more mail in February!

More InCoWriMo mail this month....

Swap-bot Adult Coloring page:

Postcrossing Postcard, Aristarkos requested religious imagery:

Swap-bot vintage tourist card, Vivien prefers city photography. This photo of the Lincoln memorial almost looks like an illustration:

Swap-bot TGIF weekend 331 notecard:

Margiebee and some vintage stamps

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Mt Rushmore collage postcard to Margaret in DC. She likes illustrations, especially of cities and places. I hope this fits the bill! 

One of her prompts was "Do you have a story about a memorable meal or food item?" So I wrote a little anecdote...

I also took this opportunity to use some of my vintage stamps! Laura, owner of my very favorite store, Postscript, curates collections of these vintage stamps. I have so many! They are hard to part with, but I am finally putting them to use. 

TGIF Weekend Notecard

Swap-bot TGIF Weekend Notecard #330

Sent to Candace in North Carolina, who likes owls.

Incowrimo #6

InCoWriMo

International Correspondence Writing Month!

"InCoWriMo challenges you to hand-write and mail/deliver one letter, card, note or postcard every day during the month of February." - https://incowrimo.org/

Today is the 5th of February, so here are the 5 things I have written and sent this month!

Feb 1: Photobooth postcard to Martina in Slovakia, who likes photography and asked to hear about the day:

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I also got to use an old stamp on this one! 

Feb 2: Oklahoma Route 66 postcard to Vidas in Lithuania. I've had this in my collection since I drove down Route 66 in March 2011!

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I hope he enjoys the scene stamps! 

Feb 3: "3 Things in an Envelope" to Candy in Oregon. This was done through swap-bot.com, a swap of 3 things we think the recipient would like. I sent (1) newspaper pages in another language (these i brought home from Spain in 2004!), (2) postcards based on her list of like, and (3) vintage looking washi samples.

Feb 4: Downtown Los Angeles postcard to Heiko in Germany: 

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Feb 5: Choshi Waterfall (Japan) to Anastasia in Israel:

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Happy InCoWriMo! 

The Cricketer

I've had this postcard for so long, it was hard to part with. Bought at a museum during a trip to Chicago.

 

"Barry Flanagan, The Cricketer, 1989, 186" x 72" x 72," bronze. From the exhibition, Horses, Rabbits, Elephants . . . and People Everywhere, presented by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, May 3 through October 30, 1996, in Grant Park, Chicago.

 

I wrote a quote:

 

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." - William G.T. Shedd

 

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Mailed early 2016

Allegany County

This postcard was received blank from a swap at swap-bot, and 1 year later (2016) mailed to Vicky in China.

 

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On the back:

"The name Allegany comes from the Native American word "oolikhanna", which means "beautiful stream".

 

If you read that caption, know that there were hundreds of tribes in the United States before settlors came, so I have no idea which language it meant "beautiful stream" in. It's like saying "comes from the European word" ...

Mississippi Headwaters

Sent to Marianne in the Netherlands in April 2016:

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To this day one of my favorite vacations was to the Mississippi Headwaters. I would love to go back to Itasca State Park. But go on a weekday, because the weekends are crazy busy.

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music (1973)

At a Swedish country estate at the turn of the twentieth century, actress Desiree Armfeldt and her guests work our their romantic issues. "Send in the Clowns" was the show's breakout hit number.

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6,127 miles

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Disneyland to Jozef in Slovakia!

Arrived June 30, 2016

Traveled 6,127 miles

Sending the Oregon Trail to China

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THE OREGON TRAIL

Seeking promised fertile land, many started out in western frontier towns such as Independence, Missouri. Facing droughts, floods, disease, looters, hostile Indians, dangerous animals, and dry mountainous terrains, many families saw their loved ones perish as they slowly traveled the Oregon Trail. The strain of traveling the trail shows in this unidentified family. Pioneers, many who walked the entire 2,000 miles, followed the rivers in hopes of reaching Oregon, California, or some place where they could claim their homestead and start a new life. (Photo by the Denver Public Library - Western History Collection)

Sent to Aeon in P.R. China! 

He said he likes history, traditional costumes, old photos, etc.

Arrived 2 Aug 2016, traveled 7,218 miles  

Niagara Falls

sending two of my Niagara Falls postcards to Finland and Russia!

To Finland:

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Hard to believe it's been over a year since that trip.

-C

Sleeping Beauty Castle

Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle

sent to Angie in PA 12 March 2016
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LAX

LA319

Los Angeles International Airport

Photo: W. Hartshorn

www.calscene.com

Chan in Taiwan said she likes airports. I love it when I have something in my stash that matches the recipient perfectly.

Cheers,

-C

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Poppies

Postcard from The Art of Women postcard book

Ellen Robbins (American, 1828-1905)

Poppies, 1888

Watercolor on paper, 23 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.

Sent to Galina in Russia!
12 March 2016

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Man and Woman with Bridge

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John Baldessari

Man and Woman with Bridge, 1984

Collaged Black & White Photographs, 14 1/2" x 48"

Sonnabend Gallery, New York

Sent off to Federica in Italy, may she love it as much as I do.

PS. any interesting interpretations on this?

Abandoned Cottage

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Postcard from the Art of Women

Virginia Berresford (American, 1902-1995)

Abandoned Cottage (Country Galway), 1968

Oil on Canvas, 25 x 32 in.

Sent to Germany 3/12/2016

Floral Hedgehog

A hedgehog to Russia

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I picked up a pack of floral animal postcards at Ikea quite a while ago. Isn't this little guy adorable?!

M-I-C-K-E-Y

I was cleaning out my emails and found a postcrossing message from 2014. I had received the coolest postcard from Peggy in Taiwan, and had asked for her address so I could respond. Well, I'm finally responding:

Retro Coca Cola

Inna from Ukraine likes retro Coca-Cola, so I hope she likes this card.

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And she asked for a drawing on the back, so:

it's rough, but it'll do.

d'Anvers

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)

Albert Cahen d'Anvers, 1881

Oil on Canvas, 79.8 x 63.7 cm

The J. Paul Getty Museum, 88.PA.133

sent to Lily in South Korea