I really like this theme, but only have this one hehe. And this group really surprised me, it traveled soo looong, i think it already lost, but then it came back home and i really love it. I would cherish this one, haha. It also from forum Postcrossing, and the member are Indonesia, India, Taiwan and Netherlands. I think this one lost in India, but when it turn out not lost, i really happy and surprise. The post work really surprising, haha. 

This card also from 2014 :p

It show modern tulip that sent by Maria J

Tulips are spring- blooming perennials taht grow from bulbs. Depending on the species, tulip plants can be between 4 inches and 28 inches. The word tulip, first mentioned in western europe around  1554 and seemingly derived from the “Turkish Letters” of diplomat Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq.

Tulips are called Laleh in Persian, Turkish, and Arabic. In Arabic letters Laleh is written with the same letters as Allah, which is why the flower become a holy symbol. That’s why in the tiles, mosque, fabrics etc appeared lots of motifs of tulips. But tulips is famous a Netherland’s national flower. Because in Netherlands we can find lots of tulips and also lots of the variant J

Thank you for the postcard Maria, dan je wel !!

This card actually from Belgia but sent from Dutch, hehe. Very funny words and picture. She looks really enjoy herself at the beach. I, myself actually not the beach type J.

Really thank you for the postcard Arthur, It refresh my day with the view J.

Flower is one of my wishlist and the Tulips really lovely. Many thank you Monique J.

Tulips is from family Liliaceae and haave lots of variant. It usualyy blooming throughout the spring. It would grow in mediterranean, from Iberian peninsula through North Africa to Greece. To the Balkans, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iran.

But Netherland is known for the lots of Tulips variant, even it become the nationality flower. It also have lots of colors from red, green, yellow, orange and many more. It seriously very lovely to see the tulips garden when blooming J.

This neat postcard came from Sanne in Netherland. It’s rather vintage with the book, lemon, and tea in the same table. Very beautiful colour, I like it. And the paint in the vas also very classical. Thank you so much or sent this card to me Sanne J

Calendula or Marigold, very beautiful flower :). it's from Asteraceae family, same with daisy family ( yeah yeah I still enjoy the Biology class, haha). Calendula is from Latin language Calen dae meaning Little clock, Little calender. It can be planted in Southwestern Asia, Western Europe, and Mediterranean. I just know that Marigold is refers to virgin Mary, haha.

The flower used for cosmetics, culinary ( for soup and make color in chesse/ butter, also for tea of course) and for medicinal use ( stop bleeding, prevent infection, antiseptic, and detoxify liver and gall bladder).

Romans and Greeks used the golden Calendula in the rituals and ceremony. In India the flower used to decorate Hindu statues.

 

Dank je wel Sissy!

 

 

Apeldoorn is municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, Netherland. The total area only 341, 13 km² and the population in 2012 157.057. Very small and nice city, hmm. But like all the city in Europe  this city also have interesting history. Had Het Loo Palace, Paper Mills and the famous Apenheul Zoo ( house of apes and monkeys).

Thank you for the nice card Kitty!!

Such very great park to celebrate your wedding ;) !!

It's Amsterdam card that sent from Ukraine, hehe. Ania, the sender just went to Amsterdam last year and very love with this city, so she also sent me this card, hehe.

You can see the Leliegracht canal in the postcard, It's located in Amsterdam's western canal belt. When I see the internet it called one of the beautiful canal in there,  with the bridge and  people that cycling. yeah now we know that Amsterdam also one of charming city in the world, right? :)

Thank you so much Ania! I hope you can come back to Netherlands again :D

I am one of the kind person that always eat mushroom as food booster ;). 

Okay back to the card, haha. you can see that the mushroom is Amanita muscaria ( hmm beautiful name). It's also called fly agaric or fly Amanita. Usually it's red with white spotted color. To cook it, you can boil it to reduce the poison in it ( yepz do not be fooled by its name and color :p). It have hallucinogen effect when eaten overdose. But nowadays with modern treatment the effect can be minimalized :).

It's very interesting to search information about this mushroom since I love biology. I feel like I'm doing my homework again about taksonomy, haha.

Thank you so much Leonie! it's incredible postcard! Dank je wel!

Greetings from Zwolle!!!

Zwolle is capital city in province of Overijsell in Netherlands. You know waht? the population only 125.000, I really surprised with this fact, haha.

And the postcard from Bert above ( Thank yo so much Bert, I like it :D), you can see , multiview from the city, the canal, Thorbeckegracht, Zwolle city center and other city landscape.

I think Netherland is one of country in Europe that very nice to live, small city very green, no pollution likr in here, haha.

I like the picture, heel hartelijk bedankt Bert!

And here my first birthday card from Netherland. Haha It arrived 15 days before my birthday though. Very nice card with all the cheers up stuff.

And it's really very nice to got the wishes from foreigner that never knew me before. The sender, Manon only read my profile and then sent this nice card with nice messages and wishes for me :'). It made me want to cry of happiness cos it remind me that out there in the world still lots of kind people :D.

Thank you Manon, :)