Polaris explains that the girls on this postcard are in plain view.
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Tags: Bahrain, Postcard Friendship Friday
A View of Old Manama
Posted on 18 February 2010 by Chris Overstreet
Tags: Belgium, Johan Van Vlaenderen
Sweet Comic Valentine
Posted on 16 January 2010 by Chris Overstreet
I remember studying Flemish painters in school, but don’t recall any work quite like this.
Tags: Christmas
Flower Fairy, Magical Christmas
Posted on 22 December 2009 by Chris Overstreet
This very posh “Flower Fairies” Christmas card from Marks & Spencer arrived today from my correspondent in Manama, Bahrain.
Tags: Chiho Aoshima
The Rebirth of a Snake Woman
Posted on 20 December 2009 by Chris Overstreet
The inkjet printer comes into its own as an art medium.
Tags: mailart
So I Made You One!
Posted on 09 December 2009 by Chris Overstreet
Something special from Angie, who didn’t have any store-bought “girlie” cards.
Tags: Turkey
Turkish Woman, 1909
Posted on 29 October 2009 by Chris Overstreet
This modern reproduction comes from Levant Koleksiyon, a little art and framing shop in the Beyoğlu section of Istanbul, Turkey.
Tags: Mexico
Sacrificio
Posted on 12 October 2009 by Chris Overstreet
The doomed maiden rests in the arms of what appears to be an Aztec god, and is clearly overjoyed about it. Her honeymoon, perhaps?
Tags: England, Postcard Friendship Friday
Geographical Fun with England
Posted on 08 October 2009 by Chris Overstreet
This depiction of Brittania — the symbol of British strength and beauty — is meant to be Queen Victoria.
Tags: Armando Drechsler, Mexico
Mexican Calendar Girls: “Flores”
Posted on 05 October 2009 by Chris Overstreet
One can’t help but admire Drechsler’s work here; his depiction of this woman is everything a man could want and, unfortunately, more.
Tags: Mia Overgaard, Postcard Friendship Friday
The Art of Mia Overgaard
Posted on 01 October 2009 by Chris Overstreet
Dorthe in Aalborg, who kindly contributed this postcard, wasn’t sure that it would make the cut. I don’t think she was being serious.
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