Summer Mail - VI

Summer, by Charlie Harper.

Card sent by Phillip (the USA).

Summer Beer!

On the first Friday of August, the International Beer Day is celebrated around the world. I received this card by Heleen (the Netherlands) yesterday. It says "summer"!

Summer Mail - IV

In Welsch mythology, Dylan the sea god lives under the waters of Cardigan Bay. He envies an old man with three daughters. He calls up a great storm, and sends a huge wave to steal the girls. Their father is heartbroken. Regretting his evil deed, Dylan turns the girls into seagulls, belonging both to the sea and the land. Since that day, when the old man walks on the beach and call their names, three white gulls fly to him from the sea.

Illustration by Daniel Mackie. Sent by Phillip (the USA).

Only Talk about You

I guess in the penpalling world people can be as narcissistic as everywhere. However, throughout my correspondance years, my experience is exactly the opposite.

This finely ironic postcard made me laugh!

Spring Readers

This is the perfect season for reading in the garden.

But maybe you prefer to read indoors...

Letter sent by Laura (the UK) and door tag Phillip (the USA).

Typewriters

'Those who have nothing to say
now say it on Twitter'

Cards sent by Fabienne (France) and Heleen (Netherlands).

Thank You - 14 Years

Tomorrow, this blog is 14 years old. Thanks for your visits and comments. And, of course, for the wonderful mail you send!

Mail sent by Laura (the UK), Bryon and Phillip (the USA).

Side Effects

Sometimes, publishing a postcard leads to getting a new one. I learned some facts of Ohio from this postcard, and a bit more from the present card.

Same with Tennessee!

Cards sent by Phillip (the USA).

Year of the Snake (VI)

Folded postcard featuring Kali, the goddess of transformation. With matching stamps and First Day Cancelation. There are snakes everywhere!

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

Paper Cats

I received these postcards months apart from Phillip (the USA). I cannot help but think that it is the same cat on both.

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Women Relax

Art photographer Kim Taylor Reece is best known for the Hula Haniko images. This card was sent by Lilli from Hawaii.

Lady Agnew of Lochnaw is an oil on canvas portrait painting of Gertrude Agnew. The painting was commissioned in 1892 and completed the same year by the American portrait artist John Singer Sargent.

Postcard sent by Laura (the UK).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
March theme: WOMAN

• Week 1 - Working
• Week 2 - Relaxing
• Week 3 - Reading, Handwork
• Week 4 - Famous Women

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Women Belong in All Places

Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.

Card sent by Phillip (the USA), with a quotation by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the USA.

The stamps honouring her were issued on 2nd October, 2023.

I got this postcard on 8 March 2024.

After 14 February

"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."

Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

Card sent by Laura (the UK).

Golden News

There is  nothing like a little golden card bringing good news...

Frozen Columbus

Card sent by Phillip (the USA).

New Year Resolution: Write Letters!

PB955 Typewriter
thepatternbook.co.uk

Card sent by Laura (the UK).

С Новым Годом / Happy New Year

Sent by Eduard (Russia) and Phillip (the USA).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Christmas Mailboxes

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
December theme: SNOW

• Week 1 - Snow
• Week 2 - Animals in snow
• Week 3 - Keep warm
• Week 4 - Christmas

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Christmas Magic

Looks like the Christmas magic is working, and some more Christmas cards and letters arrived today…

Little Women
Illustration by Dawn Cooper

'Are you really sure you have been good?'

By Alexander Holzach

Nisse med lyskæde

By Barry West

One thing I like about getting mail from Denmark is the Christmas seals:

Christmas Sheep

The Continental, by Scott Church (2012)

First (and almost last!) Christmas card received this season, sent by Phillip (the USA).