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!

Nicole Eippers (6)

Created and sent by Nicole Eippers from Belgium, this collage of the long-beaked echidna and a frightened human being (while there's no need for humans to be afraid - this special animal doesn't eat us, and even it's the other way round: this echidna is endangered by deforestation, caused by human beings..).

Note also the Red kite on the stamp and the (flying) pigs in the other corners.
Hartelijk dank, Nicole, voor dit bijzondere dier!

Nicole Eippers (5)

Ontvangen van Nicole Eippers uit België, deze prachtige Okapi envelop! Met natuurlijk het Nicole's typische varkentjes. En mensen en de rode wouw.

Received from Nicole Eippers from Belgium, this beautiful Okapi envelope! Also of course Nicole's typical pigs. And human beings and the Red kite.



En binnenin... De Blobvis, een diepzeevis die boven water als 'n plumpudding in elkaar zakt... En een Australische bergduivel (Moloch Horridus).

And inside... The Blobfish, a deep sea fish who - once outside of the water - drops like a plum pudding... And a thorny devil (Moloch Horridus).



Hartelijk dank, Nicole!

Carolyn Oord

What a big surprise! After having sent the very first contribution to the 'Solitude' mail art project, Carolyn Oord continued to make me happy by sending these eight weird mammals from Canada. Or even more animals (do I see moose or reindeer calves on the stamp? And a walking fish rubber stamp print!)!



Click on the image to enlarge. From left to right, you can see the Manatee, the Giant Anteater, the Tarsier, the Galago, the Kinkajou, the Aye-aye, the Bandicoot, and even predecessors of our present horse.

Thank you very much, Carolyn!

Nicole Eippers (4)

The axolotl is one of my favourite animals. I don't know whether this is because of the name, or because of his/her appearance, or probably both! As a child I had a picture of an axolotl in my animal encyclopedia, and years later, when I saw him/her in a zoo in real, I still thought this an intriguing creature.

Thanks to Nicole Eippers I now received this friendly Axolotl in my mailbox!
Together with, of course, Nicoles famous Flying Pig - Cochon Volant.

Nicole has an ongoing mail art project, see her blog Piggy One Mailart.

Hartelijk dank, merci beaucoup, Nicole, ik ben er blij mee!

Suus in Mokum

Don't know which name I would give this animal, whose glasses and ears contain my favourite colours. Anyhow, the title is 'Ik zie blokjes met nieuw brilletje', 'I see cubes through new glasses'.
Made and sent by Suus in Mokum.

Suus' snail mail weblog you can find here, more sent and received mail art by Suus in Mokum is here. More art - colour! - like the circles above, you can find here.

Hartstikke bedankt, Suus!

Nicole Eippers (3)

Yes! One of my (many) most favourite animals came into my mailbox: a Mole!!
(and a poor Earthworm).
Created and send from Belgium by Nicole Eippers, together with a beautiful Bird stamp and of course Pig mail art! (Not to be confused with Pig nail art.)

Inside - besides an other nice mole - an other surprise: one of my other favourite animals: the Okapi.
Merci beaucoup - hartelijk dank, Nicole!