faces

 A Taoist man with his face painted for a temple parade in Taiwan

I can't quite tell what is behind this look...

truly the oddest Easter card I've received.  but just look at those cheeks!

and, these adorable wee ducklings

kittens be born

 c 1910

CATURDAY

catkins

 pussywillows for Easter

artist: Maarit Ailio

bells and bunnies

Easter bells and lilies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an egg vase

girl on a swing ... and a bunny

Easter for Thursday Postcard Hunt

green eggs and ...

One of the thematic postcards I collect is EASTER

 

I like that this Ukrainian card shows an early spring with the tree's leaves

 

these green eggs are much more subdued than the other brightly painted Ukrainian eggs, but the colours remind me of the varying shades of green on the newly budding leaves

and they blend in well with the colours of some bird's eggs

pussy willows are an important tradition in Slavic Easter celebrations as the first blooms of spring

this little girl with her pussy willows and  painted red cheeks will perhaps be painting her basket of eggs next

this little girl looks rather wistful

maybe she needs

a little special delivery to cheer her up

 

 

 

 

 

a little bit of spring and Easter for a seasonal Thursday Postcard Hunt

easterly things

I have shown this before, but as we have new people to our group, it is worth showing again.  This is a huge Pysanka sculpture.  It is 31 feet long and three and a half storeys high.  A colourful roadside attraction in Alberta.

For our food category this anniversary stamp for Nutella is most delicious

I thought I might be at risk of endlessly repeating myself, but then I found this Easter lily from Barbados

 

 

Happy Easter to all who celebrate

spring

Every day is a new adventure with spring. New growth everywhere. Gardens change almost daily and I look forward to all those firsts: first robin, first snowdrop, first tulip! the magnolias and cherry blossoms, then the fresh brilliant green of new leaves. This is my favourite season.

Hama-rikyū Gardens in Tokyo

fields of tulips near Lisse in the Netherlands

pick your own strawberries

 

 

 

 

Easter also appears in spring, as do these adorable little guys

Spring for Thursday Postcard Hunt

delicate

 
Easter Eggs from Poland

glass dome in the Romanian House of Parliament

glass window of synagogue and the embroidery pattern of the shawl

and a couple of snowflakes in a mass of geometric design

A big thank you to Eva for suggesting this theme of PATTERNS

bunny eggs

getting dressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for Easter

easter

one of the first spring flowers - a pasque flower from Slovenia, designed by Julija Zornik (2007)

a decorated egg from Poland, designed by Agnieszka Sancewicz (2014)

and a decorated chick, designed by Anna Khunova (1998)

Happy Easter 

for Sunday Stamps

Happy Easter

Poland always manages to produce some brightly coloured Easter stamps.
These are from 2011 and 2012

Have a safe and happy Easter everyone

Orthodox Easter

"Christ is Risen"

joyful band of bunnies

received from France

Sunday Stamps - E

2010,  Finland,  Easter Twins

This year, Easter falls on April 1.  Both eggs and rabbits symbolize new life and fertility and are also closely associated with Spring and rebirth.

for the letter E: Easter

on the water

Relaxing after a long weekend of hard work.

for Sepia Saturday

A happy Easter

unsent, Easter

featuring lily of the valley and a newly hatched chick, early signs of rebirth and spring

for Postcards for the Weekend

Consider the Lillies

Sunday Stamps II - 16

2014 Happy Easter
designed by cartoonist Peter Gaymann.

Apparently chickens feature prominently in P Gay's drawings, and this one is getting a design plan (entwurf) from a rabbit for a decorated egg. I must admit, it took me a moment to see what was happening, so focused was I on the Frohe Ostern! Mr Gaymann has been drawing cartoons for over 30 years and you can find quite an extensive selection on google, but the captions are all in a written font  (as the above Frohe Ostern, but usually much smaller), which I found almost impossible to decipher.

It is also interesting to note that in Europe it is an adult rabbit, whereas here in North America, it is a cute, little bunny that brings the Easter eggs.

for Easter

many joys

unsent

May EASTER bring thee many joys

Sepia Saturday for bicycles