Thursday Postcard Hunt | Waalbrug

Several views from the Waalbrug, an arch bridge over the river Waal, in Nijmegen.

It  was opened on 16 June 1936. The full length of the Waalbrug is 604 metres, the middle of the arch being about 65 metres  high. The arch itself is 244.1 metres long and was the longest arch in Europe at the time of construction.

All these postcards were sent by Heleen (the Netherlands). I had uploaded some of them to this post, with matching stamps.

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
September theme: BRIDGES

• Week 1 - Stone, Brick
• Week 2 - Long, Curvy
• Week 3 - Iron, Rail
• Week 4 - Wooden, Covered, Swinging

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Celebration Mail

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

Postcard sent by Laura (the UK).

States Project | The Aloha State

The Hawaiian postcard from the States Project arrived together with the Alaskan one, and I cannot imagine two more disparate places. 

With this one, again, I discovered a lot of things. For instance, that I grow the Alaskan state flower in my balcony!

Oh, and I happened to get the following stamp the same week...

States Project | The Last Frontier

Alaska and the slogan The Last Frontier are among the words that always make me dream!

Another fantastic postcard from Bryon's States Project.

Sunday Stamps | Paris or London?

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is A Travel Destination. I do not feel like travelling very far away right now. So, would you prefer...

London...

Tower of London

Palace of Westminster

Buckingham Palace

...or Paris?

Fountaine Saint-Michel

Théâthre Mogador

Eiffel Tower

There are not so many stamps specifically dedicated to souvenirs, are they? The last two belong to this set: Iconique Tour Eiffel.

How Is Your Summer? - XIII

Happy Roald Dahl Day!

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Bay Bridge

The Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge (informally called the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and, locally, the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge in the state of Maryland. 

The original span, opened in 1952 and with a length of 6,4 km, was the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure. The parallel span was added in 1973. 

The postcard was sent by Phillip (the USA).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
September theme: BRIDGES

• Week 1 - Stone, Brick
• Week 2 - Long, Curvy
• Week 3 - Iron, Rail
• Week 4 - Wooden, Covered, Swinging

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Chocolate Mail Art

Envelope made of a bag from a chocolate shopping, sent by Bryon (the USA).

Envelope made of chocolate wrapping paper sent to Fabienne (France).

How Is Your Summer - XII

Summer collage made by Fabienne (France).

Send inside a matching (and critical) envelope:

And all these stamps that scream Summer to me!

Letter Writing As Activism

Since writing is the only thing I can do very well, I wondered recently if there was a way of doing some good in the world by using this skill, other than authoring books or becoming a journalist. I was thinking of the impactful letters I’ve read, sent by everyone from Vincent van Gogh to Rabindranath Tagore and wondered if in our digital world, a handwritten letter would stand out more and, therefore, have more of an effect. I know we can’t always calculate what impact our actions would have, but that didn’t prevent me from looking up whether letter writing has ever made a difference, a question I didn’t really need to ask, because of course it has.

Letter Writing as Activism - A Reading List

Sunday Stamps | Germany from Above

Swimming pools in Witten

Two stamps from the series Germany from above, issued in 2020 and 2021.

Housing estate in Lübek

Actually, although I do not have got the whole sets, these se-tenant stamps look far better when in pairs:

An entry for Sunday Stamps. The theme today is Aerial Views.

How Is Your Summer? - XI

Letter sent by Imma (PC).

How Is Your Summer? - X

'Because there are miracles,
we just have to work hard for them.'

From the Judit Berg's book Rumini és az elsüllyedt világ (='Rumini and the Underwater World'), illustrated by Anna Kálmán. Postcard sent by Micu (Hungary).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | From Iran

I had previously shared this postcard, but it is a very special one, because it is the only one I have ever get from Iran. It shows Khajoo bridge in Isfahan.

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
September theme: BRIDGES

• Week 1 - Stone, Brick
• Week 2 - Long, Curvy
• Week 3 - Iron, Rail
• Week 4 - Wooden, Covered, Swinging

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!