Early May 2011 Postcards

From Willem in Wezep who likes to visit Amsterdam several times a year. He also included lovely stamps on the back.

From Miledi in Russia. Also sent using very interesting stamps and the writing is in Russian on the back.

From Kari in Ogden, Utah. She says that a lot of movies are shot there.

From Olga in Kiev, Ukraine: a picture of a Ukranian village as it was before the 20th century

To K. Maria in Leipzig Germany

To Ayumi in Tokyo, Japan
A picture of Julia Morgan, American architect who is famous for her design of William Randolph Hearst's castle at San Simeon, California

To Vanessa in Nanjing, China
A photo of Blanche LaMont, frontier schoolminstress, with her school & students at Hecla, Montana, in 1893.
(I like the little kid with the hat in the front row...so cute!)

To Tanya in Minsk, Belarus, who came up with the idea of asking postcard senders to include their favorite drink recipe (mine is the cotton candy martini!)
A picture of Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and international celebrity

To Bianca in Eindhoven, The Netherlands
A picture of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American labor organizer

To Fatma in Jakarta, Indonesia
A boys' gym class at Walter R. Dolan Jr. High School, Connecticut, in April 1952

Thank you to all of the wonderful folks who sent me such nice postcards!