A Belarusian bird brings my postcrossing envelope

Belarus ! Honestly , a couple of years ago , I have never known there was a country called Belarus . The numerous new republics of the erstwhile Soviet Republic confuse me ! But the beautiful postcrossing stamps of Belarus caught my fancy. 

Thanks to Nastassia - I got this beautiful envelope - a first day cover of the Belarusian postcrossing stamp along with the earlier postcrossing stamp of Belarus too on the cover ! And she sent me a fauna of Belarus postcard too, because I like bird postcards :) 

January, 3, 2017. Happy Postcrossing. A self-adhesive stamp for M rate (international priority postcard).
The stamp present a girl with a crown of cornflowers (a flower symbol of Belarus), in a dressed of the same colour, holding a heart-shaped postcard with a cornflower stamp and happy postcrossing wishes. The postcard also has the rushnik embroidery pattern on it . 

The blue cornflowers is a symbol of prosperity in Belarus - a Slavic folklore. And Nastassia had written another Slavic folklore in her postcard ! 

Belarus definitely looks stunning ! And googling about Belarus took me to this wonderful blog - http://mynativebelarus.blogspot.com/?m=1

And this wonderful thread on Belarus stamps 

https://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=63783&start=100

 I travelled through the entire Belarus in time and place through this envelope :) 

Update : 

cornflower or bachelor's button, is an annual flowering plant, native to Europe.  In the past it often grew as a weed in corn fields . It is now endangered in its native habitat by agricultural intensification, particularly over-use of herbicides, destroying its habitat. It’s called bachelor’s button, because it was worn by young men in love ( according to local folklore ) 

It is a national flower of Estonia. It was a favourite flower of Kaiser Wilhelm -1 of the famous WW1! And so pro - German activists in Austria wore blue cornflowers in their shirts as a loyalty to Germany . These flowers are the symbol for US- Germany joint festivals , and also for the Nov 11 th rememberance day in France ! 

The Belavia airlines sports the colour on its tail - the cornflower blue !