OK this is not from Postcrosser at least. My dearest penpal Sonia whose letters had failed to reach me these past few years, but after over one year, she replied my letter again and with this lovely card recently. In fact, throughout our friendship, she has always remembered my birthday.. although I didnt manage to remember hers this much! :/

From Anagahan. So this is the first birthday card from a Postcrosser arrived this year, and I am glad it came from a dear friend of GTKY. Thanks Ana, if you ever read this, you know you’ve been special to me! :)

From Wilma. HAHAHA I LOVE this card for my birthday!! :D It’s a real surprise from Arja-Liisa, she’s such a sweetie! Hugs to you! See my other cards of Kaj Stenval’s art here.

From Cockie. Though it’s actually a return card of birthday card I had sent to her friend (which I found a really wonderful way to cheer a friend!!), but knowing that I was having my birthday to come, Mieko also wrote this card as a birthday wish to me. Thanks so much for this pretty card!!

From Hadassah. HAHA Essi!! Are these you and me in the picture, perhaps in our 70s, celebrating our birthday together? On a tree! LOL it doesn’t look too bad! :D :D And thanks dear for this lovely wishes that cheered me up! Big hugs!

From Lauraarual. Another sweet friend of GTKY sent me a lovely birthday wish on this colorful card :)) I can’t be happier! And Laura included some lovely gifts and Holland souvenir, thanks so much – you’re so kind!! :) *hugs!*

Oh I love this card of this happening festival! Thank you for the birthday wishes!!

From Vagirl. I gasped in excitement when I opened the envelope and saw this posh-looking card, it’s just AWESOME!! :D I just love every bit of it, and thanks Chrissy for your lovely message and wishes, it really put a big smile on my face! :))

From Carolinechia. AHAHA I’m sorry others, but I have to say this is the coolest birthday card I ever got! :P Well yeah at least for a second I really thought I was smart and popular and good-looking as the card says! :P LOL I didnt know 20th June was a lucky day either :)) but every day is a lucky day when you’re born that day! ;) Thanks Carol for your lovely thoughts! You’re great!

From Ulpa. She included many of inspiring cards along with her letter! Ula thanks for all the cards you have sent me, as well as this super delicious birthday card… you’re the best!! *hugs!!*

From Anagahan, with a view from her hometown Skopje. If you see this as just another typical city view postcard of Skopje, you’re wrong :) Coz what makes this card really appealing to me, is the fact that Ana wrote to me in 100% Croatian! :P Okay, for some unfunny reason I used to try learning Croatian (or Bosnian if you prefer) years ago but never actually made too much effort on that… but at least I can understand what the message says! Well, sort of. I mean, let’s say, you already knew a few words by default like “zdravo”.. “učis”.. “znaš”.. “zivim”.. “razglednica”.. “reku”.. “most”.. “pozdrava”.. and that’s actually enough for you to just simply figure out that the message should be more or less, “Hello! .. blablabla.. when you wrote that you’re learning Croatian.. blablabla.. like you already know, I live in Skopje, and this postcard shows Vadar River (?) (the most-something in Macedonia) and Kamen bridge.. which is ??? one of the most–something historical (something).. blablabla.. greetings” See? I can understand it! Anyway, after a proper check from dictionary: the river most-longest in Macedonia, and the bridge which is one of the most significant historical sights :) Alright, I am a hopeless lazy language learner but still it’s fun to challange myself to read messages like this! And oh, sorry, a PFF post shouldn’t be a linguistic post… but Happy PFF everyone!! :)