The Art of AnuarDan

 

 

 

 

 

AnuarDan, a Malaysian artist, has cleverly put together local artefact and the Malay architecture to give rise to works depicting the Malay heritage. His innovative use of mixed media and the effect of aging that he creates add charm to his works.

 

Kolding Denmark

is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companies, principally geared towards shipbuilding. The manufacturing of machinery and textiles and livestock export are other economically significant activities.
With a population of 89,412 (1 January 2012), the Kolding municipality is the seventh largest in Denmark. The city itself has a population of 57,583 (1 January 2013)[2] and is also the seventh largest city in Denmark.

Skamlingsbanken is a large hill located in Vejstrup Parish, Jutland, Denmark betweenKolding and Christiansfeld. With a peak rising to 113 metres (371 ft) above sea level, it is the highest point in Southern Jutland.

The bank of the hill is 2 to 3 kilometres (1.2 to 1.9 mi) long and was created during the ice age with clay pushed up the Little Belt Strait from a nearby glacier. Several major historic public meetings took place here during and after the disputes over the territory ofSchleswig-Holstein. When peace returned, there was an exchange of territories between the kingdom and the Duchy of Southern Jutland. As a result, eight non-Jutland parishes in the northern part of Tyrstrup Herred, including Vejstrup Parish, were transferred to the kingdom and Skamlingsbanken thereafter fell within the borders of Denmark.

Stiffkey

Stiffkey (originally pronounced as Stewkey) is a small village on the North Norfolk coast. Famous for its cockles, it was once the home of “Tarka the Otter” author Henry Williamson who owned the Old Hall Farm for eight years before returning to Devon. He wrote a book “Story of a Norfolk Farm” in 1941 based on his time in the village.

This map postcard was sent by Linda. She sent it specially for me.. hihi. 😀

Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. The castle is notable for its long association with the British royal family and for its architecture. The original castle was built in the 11th century after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror.

sent by a postcrosser from France.

Treasures of Poland

Pieskowa Skała also known as “Little Dog’s Rock” is a limestone cliff in the valley of river Prądnik, Poland, best known for its Renaissance castle.

The Ojców Castle is a ruined castle dating from the 14th Century the Polish village Ojców, about 25 km north-west of Krakow. It was first mentioned in the chronicle of John of Czarnków. The first inhabitants of the castle, a castle called Count de Zaklika Kozkow was first mentioned in 1370. It is believed that the castle in the second half of the 14th Century was built.

Maczuga Herkulesa is a tall (30 meters) limestone monadnock situated in Ojców National Park near Pieskowa Skała, north of Kraków in southern Poland. Its name, in Polish, means the “cudgel (or bludgeon) of Hercules”, due to its distinctive shape.

Kaplica Na Wodzie – means “chapel on the water” in english.. It was built in 1901, on the two banks of the river Prądnik. According to legend, an unusual location of the facility resulted from avoiding in this way the tsarist ban on building “the land of his father’s.”
The shrine is maintained in the style of the so-called. Swiss-paternity. Alpine architectural elements are visible in the castellated turret-email signature. However, the interior refers to the Zakopane style, fashionable in the early twentieth century.

Igla Deotymy is also known as Deotyma’s Needle.

Krakowska Brama or Cracow Gate Columns are made of resistant to weathering blocks of Jurassic limestone rocky height of about 15 m, the left column is higher. The gate is the result of erosion processes that occurred in the cracks intensely jointed which the water flowed. In further steps, joined the karst and mechanical ventilation. The rocks of the frame can be seen vertical plane and horizontal cracks uławicenia limestone surfaces. In the left column mounted gate is a picture of Our Lady of Czestochowa.

skalní města

A very interesting postcard reached my mailbox today. Unfortunately, the sender was not able to tell me something about this awesome rock formation.

I tried looking for some facts about skalní města. I thought that its a town or city in Czech Republic. I found out that “skalní města” means “rock city”. It is consists of:
The Adrspach Rocks, The Errant Rocks (Bledne Skaly),
The Hruboskalsko Rock Town, The Ostas, The Prachov Rocks, The Pravcice Gate (Pravčická brána), Szczeliniec Wielki (The Fissured Rocks), The Tisa Walls (Tiske steny), The Teplice Rocks.

i find this place very interesting. There are really great places in the world that is “underrated”.

Greetings from Mykolaiv

Another nice postcard from Ukraine.

By the way, it means “Evening fishing on Ingul River”

Ingul River is also known as Inhulets River or Ingulets that flows through Ukraine. It has a length of 549 km and a drainage basin of 14,870 km².

these three little cats

received this very cute postcard via Postcrossing.
Its always nice to receive cards that is actually on my wishlist.
It only show that they really take time reading your profile.
I always do the same, or atleast send them something really close to what they have.

Biggi said that they used to have a cat. She looks like garfield, not the same color though. Once she was making lasagna and her cat almost jumped into it.. 😀

Xinjiang

from nozomi

 

 

 

from WangTing

 

Huangshan