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:

Niasvizh Palace

BY-1431340

The view of the Entrance Gate of the Niasvizh Palace. Painting by Irina Kotova

 

IRL:

 

 

Another post about a postcard of this palace

 

The stamp:

I love it when postcrossers give me their return address! Then I can tagback:

View of Denver. I bought this postcard at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science over 5 years ago

 

 

A Tagback

I received this from Cindy in Florida:

 World Famous Tree House

"Located in Tree House Park, 30 miles north of Laytonville on the Redwood Highway. Built in a large redwood tree, the room in 21 x 27 ft. inside. The room is 50 ft. high. Tree is approximately 250 feet high. Age approximately 4000 years."

-BELIEVE IT OR NOT-

So I sent her something from one of my favorite collections:

from Photobooth: 30 Postcards; Babbette Hines

Cheers!

Napali, Hawaii

A book of Hawaii postcards was purchased for me by my Uncle.

Sent to Brett from sendsomething. He had sent me a postcard way back in February 2013 and I found it recently while cleaning. Yikes!

All that we see or seem

As much as I love postcards, there is nothing quite like receiving a hand-written letter in the mail. All the more special when there are other surprises inside. Knowing someone took the time, thought and energy to send you something original is just wonderful.

Something Blue from sendsomething.net sent me this marvelous package. I mean, just look at the envelope!

front

back

This is from quite the Poe fan, I don't know if you can tell? (look at that vintage stamp!) As part of the set, I received a few little extras...

Along with a very macabre printout of Poe in his coffin, with an anecdote about his death.
True, Something Blue, 'Tis the season, after all. ;)

There was a card with a lovely letter inside, in beautiful calligraphy. This was, in fact, a tagback letter from a Wizard of Oz postcard I had sent earlier this month. I'll have to think of something creative to send back :)

Happy Halloween,

Charlie

Letter Box

Another tagback from Book Chick on sendsomething.net:

Last time: Fairies

The postmark on the back from 18 October 2014 says "Go Team San Francisco!"

I think it's awesome that the post office is supporting their team (Giants versus Royals in the Series right now, btw).

Also, I love the regulars on sendsomething that <i> always</i> tagback!

Shivling

My very first swap-bot swap, for Newbies, was also Ayesha's first swap, and she sent me back a postcard!

"The Shivling Mountain which is of great significance in the Hindu mythology."

From wikipedia: " Its name refers to its status as a sacred symbol of the God - Lord Shiva's Shiva Linga."

La Fachada

Three postcards in my PO Box Today!

1- Erick sent me a postcard from Costa Rica. I sent him a Denver Postcard last month. Thanks for the tagback!

2- Another swap-bot postcard! This one is from Raven in Singapore! Her Top 10 TV Shows, some of them I've never even heard of.

3- A postcrossing user from Mexico! I think this is my first ever from Mexico. He even wrote to me in Spanish :)

State Bingo!

Creating those maps a while ago gave me the idea of a state bingo (an idea stolen from Where's George). Basically, I'd like to send/receive postcards to/from each state by Christmas 2012.

I though Montana would be the hardest, so I started there first. My idea was to search for the state using sendsomething, but there are no active users from Montana! So, I found an avid Montanan user on postcrossing and sent her a message, and she graciously agreed to help me with my state bingo.

Here's the postcard she sent me:

This has to be my favorite viewcard I've ever received. It shows so much, and the contrast makes it 10 times more visually interesting than most viewcards. Thank you so much Brenda!

And this is the card I'm sending to her in return. She said likes witches, and this is the only witch in my stash:

From the Wizard of Oz

She also like knitting, and "would love to see images of where you live and things that you find beautiful!"
I always have the problem of wanting to multiple things. This is why I need more penpals.

The Fruid

In August I sent a postcard to the Fruid in CA. Today I received a package from her in my post!

Look how cute she decorated the envelope! And such cute stamps!

Her letter set is super cute too; here's the cover:

And she sent me fabric for my quilt! Listed on my snail mail profiles is my wish to create a quilt out of fabric sent from people around the world. I am so grateful for this!

