I love this card from Paulami, It is a card a friend of hers created.  Kalkata is an Indian Megacity of 4.5 million, but 14.1 million in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is considered the cultural capital of India. Kalkata is the birthplace of modern Indian literary and artistic thought. It is called the "City of Furious Creative Energy." Tollywood is centred here - the home of the Bengal cinema industry.  Kalkata is known for having close-knit neighbourhoods. They once consisted of people of similar livlihoods, while others were based on caste. Today these neighbourhoods, called paras, each have their own community clubs and many having their own playing fields. 

What a great card! A painting of a Ukrainian tractor pulling a broken Russian tank. Juliana says in her card, "I believe in the victory of Ukraine!" Horodnia  Городня is a found on the banks of the Chibrizh River and is home to about 11 710 people. It was occupied by Russian forces near the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, but the Russians left on 1 April 2022.        

What a beautiful night view of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Victoria Harbour, of course, is named after Queen Victoria. The harbour itself is deep, sheltered, and in a strategic location on the South China Sea. The harbour is a big reason the area was established as a British Colony in 1841 and its development into a major trading centre. 

What a great card I received from Gabi. It is a children's drawing of Strekov Castle. It was built in 1316 as a gift to King John of Luxembourg, who was the father of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, and was meant to be a guard tower for an important trade route to Germany.  Today it is a well preserved ruined castle atop a cliff overlooking the River Elbe near Ústí nad Labem. The amazing views from the top have attracted visiting artists such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Richard Wagner, and Karel Hynek Mácha . Ludwig Richter painted  Überfahrt am Schreckenstein (Passing the Schreckenstein), one of the most famous paitings of Strekov Castle. 

 

This card is from a book entitled La Vallee des Moulins  (The Valley of the Mills) by Noelia Blanco, and illustrated by Valeria Docampo. Decampo is an Argentinian artist and it is her illustration on the front of the card. The story revolves around a seamstress and a birdman who live in a world where machines have gradually replaced people. The birdman dreams of flying away, but can't figure out how to get there. The seamstress would love to sew sea lace clothes with buttons, rather than just making alterations. Together they show the other villagers to believe in dreams and that machines cannot replaces everything.