Eva (19)

Thanks to Eva I now know that there's a Hummingbird named after... me!
The Bee Hummingbird, or better: Mellisuga Helenae and Colibrí de Helen.
The only difference is that this Hummingbird is the smallest bird, weighing less than 2 grams, while I am not the smallest human (weighing a lot more than this bird and, regarding my BMI, a lot more than I ought to do :-) ), and of course I can't fly.

In real this awesome picture is even more beautiful, you can see the white wings as if they're moving like Hummingbirds' wings do!
The beautiful drawing, created by Eva, came in a great envelope with on the back side nice colours, and a sticker which at first sight reminded me of the Mandarin Duck - in my childhood my favourite kind of Duck - but by the internet I learned it is the Wood Duck or Carolina Duck.



And much more nice presents, among them this cup of tea with rose-petals, as a part of the poem 'Apologia of the 50-ers' by Lucebert, who as a poet was the frontman of the 'Vijftigers' (1950s) movement:



And interesting information about calendars all-over the world. For instance the year 1965 as we know it in Europe, did you know it is totally different in other places of the world?


Thank you very much, moltes gràcies, Eva!

Mail Art Martha (5)

Mail Art Martha surprised me, not only with a new version of her wonderful envelopes showing a horse stamp and postman Kevin. But also with a nice booklet. Great beach sketches!
With some great animals among these, too. The Sea Duck, the Pigeon, a and several Human beings.






Thank you very much, Martha!

Svetlana Volosiuk

An amazing animal, created by Svetlana Volosiuk from Belarus.

On the back so much more to see. I love languages, so I'm happy that Svetlana added these ephemera in a language which I still have to explore.



And see the beautiful artistamp on the envelope, which matches to the right arm of the weird collaged animal!



More art you can find here, and more mail art by Svetlana you can find on her website.

Thank you very much, Svetlana!

Lautaro Salgado

From Chile I received these friendly farm animals, gathered in a nice envelope.
Sent by Lautaro Salgado, who inside this envelope has added an add-and-pass-on chain letter mail art. That will be continued on an other day (and other blog).



Colourful artistamps:



Muchas gracias, Lautaro!

Amy Irwen

This beautiful Platypus swam to me thanks to Amy Irwen from the U.S.A.
And he/she is not alone, also a Pink Eared Duck - who has a funny bill, too - and Duckling accompanied this brave mammal.

Look at the fine pen lines! In real, the silver lines of the bill of this platypus are shining as if he/she is swimming in a silvery water. Beautiful! Thank you very much, Amy!

Amuldo (4)

Great pen drawings by Amuldo from the Netherlands. And out of the 20 stamps stampsheet, she choose my favourite stamp: the one with the Postman!



Hartelijk dank, Amuldo, en ook voor jou en de jouwen een heel v(sp)oorspoedig 2014!

Joseph A. Uphoff

"This is a photograph of a ballet dancer with color adjustment. This is from the winter concert directed by Nicole Berry for Manitou Springs High School. Please consider these files for your mail art show: Weird Animals. Dancers are very unusual."



Thanks a lot, Dr. Baron Joseph A. Uphoff!

Rachel Freeman

This sun enjoying duck is a collage from Rachel Freeman.
More collage art you can find on her website.

Thanks a lot, Rachel, also for your flowers and bookmarks!