Ansel Adams

I received this Ansel Adams post card from Carrie, who just started her senior year of high school:

And today I sent this one back to her:

Is love alive?

Earlier in 2012 I received this postcard from Brittany Ukulele, who asked what music makes me cry. I sent this postcard to her August 11, 2012:

I wrote down 2 songs that make me sentimental (for clarification, I do not cry). The Harry Potter soundtrack, because it's all over and it was such a big part of me for so long. Also, Winter Song by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson because it reminds me of my sister Jennifer. She lives very far away and I miss her very much.

Thanks Bee!

Way back in October 2007, Bee sent me this postcard:

It was a tagback for a postcard I sent her with a quote on it. She bought this hand-painted postcard at her local flea market.

Then in December she sent a Christmas card telling me to join sendsomething (Thanks Bee!)

I finally sent her something back in April 2011:

The Ranson, by John Everett Millais
Getty Museum Collection
Sent to Bee
Oneonta NY

Spookybear

I sent a Princess Bride postcard to a stranger, and she sent me back the Blue Brothers:

postmarked in Orlando, Florida, 18 June 2007

Underdog

Best of British Quirky Traits: 1. Supporting the Underdog
No 16: The Aye-aye. visit zsl.org/edge

I sent her a cute, weird animal postcard and this is what she sent back.
postmarked June 2007
from Dracolich

Oregon

from Geisha M, Oregon

Woman Strolling, by Georges Seurat
Sent to Geisha M
Eugene, OR

Even Fairies Get Headaches

<Get ready for another long one>

In June 2012 I sent this postcard to the Book Chick in Sunnyvale, CA, with a list of my 10 favorite things.

Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in "Chilperic" - Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

She sent back this postcard with her 10 favorite things listed on the back:

She also sent an envelope with some art:

"Even Fairies get headaches"

A photo taken in Alaska

And some digital art:

"Hey Stud"

"Specimen"

I think I'll use these for bookmarks!

So today I'm sending her another handmade card and envelope from the Character Sketches book, along with a recipe and a Friendship Booklet (FB) for Mika in Poland. (I didn't know what it was, so I had to look it up; there's a good tutorial over at Squidoo)

I added some color to this one:

It's Launcelot Gobbo from Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." I added the book's description to the inside of the card:

And finally, a picture of my new stamps. I was tired of the same old forever stamps, and asked the lady at the post office for some neat ones. So here are my new bonsai stamps:

Franz, Adelaide and the Bishop of Bamberg

Back in May 2012, Erinbit sent me this cute card:

She's from Asheville, a "cool town" in the mountains of western NC. She said she was in the middle of reading "The Girl in the Flammable Skirt," a collection of weird short stories. I've never actually read a collection of short stories before, which is odd, since I read alot. Anyway, she asked what I'm reading, and today (August 16, 2012) I'm finally sending her a response. Yay! Just in case you're interested too, here's what I told her: Right now I'm reading the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and a few days ago I finished Life Laughs by Jenny McCarthy. This summer I also read 2 books that have been sitting on my shelf for years: Sahara by Clive Cussler and The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.

 Her sendsomething profile says she's into upcycling, and she even has her own etsy shop. So, I decided to actually make her something. Months ago I bought a really old book just for this purpose and I finally got around to cutting it up last night. The book is called Character Sketches of Romance Fiction and the Drama, by The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and it was published in 1892. Holy cow!

This is the card, unfolded:

And this is the description of the print "Franz, Adelaide and the Bishop of Bamberg", I pasted on the inside of the card:

And then I cut the next page into an envelope (well, my cricut cut it):

There's a funny poem on the envelope that wrap around to the front so you can't read it all, so here it is:
      "Here lies Fred,
Who was alive, and is dead.
    Had it been his father,
    I had much rather;
    Had it been his brother,
    Still better than another;
    Had it been his sister,
    No one would have missed her;
Had it been the whole generation,
    Still better for the nation;
    But, since 'tis only Fred
    Who was alive, and is dead,
      There's no more to be said!"
- the epitaph written about Fred Lewis, prince of Wales, father of George III.

Postmuse

from Postmuse in Baden, PA

sent back to Postmuse

from the Coca Cola Collection

April 2011