Red

 Today's postcard hunt theme is the color red.

I received this card of Amsterdam's famous red light district via Postcrossing.

It is one of the best cards I have received, largely due to the message from the sender, who lives in Belgium:

    "I bought this card in Amsterdam. My sister lives there (she followed her love there). We. wanted to send a card to our nieces who were at camp with the youth movement. We found one in the style of van Gogh. And we searched for another one in the same style. We found this one (we were in a hurry). At home we realised by looking at it more closely, it was an adult card. We never sent it to camp!"

For more red postcards, explore the links at See it on a Postcard.

Alicia de Larrocha

 Today's Sunday Stamps topic is authors, poets and composers.

Eva sent me this great stamp featuring pianist and composer Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009). The blues of the background and the gold notes are much more impressive in person.

de Larrocha was born in Barcelona to a family of pianists, and began composing at the age of 7. She is recognized as one of the world's greatest ever pianists, and received  fourteen Grammy nominations, winning four times. You can read more about her many musical accomplishments on her Wikipedia page.

For links to more stamps on this subject, head over to See it on a Postcard.

Pink

 The postcard hunt theme today is pink.

Spring seems a long way off when the temperatures have been in the low single digits (Farenheit), and in the negative teens and twenties (Celsius).

To see more pink postcards, visit See it on a Postcard

Owls

 Today's theme is birds, and I received a wonderful owl-themed letter from Caroll, using one of the woodland animal stamps issued in 2023.

Caroll's letter was sent with this wonderful seal, which, impressively, traveled perfectly through the system.

For links to more bird-themed stamps, visit See it on a Postcard

Finale

 Well, if you've been following the package saga here's the latest from USPS

And PostNL has a nice positive message, even though they never did finish the calculation

Moving within the network

 The package is allegedly in Columbus, moving within the network. 

I usually take this to mean 'we have no idea where your package is'. It doesn't usually take more than two days to reach the local post office 🙂

Orange

 Today's postcard hunt theme is orange.

I love this card from Eva (sent in the before times - February 2020!)

And this Penguin Classics postcard,  received via postcrossing (also sent in the beforetimes, January 2020).

For links to more postcards with an orange theme, head over to See it on a Postcard.