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.

6,127 miles

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Disneyland to Jozef in Slovakia!

Arrived June 30, 2016

Traveled 6,127 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

LAX

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Los Angeles International Airport

Photo: W. Hartshorn

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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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Griffith Observatory

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Sent to Heike in Germany,

who likes important buildings.

I've been here 5 years and still haven't been to this place.

Kamchatka

From Irina:

 

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Kamchatka, a "wonderful place full of hot springs, volcanoes, geysers and other wild things"

 

and  a quote from Lera Lynn: "Change will come to those who have no fear."

 

I love it

 

Happy 100th Birthday!

Brenda from Colorado:

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"Big Drift Adventures In the early 1920s, before the construction of Trail Ridge Road, Fall River Pass via Fall River Road was the only way for vehicles to travel to the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park. The Big Drift at Fall River Pass was a massive obstacle that required hand-shoveling each summer and after the occasional early autumn snowstorm."

Rocky Mountain Naitonal Park is celebrating 100 years!

Fall River Road

She's Reading:

Roma

A beautiful card from Rob in Rome

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written 12.5.2015 (I do love this style of writing dates. It makes so much more sense)

Reading:

Italian Edition

English Edition

PX sent on vacation

Here's what happened:
Saturday:
10AM - 4PM: LA Times' Festival of Books

5-7PM: Verizon Store. Seriously, 2 hours.
7-10PM: Last minute packing for trip
10PM drive 1 hour to LAX for red-eye to OMA

SUNDAY:
12:30AM: wake up at gate, everyone is gone. Panic.
12:35AM: realize that flight was delayed and moved to another gate. Phew.
7AM(central time now):Land in Houston, have 5 minutes to sprint to adjacent terminal before door closes to board.
9AM: Land in Omaha, pick up family from church. Breakfast. Shopping. Prepare for Mary Kay party at my sister's house. Have a blast, drive Momma home, drive to sister's, pass out.

MONDAY:
6AM: wake up, pack the car, drive to pick up Dad.
7AM: COMMENCE ROAD TRIP. From Monday to Thursday, we drove to Niagara Falls, then New York City, then home. We slept on Tuesday. On the way, we stopped at Notre Dame, the most beautiful campus I've ever seen in my life, and at Orange County Choppers. What an adventure that was!

So, along the way, I picked up postcards. Here's what I sent:

Indiana postcard to Victorian in Ohio

 

Niagara Falls to Angelina in Belarus

 

Niagara Falls to squirrelinmockow in Lebanon (new!)

 

Niagara Falls to Saintex in France

 

Niagara Falls sent to lucky14 in Poland

 



Can you tell I took pictures of these on the go? :-D

 

 

Day 16

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From Jessica in China! Dated Feb 4th 2015

Books: currently reading Before I Fall, favorite book The House on Mango Street. Added to my tbr pile :)

Check out the stamps and stickers! I love embelishments:

PS. If anyone wants to translate the front of the card, I am curious what happened on "Day 16"

UnderWater World, MOA

The aquarium at the Mall of America in Minnesota. I went there with my family when I was little.

Sending to Ashlynn from Send Kids the World. Do this!

Niasvizh Palace

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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!

Interesting Architecture, eh?

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Book suggestion: Wicked, it's the best!

ViewCard

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To IceEagle in Russia.

A note about my adopted city: people think LA is a bunch of actors sitting in traffic. Truthfully, it is a beautiful city. The landscaping is awesome, the views are gorgeous, and there are on thousand things to do and look at! Mountains, beaches, and a fantastic urban life. I love it here. Sometimes, I miss home, but the thought of leaving here gets more and more... yuck. Why would I leave here? Don't answer that.

Get Your Kicks...

on Route 66

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Rita said she likes mapcards, which at first I had no idea what that was, but it turns out I had one in my stash!

I took a road trip with my dad on Route 66, from Joplin, Missouri to Pasadena, California. We spent three days, taking our time. It was a great trip.

Colorful Fire Point

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Sent to Anastasia in Russia

Really old postcard picked up at a flea market.

Malibu to Germany

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Miss Susanne from Germany likes beautiful landscapes, so I sent her a little piece of Malibu:

She has sent over 1900 postcards in the past 4 years. By comparison, I have sent 33 postcards in 3 years. I am impressed!

Latvian Museum of Natural History

Postcrossing card received from Anda in Latvia. This was a perfect postcard! Black and white, viewcard (ish, it's an old photograph), beautiful stamps, and a translation.

Latvian Museum of Natural History

The Latvian Museum of National History is a national history museum in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1869 by the Riga Latvian Society. Since 1920 it has been located in Riga Castle and in 1924 it attained state museum status. Its mission is "to collect, preserve, research and popularise spiritual and material culture from Latvia and the world from ancient times until today, which has archaeological, ethnographic, numismatic, historical or artistic significance, in the interests of the Latvian nation and its people".

Stamps!

Adorable sticker with translation in Latvian.

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