My little dream - enjoying French breakfast in Paris or Lyon or Bordeaux. Anyway somewhere in France :)

STAMP:

The legendary French singer Edith Piaf

P.S. Dear David, merci bien! :)

What a lovely postcard! Many thanks to Aileen from Malaysia.

Ibans at Skrang River longhouse. The biggest ethnic group of Sarawak, East Malaysia.

STAMP:

Traditional costume of the Bajau & the Malaysian Chinese

I received this amazing maxicard from Australia. My favourite one from the set. Thank you Lena.

Griffin is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.

Illustrations by Aaron Pocock. Fantastic artworks.

https://aaronpocock.wordpress.com/

Uemura Shoen was the first woman in the history of Japan to win the Order of Culture for her contribution to nihonga (Japanese painting). Portraits of elegant Japanese women were her favourite theme.

"Snowflakes", 1944

Uemura Shoen's artworks have been selected as the subject of commemorative postage stamps twice

(1965 and 1980)

Jo-no-mai (dance performed in a Noh play), 1936

 

"Mother and Child", 1934

P.S. Arigatou Ai and Megumi! ^^