In December and January I got more season greetings. The last one arrived on 17th January from the Netherlands. It is a folded old style card.
The stamp was known for me.
On 14th December I received this black and white card from Austria.
On the stamp is the "
Museum der Moderne Salzburg". This museum hastwo buildings at two truly spectacular locations. On the stamp is the building of the "Museum on the Mönchsberg". In this is modern art in a contemporary setting.
Two Christmas greetings came from Finland. The both are nice. This bouquet with
poinsettia and
Hungarian tricolour around was sent from Lahti. The poinsettia (
Euphorbia pulcherrima) is member of the Euphorbiaceae plant family. This plant family is in the focus of my phytochemical research, because these plants contain specific chemical constituents.
I think there is an anemone on the stamp. It looks like to Anemone nemorosa. Anemone is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the temperate zones.
The other Finish greetings came from Savonlinna. It is a lovely vintage card. The Finish sentence means: "The school is filled with warm thoughts." The picture was painted by
Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964). She was a British illustrator. She was known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children, based on her daughter, Peggy.
There are three different cross-shaped stamps and a lovely one on the card.
On 19th January I received a card fro a Finish little girl. It was painted also by a children's book illustrator, by
Elsa Beskow (1874–1953). She was a Swedish author and illustrator. Many of her books became classics and are continually reprinted. Beskow also illustrated ABC books and songbooks for Swedish schools. On this card is "January" from the book "Årets saga" was published in 1927.
Finish stamps are so beautiful! On this card is also a flower. I seems to be a sunflower (
Helianthus annuus).
On 19th January I received a card fro a Finish little girl. It was painted also by a children's book illustrator, by Elsa Beskow (1874–1953). She was a Swedish author and illustrator. Many of her books became classics and are continually reprinted. Beskow also illustrated ABC books and songbooks for Swedish schools. On this card is "January" from the book "Årets saga" was published in 1927.
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