Technically it's not monday anymore but who cares, have some music anyway.
I love 30 seconds to mars. Period. And no I don't call myself "emo" and I don't care what everone else says. I just like them - and their videos.
On another note, I received this wonderful card from Felice and happily stuck it to the other butterflies on my photowall.
Great mistake. The moment my roommate saw this newest addition - she frantically demanded that I took it down, because that is apparently a moth and not a butterfly. That's life with a zoologist - crazy!
I received the most gorgeous butterfly card today. It was from Loes on Postcrossing and apart from being a beautiful addition to my collection this butterfly wears the german collors ;D I have no idea what this species is called officially but henceforth I shall name him "german flag butterfly". Oh I love getting mail.
Other than that I sent a few cards out myself, as well as letters to my penpals in India and the Netherlands.
I was thinking that this blog needs some kind of schedule. I am good with schedules so maybe this will keep me on track with my posts. So today I participate in my own version of the Twitter Hashtag #MusicMonday. Everyone likes a bit of music in their day right?
So let's have a look at my newest obsession: Patrick Wolf. This guy is awesome, not only because he plays every instrument known to mankind but because he mixes classical music with electronic sounds and that is exactly what I like best.
If you like what you hear, go check out his homepage, where you can get additional music samples and videos.
But on to the really important things of life - mail.
I had a slow weekend. Lot's of rain and grey clouds kept me inside, snuggled up on my sofa and lots of time to catch up with some tags and swap-postcards.
my outgoing postcards
a few new butterflies for my collection
1. Goßlar in Germany from Danyel, 2. Nördlingen in Germany from Nordseefan through the german round robin
3. this is actually a card I had marked as a favorite and Iomen, who originally sent the card, contacted me to ask if I would be interested in a private swap - of course I was ;D Isn't this card gorgeous?
4. this lovely multiview postcard comes from my very first postcard-pal Magda from Poland and shows the Millenium Bridge, the city hall, the Raclawice Panorama and the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw.
1. this beautiful windmill comes from Aurora in Campo de Cripta, Spain. These windmills are world famous, even Miguel de Cervantesmentioned them in his "Don Quixote". Since 1978, the entire group of windmills was declared a Monument of Historical-Artistic Interest, which today is referred to as a Cultural Heritage Site[1].
2. Kaheli sends greetings from Finland and 3. Cathy from France.
1. A picture of the most visited tourist attraction of Ireland [2] arrived from Elke.
2. Vaishakhi sent my first postcard from India and even decorated it with the most lovely butterfly sticker on the back ;D
3. This card shows one of the few remaining "gin pole" installations in Red Wing, Minnesota and was sent by Jason. These Floating oathouses ride up and down on poles, adjusting to the river level.
4. And lastly Gerrit sent this lovely little card from Amersfoort in the Netherlands.
Ever since I was a kid I loved butterflies. We used to have them in our garden every summer and my sister and I would give them names and made up stories of their travels. So of course I squealed like a little girl when my first butterfly-postcard landed in my mailbox and thus a new addiction was born.
This peacock butterfly came all the way from the Netherlands and was sent by Lisette. She's apparently also a huge fan of this fragile creatures, even going as far as planting special flowers in her garden to attract them.
Immediately after I received my first butterfly postcard I changed my profile asking people to send those cards if they would happen to have them lying around. And because postcrossers are awesome like that just a few days after Julia sent me another peacock butterfly from Bassum in Germany and Karin sent a card from Graz in Austria with many tiny ones flying around.
