Eva (4)

As round as a Gouda cheese, almost all elements of this nice mail I received from Eva.
'La Hollandaise' means 'the Dutch woman', and aren't they weird, the Dutch? According to Mr. John Dowie they are, so this mail art is published here.

Both cows and goats offer milk to make cheese of. So do sheep (not on these pictures), and I always think it interesting to see how goats' and sheep's eyes' pupils are horizontal / oval - even rectangular if you look well.

Thanks a lot, Eva!

Guido Vermeulen (3)

'The Singing Bird on Stage', created by Guido Vermeulen from Belgium.





The Owl is sitting on the head of the man of Delos, who expresses what he thinks of the Troika.



Hartelijk dank, Guido!

XX Jones

Received from Austria, this amazing creature (which according to wikipedia alas doesn't exist in our present era anymore...).
Thank you very much, XX Jones!

Nicole Eippers (7)

Wow, that's a clearly weird animal!
The Cladonota Benitezi is a member of the family of Membracidae, insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers.
Thank you very much, Nicole, for sending this weird animal which is new to me!

I found more pictures of these amazing creatures on this website, which says "Membracidae: Wonder of terrestrial biodiversity", but I'd rather say they seem to be extraterrestrial miracles!
This Benitez' treehopper is a cousin of the previously turned-into-Mail-Art Heteronotus delineatus.

Armaël Gallot (2)

Received from Armaël Gallot from France.
Merci beaucoup, Armaël!

Kerosene & Flypaper

'La Malaisie est en parte couverte de jungle' - Malaysia is partly covered with jungle.
'... not so long ago', Kerosene adds...
I think deforestation is such a shame and pity (and we all contribute to that, as long as we aren't aware of what we buy, and keep on buying). As biodiversity and all of our 'lungs' suffer from that highly. All rain forests who have gone, are gone for all our lifetimes... Protection and common sense needed!

Thank you so much, Kerosene, for this aware mail art!

Laurel

This beautiful collage of my favourite Platypus was made and sent by Laurel from the USA.
On the backside beautiful animal stamps: the Otter, Megabat (I think), Ringtail and Eastern Bluebird.



Thank you very much, Laurel!