Eva (35) - Happy New Year of the Dragon!

The lunar Year of the Dragon is soon to come, but dragons-in-mail-art are welcomed here every time of the year!
Eva made me happy by sending this friendly Dragon, which was so large that it filled both the front and back side of the envelope:

And I learned that Dragons can fly kites, too (even better than I can :-) )

Thank you very much, Eva!
And to all who celebrate: Happy New Year of the Dragon!

Nicole Eippers

Real strange to us (though we humans might look weird towards him/her!?) is this Heteronotus delineatus! I'm not sure if this is a Treehopper or a Thorn bug, but anyhow this odd creature belongs to the Membracidae family.
More of his/her cousins you can see on (for example) this blog.

This great collage was made and sent by Nicole Eippers, mail artist and pigs collector (so if ever you have a pig found or created, send it to her!).

More animals to see are, on the stamp, the Red Kite (Milvus milvus) and, on both front and back side of the envelope, of course the pig (I count even four).



Merci beaucoup, Nicole!