Swap-Bot: October 2024 Postcard Swap International
Postmarked: Japan; October 2024
Bears
Come on baby, light my fire!
Postcrossing: Taiwan; 23 days; 7,875 miles
Postmarked: March - April 2025
Grizzly Bear
Fishing in river of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Postmarked: New York, New York; September 2013
Shenandoah National Park
A black bear (Ursus americanus) finds refuge in the crook of a tree branch.
Postmarked: Dulles, Virginia; August 2000
Shenandoah National Park
Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
As you walk a trail or drive along Skyline Drive, you might meet a black bear, possibly a mother with her cub or cubs. A bear cub, when born in late winter, weighs only about 8 ounces. It is hard to believe that this cub will grow to 300 - 500 pounds.
Stamped: June 28, 2009
Vadim Gorbatov, From Way Up Squirrel Valley
Postcrossing: USA; 7 days; 687 miles
Postmarked: Milwaukee, Wisconsin; March 2021
Bees
Postcrossing: Germany; 72 days; 4,107 miles
Postmarked: August - October 2025
Honey Bee
Postcard United: South Korea; 32 days
Postmarked: January - February 2025
Bees of Britain
Postcrossing: United Kingdom; 24 days; 3,669 miles
Postmarked: February - March 2025
Blomstern og bien, fra en original malt av Karin Dahl, munmaler.
The flower and the bee, from an original by Karin Dahl, mouth painter.
Postcard United: Norway; 34 days
Postmarked: May - June 2025
Bugs
from The Very Quiet Cricket (1990) by Eric Carle
Postmarked: Portland, Oregon; May 2025
Postcrossing: Slovakia; 33 days; 4,469 miles
Postmarked: November - December 2023
Plate VI. Roadside Butterflies
Swap-Bot: Piles of Postcards #7
Postmarked: Jacksonville, Florida; September 2024
Dogs
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Postmarked: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; July 2024
"Zu viel Sex im Alter schadet der Sehkraft"
(Too much sex in old age damages your eyesight.)
Swap-Bot: September 2024 Postard Swap International
Postmarked: Regen, Germany; September 2024
It's a dog's life at the beach!
Postmarked: Virginia; July 2001
Sitt vackert!
Swap-Bot: World Postcard Day Swap 2022
Postmarked: Sweden; 2022
Apes & Monkeys
FOR loving the city
Translated as (from German): We live in the city because we love it. No other place is so inspiring, so exciting, so diverse. Where others see chaos, we see beauty. Where others complain about noise, we listen to music. And where others feel restricted, we see plenty of space.
Postcrossing:Germany; 21 days; 4,228 miles
Postmarked: July 2024
Mandrill
Swap-Bot: Piles of Postcards #7
Postmarked: Northern Virginia; September 2024
San Diego Zoo
Chimpanzee
From my dad: San Diego, California; March 2001
Squirrels
Squirrel and Flowers
Swap-Bot: Piles of Postcards #7
Postmarked: August 2024
Postcrossing: Germany; 23 days; 4,054 miles
Postmarked: August - September 2021
Etc
Where is the dense forest...
Lithuania
Swap-Bot: Piles of Postcards #17
Postmarked: Maine P&DC ; September 2025
ERNST HAECKEL (1834 - 1919), "Lacertilla - Eideschen" aus Kunsformen der Natur, Leipzig/Wien, 1899/1904
Postcrossing: Germany; 45 days
Postmarked: March - April 2025
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Swap-Bot: November 2024 Postcard Swap International
Postmarked: Tulsa, Oklahoma; November 2024
Texas Jackalope
The first white man to see this singular fauna specimen was a trapper named George McLean in 1829. When he told of it later he was promptly denounced as a liar. An odd trait of the Jackalope is its ability to imitate the human voice. Cowboys singing to their herds at night have been startled to hear their lonesome melodies repeated faithfully from some nearbly hillside. The phantom echo comes from the throat of some Jackalope. They sing only on dark nights before a thunderstorm. Stories that they sometimes get together and sing in chorus is discounted by those who know them best.
From my aunt: August 2002
Swap-Bot: Piles of Postcards #5
Postmarked: Sacramento, California; August 2024
Swap-Bot: Scattergories 'R" R14
Postmarked: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; September 2024
Swap-Bot: August 2024 Postcard Swap USA Only
Postmarked: Hartford, Connecticut; August 2024
Swap-Bot: Quick Swap: Animals
Postmarked: Baltimore, Maryland; February 2023
Swap-Bot: Phobic Postcard
Postmarked: Santa Clarita, California; February 2022
Greetings from Animals
Postcrossing: Netherlands; 11 days; 3,905 miles
Postmarked: August - September 2014
Postcrossing: Czech Republic; 21 days; 4,449 miles
Postmarked: July 2024
Europe. Roe Deer. Capreolus capreolus
The mother and child of Europe's smallest and most common deer find each other through sounds. White spots on the fawn - scentless, and therefore safe from predators such as badgers reliant on smell - fade before their winter's coat arrives at the end of autumn.
Swap-Bot: July 2024 Postcard Swap USA
Postmarked: Hartford, Connecticut; July 2024
from The Mixed-Up Chameleon (1975) by Eric Carle
Swap-Bot: Piles of Postcards #1
Postmarked:May 2024
from The Mixed-Up Chameleon (1975) by Eric Carle
Postmarked: San Juan, Puerto Rico; March 2025
from The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse (2011) by Eric Carle
Swap-Bot: Piles of Postcards #5
Postmarked: Grand Rapids, Michigan; August 2024