Revisiting the Past through a Postcard

I am grateful to Jenny for sending this old Philippine postcard. It's my very first vintage card!

I like how this snapshot of happily smiling women and children carrying clay jars (probably containing water) and other wares shows a glimpse of the way of life in the decades gone past.

I wonder what's the story behind this snapshot. Perhaps the women and children were on their way to the rice fields to bring food and water for their husbands and fathers who were working in the paddies. Perhaps they were on their way to a festivity. Did they fetch water from a nearby spring or river? Wherever they were heading, they sure looked so merry and not all burdened by the weight of the jars.

Jenny said nothing about the card, except that a fellow postcard collector gave her a bunch of vintage Philippine postcards. How I wish I'd be lucky to get my hands on a bunch of lovely vintage postcards, too!

Salamat, Jenny! Thanks for sending this card to my mailbox.

Wishing you happy journeys...

Here's my share for Postcard Friendship Friday

Cruising along the Seine River

This panoramic postcard was sent by Thadee.  It showcases a bateaux-mouche (fly boat) cruising along the Seine River, the Notre Dame Cathedral, Pont de l' Archevêché (Archbishop's Bridge), and the buildings of Île de la Cité. 

This card reminded me of my sweet sojourn in Paris a few years ago. I remember biking with my friends along the port dela Tournelle, the wide space along the left side of the river, and stopping just about where the two people on the photo are sitting to marvel at the majestic Notre Dame Cathedral from a different perspective.


Because I miss Paris so much, I decided to rummage my treasure trove of my photos.  Look what I found!

A snapshot I took of the Île de la Cité!  Isn't it amazing?  This is why seeing the postcard felt like deja vu! Oh how I long to come back and explore every nook and cranny of the City of Lights! I could walk for hours and hours (or days)! I could just stare in awe at the marvelous architectural structures for hours. 

These stamps came with the postcard:

I sure am happy to get a stamp featuring the blessed Mother Teresa.

Wishing you happy journeys...

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Familie Hofmann

Tonie sent me this colorful Dutch postcard in exchange for a map card of one of the main islands of the Philippines. Too bad, she didn't tell me anything about the postcard. I wonder who the Hofmanns are. Are they a famous Dutch family?

I so love the interesting stamps that came along with it! The elephant with earphones is so cute!

Wishing you happy journeys...

An entry for Postcard Friendship Friday

Gone Fishing

Britta of Finland sent me this nice postcard of a little boy fishing.

It came with a flower stamp and a cute sticker.

Wishing you happy journeys...

Siem Reap's City Temple

I'm sharing two amazing postcards sent by Cheerful of Postcrossing Mom.  The postcards feature the most famous architectural Khmer wonder that is the Angkor Wat.

These amazing captures of Siem Reap's city temple made me reminisce my visit to the Kingdom of Wonder back in 2009.  A Cambodian odyssey, as I refer to it, my trip to the land of the Khmers proved to be truly unforgettable.  (See a few snapshots here.)


The Angkor Wat is truly awe-inspiring and I cannot even begin to tell you how magnificent it is.  You have to go and see it for yourself!  I long to come back and experience being transported back in time.


Thanks Mommy Cheerful for the postcards!  I also absolutely love the stamps that you used.

Wishing you happy journeys…

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