Poland

The Chopin Statue, Warsaw

This large statue of Poland's famous composer Frédéric Chopin stands in Łazienki Park in Warsaw.  On Sundays during the summer months live piano concerts of Chopin's music are preformed free for the public.  

This is the second Chopin statue located there.  The original was purposefully targeted by the Germans during the early occupation of Poland during World War II.  The statue was destroyed on May 31, 1940, according to Wikipedia, the first monument destroyed by the occupying power in their attempt to obliterate Polish culture. 

According to the same source, there is a story that the following day, someone had put up a sign where the statue stood  saying I" don’t know who destroyed me, but I know why: so that I won’t play the funeral march for your leader." 

This card is actually a very old one, that I found in my grandparents house.  The stamp on it looks to say that it is from July 20, 1973.  The card features the below stamp.  Please note that the stamp features an overprinting.   The original amount was 60 groszy (cents) but was overprinted to cost 4 ZL / Zloty.  

USA - Arizona

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Mexican Picatso

USA - Kansas

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Monument Rocks

Grove County, Kansas

Australia

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Tom Kruse - "The Outback Mailman"

USA - Oregon

Eugene

This card, by Tyler Burgess comes from my friend Val on a trip to the city of Eugene Oregon.

USA - Illinois

Picture of Dorian Gray, 1943-1944 - Ivan Albright (American, 1897-1983)

This painting is held and on display a the Art Institute of Chicago.  It was a gift of the author in 1977.

USA - Illinois

Angela Ingersoll, Kymberly Mellen, and Kevin Gudahl in The Comedy of Errors (2008) directed by Barbara Gaines

This card comes from the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, located on Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.  I got this in large part to send it to my Roman-born-Shakespeare-loving friend Silvia who is lucky enough to live in London where there is a ton of Shakespeare to see!

Columbia

Cartagena de Indias

This card from Cartagena de Indias comes from my friend Val when she was on a cruse.  The city looks absolutely beautiful and is my first card from Columbia.

USA - Virginia

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Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

USA - Illinois

Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, about 1879-81)- Edgar Degas 

This statue was part of the 2015 Art Institute of Chicago exhibit entitled Degas: An the Track, On the Stage.  A copy of this artwork resides at the Art Institute.