Sunday stamp time!

So, this was this week's task:

Let's share people honored by a stamp for any reason (historical, politician, writer, artist, educator, Nobel prize winner, anything), and you are happy that they are featured on this stamp. Tell us about this person.

This stamp shows Yuri Gagarin. I think the First Man in space does not need further description. It was the start for many new adventures for mankind.

This is a post for Sunday Stamps in Viridian's Postcard Blog. Have a look:

Alphabet Fun

This card was for Fun group #102 sent by Alienne. The group rule was "choose another Alphabet RR member" and the others chose a card with the first letter of the name. I chose Volvomom and this card shows a lost flower (verloren in German).

Did you know?

May 2011 RR - Aurora

I love Did you know cards!

Basel

This card was sent by azzurri for the May 2011 RR. You see Münster, Rathaus (town hall) and Messe Turm.

Alphabet Fun

Alphabet RR #104 - dictionary dilemma

My word was "denial" and here is what my group mates associated with the term:

MissMaple

Alienne

Amapola11

lagina

Two new stadiums for my collection:

May 2011 RR - Tarcisio

Austria x World Tag - emotis

World Championship

This awesome card is from a private swap with martindrago. It's a card from the Ice hockey World Championship in Slovakia 2011. You can see an Austrian hockey Mozart! But of course we did not even win a single game. I'd like to think this was due to the circumstance that Thomas Vanek was still in the playoffs....

We are the Champions!

In honor of Austria's football champion

SK PUNTIGAMER STURM GRAZ

I'm posting "our" stadium!

renamed: UPC - Arena

Thank you, Blackies for an exciting last match, a fantastic season and for bringing the title back to Graz! And as we use to sing in the stadium (please raise): Steht auf für den SK Sturm, ...

Sunday stamp time!

Sunday stamps time with "crafts"

I really hope that this stamp features something crafty. But it looks like some kind of native art...I tried to find out more online, but could not find any information... Maybe the other Sunday stamp followers know more?

Look at the other entires:

Berlin

May 2011 RR - BlackCat

The bear is Berlin's symbol and there are Berlin bear statues all over the city. I think there is seldom a tourist who has not taken his picture with a bear. Thank you, BlackCat for sending me this card!

Malaysia

"Set on a 13.4 hectare landscaped garden, Federal Territory Mosque boasts of 22 domes,
with the main one measuring 30 metres in diameter and rising 45 metres from ground level."

This card shows a beautiful mosque. LUFRA, the sender of this card, told me that the mosque has big convention rooms and banquet halls for weddings. There is also a judicial court complex. People say that if you have to appear in court, pray first at the mosque. Card for the NDC RR #123.

New Zealand

This card shows the Maori Action Song, performed by Maori Concert Party,

Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, NZ.

April 2011 RR - jenniferb

...and Maori dancing the Haka.

Russia

Another bunch of Russian cards:

Luzhniki Stadium
NDC RR #123 - VencSv

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, Moscow
topic x topic #267 - SixthSense

April 2011 RR - mad_madchen

The Egyptian Bridge (St. Petersburg?)
RU-379149

April 2011 RR - Mapache

On top of the world!

I had a super fabtastic day at work yesterday and really felt on top of the world!

So I thought this card was appropriate:

Matterhorn 4478m, Riffelsee
Jan 2011 RR - azzurri

Slovenia and Croatia

Choose a country #85 - ddonkey
Krka Ntional Park

April 2011 RR - Tamara
Carnival masks from Ptuj

A bug's life

May 2011 RR - Iloenchen
Concept art

Russian cards

Jan 2011 RR - #21
Emperor Alexander II & Empress Maria Alexandrovna

April 2011 RR - Kaurry
The Trinity - St Sergius monastery.
Panoramic view from the south-east
UNESCO WHS

NDC #110 - VencSv
Nizhny Novgorod

RU-335397
St. Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Petersburg

First man in space

Yuri Gagarin, first man in space

April 12, 1961

Card with special cancellation
April RR - matseevki

Famous people

April 2011 RR - Cardiffgal
John, Robert and Edward Kennedy, Hyannis Port, MA, 1960

May 2011 RR - Caridffgal
Loren & Mansfield

May 2011 RR - MarciaRay

"New York Yankees Yogi Berra, Allie Reynolds, and Joe DiMaggio (l to r), joined by boxing champs Sugar Ray Robinson (far left) and Joe Louis (far right), celebrate a win on September 16, 1951. Nichnamed "Superchief" for his Creek Ancestry, Allie Reynolds was the first American League pitcher to throw two no-hitters in one season."

Peppercard

Two fantastic peppercard recipes for my collection!

May 2011 RR - zasa

March 2011 RR - zasa

Aussie cards

April 2011 RR - Aussiebear
"A joey is a baby kangaroo which climbs to its mother's pouch where it lives and feeds."

This is so cute! But Aussiebear writes that in her area, you have to be careful because the roos sometimes hop onto the road, right in front of cards! Here we have deer which wander onto the roads!

April 2011 RR - Mesmerise

March 2011 RR - Aussiebear

"Travelling throughout Australia, visitors are bound to see many unique road signs, mostly warning the safety of its animals. The most famous of these road signs are found across the Nullarbor Plain, in South Australia."

Estonian cards

April 2011 RR - violanie59

March 2011 RR - SusaTiina
Sightseeing tower on Suur Munamägi (near Haanja)

Favorites tag - Jalutaja

May 2011 RR - ellgee
Vasalemma manor - Kuremaa windmill - Marsh Helleborine

April 2011 RR - Eellaa
Pikk Street (left) - Pikk jalg Street (right)

Recipe cards

May 2011 RR - Taavi
Swedish Style Noodle Salad 

"A true classic recipe from the Chesapeake using the nativ blue crab,
found in abundance in the marshland and estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay."
from Ribit1 for the food tag

April 2011 RR - perfecta

I had to google this vegetable first - I have never heard of it before! Here's what I found out through wikipedia: 

"The chayote (Sechium edule), also known as christophene, vegetable pear, mirliton, alligator pear (South Louisiana), choko(Australia, New Zealand),starprecianté, citrayota, citrayote (Ecuador and Colombia), chuchu (Brazil), chow chow (India) Sayote (Philippines) ,güisquil (Guatemala, El Salvador), or pear squash, iskus (इस्कुस) (Nepal) is an edible plant that belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae along with melons, cucumbers and squash. The chayote fruit is used in both raw and cooked forms. When cooked, chayote is usually handled like summer squash, it is generally lightly cooked to retain the crisp flavor. Raw chayote may be added to salads or salsas, and it is often marinated with lemon or lime juice. It can also be eaten straight, although the bland flavour makes this a dubious endeavor. Whether raw or cooked, chayote is a good source of amino acids and vitamin C."