Bubbling Over

An Aussie Sheila

Amorsolo's "The Bathers"

Beyond the Boughs
Pagan tree nymph

Turkish Woman, 1909
Like a kiss through a veil This is a modern reproduction of a vintage postcard; it comes from Levant Koleksiyon, a little art and framing shop in the Beyoğlu section of Istanbul, Turkey. Though I have several cards from Turkey that I purc

Oh, Just Out for a Stroll
Sunny, but with a chance of rain GirlZoot complains that it’s so cold in her neck of the woods that its impossible to imagine this type of sunbathing, even with this visual aid. I wouldn’t say tha

Belgrade Women
Face-off This postcard (from Zhanna, herself a Belgrade woman) struck me as an oddity, and not only because it is my first card from Serbia. (Well, unless you count this card from Budva, Montenegro, but they split from Serbia in 2006.

Yes, I Feel Wonderful Today
President of the Gene Kelly Fan Club Klaudia sends this pretty girl from Poland, with the idea that it was a little joke on me — that this girl is not what I had in mind for this blog. Well, the joke is on her, because it’s undeniable that this is a cutie-p