This day was a gorgeus post day overall :) On top of the lovely Israeli package I got 2 (!) lovely tourist brochure packets from my Couchsurfing friends :) Firstly an awesome,colourful magazine from Arizona! Grand Canyon, Navajos, deserts and cactuses! Secondly from Croatia, where sea water seems to be more turqouise than my nail polish :) Just an amazing looking place, the Istra area. My daughter is studying the Istra area map in the first pic. This Croatian package also had lovely stamps, see the last pic!

These are the treasures I was talking about...Amethyst for health & full recovery,Rose quartz for harmony & love, Ametrine for abundance & good income, Tiger's Eye for confidence & protectiveness, Karnalian for happiness, creativity & fertility and the little book of Psalms :) All were in a beautiful small bag. I just LOVE these.

Amazing packet from Israel

This morning an amazing packet arrived. I took part in Mishloach Manot initiative through Couchsurfing and this is what I got in return!
Idea is to send ready-to-eat food for Purim, as they do to neighbours,friends,relatives in Israel but this time someone from abroad sent their goodies and then got a packet from Israel back. And boy,what a package I received! You can see the size of it as you'll compare it to my toddler :)

The package included chocolate-covered wafer,chocolate covered nuts,pack of dried nuts and fruits,chocolate bars,salty snacks,halva and a sachet of falafel spice mix. Besides the foods there was little musical instruments and noise-making-thingies as well as masks we would wear if we were in Israel as everybody dresses up and they go to synagoge and everytime name "Haman" is read out loud, everybody puts up a horrid noise with all those noise-making-thingies...Can you imagine!? :D

On top of all this, this packet had the most beautiful little book of Psalms,which is supposed to bring protection if carried along and also semi-precious stones and a lovely letter explaining all the customs and how to make falafel :)...Oh and a cd of traditional Israelite music! Just awesome!

I'll post the pics of the little treasures in another texts,thanks to Blogger or my brains which do not understand each other :)

Hall of Fame

Even though I love every card I get,everybody has to have favourites,I guess :) Sorry pals, but that's the way it goes :) ...The 1st one is truly a masterpiece, a hand-drawn Valentine's card from a dear Couchsurfer friend.

2nd one just doesn't need any clarifications. Bring out your red books! Credits to CS friend :) 3rd is of Jerusalem's western wall, with the holes where you put your wishes and prayers written on a paper. This just touches my heart with it's simplicity. Special thanks to CS friends! 4th...Oooo,Paris...Eiffel-tower.... And what a photograph! I was hoping for "just" a pic of Eiffel and this is what I got from a dear friend at CS.

Swap-mania

I'm officially addicted.To sending postcards and receiving them...and now swapping decorated matchboxes (that one down the link is not mine,just to give you an idea), "country packages", stamps, hair clippers, decorated diecast toy cars...

Here's my collection of postcards and swaps so far...I'll send pics as I have time,for some reason Blogger didn't publish the whole folder of photos as I intended. These are from Couchsurfers postcard club (you guys are the best!), from Swap-Bot swaps and of course Postcrossing .
This first on left is from Postcrossing,celebrating 20th anniversary of Pixar films,
came to me from San Diego,US










Second one is also Postcrossing card from...surprise,surprise! Birmingham!






3rd one is lovely lighthouse pic from Belgium through Postcrossing

















4th is a lovely February Love Matchbox swap through Swap-Bot from Evieroz This pack came with a lovely pad of temp tattoos,valentine-themed of course :)