ecological issues
- ships
- rain/snow falling; umbrellas
- maps, flags, coats of arms
- concentration camps, World War II related postcards
- mailmen, letters, etc.
- toadstool
- Richard Gere, Colin Firth, Sandra Bullock, Константин Хабенский
- Christmas and Easter cards all the year round

I like both new and old/retro cards.

Nice stamps and stickers are welcome:)

Some ideas of what to write about on a postcard:
- your favourite book when you were a child/teenager or books your kids/grandkids like/used to like reading;
- your pets;
- your job

THANK YOU!!!