Japanese Ladies and Postcards. . . . . . .

My lovely English friend Rosemary at Where Five Valleys Meet, a truly beautiful

 and very interesting blog, recently shared her pretty 100 year old Geisha doll.

Rosemary, like me, is a world traveler. She stuns us with amazing photos from

the historic places she visits so, if you've not visited her blog yet, I encourage you 

to do so, you will really enjoy all she captures with her lens and the interesting

 stories she writes.

Stories of Japan's Geishas have always intrigued me.  

When visiting Japan several years back, I took the above photo of one of those

 lovely ladies who welcomed us to our expedition ship at the dock in Niigata

 prior to sailing away through the picturesque islands.

At one of our island stops along the way - we were headed to the Russian
 Kuril Islands and  Kamchatka peninsula - we were able to shop for
 Japanese mementoes/gifts, and my purchases included this set
 of beautiful postcards depicting not so much Geishas but classic
 Japanese women.  
I think you will agree that their clothes are so beautiful and of course

the artwork is gorgeous.

What do you do with all the postcards you may have collected over the years?

I really have a large collection which I enjoy thumbing through every so often.

I also use them as bookmarks and, of course, now and again still mail one off

to a friend if the right card pops up for a special occasion and I think might be

enjoyed.

Wishing readers a great weekend. Some of you here in the US will be in a

 deeper than deep freeze in the coming days - do take care.