3275 - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

This card comes from a Women in Nature (in India) series. The series
features the following:

Vandana Shiva - Gandhi of Grain. Shiva is a scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist, and anti-globalization author. Much of her activism is with the anit-GMO movement.

Padma Shri Tulsi Gowda - Encyclopedia of the Forest. Gowda is an Indian environmentalist. She has planted more than 30 000 saplings and looks after the nurseries of the Forest Department. Her title "Padma Shri" is actually the fourth highest civilian award that can be bestowed by the Indian Government.
Padma Shri Rahibai Popere - Seed Mother. Popere is a farmer and conservationist. She helps other farmers return to native varieties of crops. She was one of three Indians named to the BBC list of "100 Women 2018."
Padma Shri Saalumarada Thimmakka - Mother of the Trees. Thimmakka in a environmentalist noted for her work in planting and tending to 385 bantan trees along a 45 km stretch of the the highway between Julikai and Kudur. She has also planted 8000 other trees. As of this, she is 112or 113 years old! She was given the title of Padma Shri in 2019.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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