A nice World Postcard Day meetup card from Bengaluru. By the looks of the signatures and ink stamps, there were about six people at this one. 

A lovely winter themed card from a Thai ex-pat. She says she isn't ready for winter, but does love the snow. That is good she enjoys the snow, because they receive an average of 26 cm of snow each year. They also get to -20 degrees Celsius in the winter.

In my bio for Postcrossing, I don't put any preferences for cards with the exception of lawn bowling (bowls). I think of the nearly 4200 cards I've received at this point, this is only the second or third bowls card I have received. Bowls is huge in Australia. They have professional leagues and tournament and often claim world championships and Commonwealth Games gold. This is a first day cover of Mark Casey, the 2006 Commonwealth Games (Melbourne) gold medalist. Mark Casey's gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 was with a triples team. He also won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, in 2010, again on a triples team. He has also won medals at the World Outdoor Championships - a gold in 2012 with the men's four team, and four silvers - 2 on the men's four team, and 2 with a triples team. He also has seven medals in the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships. Three golds (1 triples and 2 fours), three silvers (1 fours and 2 pairs), and a bronze...

A very nice World Postcard Day card from the Philippines. By the number of stamps and signatures on the back, it looks like about 20 attended this meetup. Dupax del Norte is a city of 36 000 people located in northern Philippines. It is located about 26 km from the provincial capital city of Bambang. 

Unfortunately the sender of this card has closed their account. Too bad. On the back of the card, she decorated it nicely and put on the following Bible passage: I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength  - Philippians 4:13. This passages comes from Letter A, which includes Philippians 4:10-20 and is a short thank-you note from Paul to the Philippian church, regarding gifts they had sent to him. The Philippian church was located in Philippi, a Greek city that was located on Thasos

Scene from a Studio Ghibli film entitled When Marnie Was There.  It is based on a book of the same name writen by English author Joan G. Robinson in 1967.  In the Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animated psychological drama and is set in Kushiro, Hokkaido. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and a Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year.