Happy Birthday 🥳 cards 💞

It has already been a month and a third since 2022 began. I will continue my Postcrossing activities this year as well 😉

The modest exchanges with people from foreign countries seem to add color to my plain daily life.

And last month was my birthday month. I had mentioned in my Postcrossing profile in advance that January is my birthday month 😉

And just as I had hoped 😏, cards arrived with birthday messages included. Simple person that I am, I am happier with this than receiving expensive goods 💞

From the USA 🇺🇸

Actually, I love this cat; I often use it in Facebook stickers.

Huh? How did they know I liked it⁉︎ 😻 I was a little surprised. It must have a name. I'll look it up later.

From Germany 🇩🇪

A cute elephant 🐘 and 🎈

Congratulations

It was also written in Japanese. And for some reason, SOU・SOU masking tape was stuck on it, which surprised me. I wonder if SOU・SOU is sold all over the world these days.

From the Netherlands 🇳🇱

Tulips 🌷 I would love to see them growing like this in person 💞

The tulips at my house have only just sprouted and are buried in snow today. Spring is still a long way off, isn't it.

From France🇫🇷

Is it just me, or do these look a bit more elegant than the Moomin ones from Japan🇯🇵? Even Snufkin looks a bit gentler.

What was the name of this creature in the bottom right again?🤔

From Russia🇷🇺

Beautiful💖

Is she a princess from the era when the Tsar reigned? The texture of the dress fabric is lovely. It looked three-dimensional.

From Poland🇵🇱

A scene from Winnie the Pooh. Pooh isn't there, but there is honey🍯, isn't there?😉

I remembered how, for some reason, I used to admire the ribbon🎀 on this donkey's tail when I was a child.

From Switzerland🇨🇭.

So this is what Zurich looks like in winter. It looks freezing, but looking at it like this, I think it's nice~😻

From the Czech Republic 🇨🇿

My favorite little mole ❣️

In Postcrossing, you can add images of your favorite ❤️ postcards to your own page. Since you can click and add ones that weren't even sent to you, I've been collecting postcards of the little mole that other Postcrossing members have. It seems they saw that and sent this to me 💞 Thank you.

From Taiwan 🇹🇼

The calm color palette of the flowers is so elegant.

…I wonder when I'll be able to go to Taiwan again 😢

From Russia 🇷🇺

Is this a picture of someone wishing me a happy birthday from a spaceship? (Probably not

I wonder what kind of creatures are on board.

From Germany 🇩🇪

Stonehenge, right? It's one of the places I'd love to visit and see for myself.

I wonder if I would feel something if I were there.

And finally

From Germany🇩🇪

Since entering February, a birthday cake🎂 has arrived😻

Lots of strawberries🍓. I'm sure it's full of strawberries inside too😋

It looks delicious❣️

When I think about it, I wonder when the last time I had my own birthday cake🎂 was... My mother's birthday is on New Year's Day, so I say happy birthday🎉 with various meanings behind it, and we eat one that I reserved and bought at a friend's shop together.

Just looking at this strawberry 🎂 made me feel happy.