Monthy Fav. Surprise RR - August '23

Sometimes there are months when the postcards I receive in this RR have repeated themes, for example 2 postcards with churches, 2 FOTW but in August the postcards had nothing to do with each other. Four different wishes, four different themes, 3 different countries, USA, Netherlands, China. 

Photo - Konstantino Hatzisarros 2019 * www.psarisproductions.com

The Mural Kings by TATS CRU at the Houston Bowery Wall went up in late January of 2019 as an homage to NYC and the Lower East Side, including a shout out to the late Keith Haring (who, back in 1982, was the first artist to create a site-specific mural for the now legendary street canvas). Tats Cru is the first full graffiti crew to paint a mural here.
The mural also honors green activist and advocate Liz Christy (1950 – 1985), who created NYC’s first community garden, which still thrives just across the street from the mural. - in: https://worleygig.com

Card sent by Nan.

Edith checked my windmill collection and noticed I still didn't have this one. 

De Hoop is a smock mill in Dokkum, Friesland, which was built in 1849 and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, a national heritage site.

A snowy, foggy view of Tianshan Tianchi Lake, (literally: the Heaven Lake of the Tianshan Moutains), is a famous tourist destination in Xinjiang. The surface of the lake is 1,910m above sea level with its deepest part reaching 105m. Tianchi is surrounded by spruce trees while the lake surface reflects Bogda Peak, making the surrounding scenery seem like it came out of a fairytale.
The scenic area includes natural landscapes such as alpine lakes, wetland meadows, forests, gorges and other natural splendors. - in: https://www.travelchina.org.cn

Beautiful card, one of my favs from China, with nice stamps, sent by Qi.

Totally different card from China but also great. I've seen pictures of this place on IG and was impressed by the thousands of tiny red houses sprawling on the hills. 

Seda (or Sertar in Tibetan), which forms part of the Garze part of Sichuan province, is home to the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in the world.
Founded in 1980, the Larung Gar Buddhist Institute now houses some 40,000 monks, nuns, students and pilgrims. The place is of huge spiritual importance to Buddhists, with residents hailing not just from the nearby area but also from provinces all over China and even from overseas. - in: https://www.chinahighlights.comry.htm

Card sent by Linda.