pieternelleke

!!! SHOW ME YOUR WORLD IN A POSTCARD!

AND BOOKMARKS !! I LOVE BOOKMARKS !! (I know bookmarks normally aren't that cheap, that's why I would send a postcard in return in any case, don't forget your adress)

I'm a dutch woman in her fifties, living in Germany, Black Forest.
I live here with my German husband, our four children (they are already / almost grown up) and my little granddaughter. And our dog Lucy, a beagle. I'm a freelance translater, working at home.
My favourite hobbies: reading, walking with our dog, nature, films, handicrafts, working and "faulenzen" (doing nothing !) in my garden.

Postcards:

- FIRST OF ALL LANDSCAPES, SUNSETS, SCENERY, NATURE, TYPICAL MOTIFS, THEMES,
STORIES OR DETAILS of your country or town/village.

- MAPCARDS FROM THE USA (I already got California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai'i, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin), but also from other countries.

- FERNANDO BOTERO SCULPTURES and PAINTINGS (like Big Bird in Singapore, Big Horse in Berlin)
- NANAS of Niki de St.Phalle
- COLOUR BLUE
- FOUR SEASONS
- WINDMILLS, not only from the Netherlands
- BICYCLES
- ELEPHANTS + ORANG UTANS
- RED CORN POPPIES + BLUE CORNFLOWERS
- FAMOUS ART, PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES etc., IMPRESSIONISTS
- UNESCO World heritage
- BIRDS-EYE VIEW of village, town, landscape (ROOFS !!!)
- SELF-MADE CARDS

- But PLEASE, DON'T send me ad- and freecards.

- EN VOOR DE NEDERLANDERS: IK BEN NOG STEEDS MET HART EN ZIEL NEDERLANDER. STUUR MAAR ZOVEEL MOLENS, KLOMPEN, TULPEN, KOEIEN EN FIETSEN ALS JE KUNT VINDEN. ACH JA, EN KAARTEN VAN HET KONINKLIJK HUIS NATUURLIJK !! EN VAN DE ORANJE VOETBAL, SINTERKLAAS, KORTOM ALLES WAT TYPISCH IS VOOR NEDERLAND

Do you like to write? Please write as much as you can, no matter what, the weather, what you're doing in this moment, what are you going to cook today, something like that. And can you write a sentence in your language on your postcard, with translation?

DEAR POSTCROSSER:
Julia from Germany took the words right out of my mouth with her comment, :
"If you are going to send me a postcard, please consider: This may be the first (and perhaps the only) view on your country, that I ever get. What shall I think: That your country is boring and your people don't care? Or that it is beautiful and the people amiable? " Thank you Julia !!
I myself spend a lot of money on postcards and I always try to find a card, that I think fits well to the person who is going to receive it. I hope you have the same intention.

Petra

Try to live like this:

Lege dir jeden Tag für deine Sorgen eine halbe Stunde zurück.
Und in dieser Zeit mache ein Schläfchen. (Laotse)

In English:

Reserve half an hour a day for your sorrows.
And at this time you take a nap. (Laotse)