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!

Happy Easter

Wesołych Świąt

Easter mail sent in 2023 by Pawel (Poland) and Gerdientje (the Netherlands).

Wood Postcard

I am not sure you can appreciate it on the picture, but this postcard is made of wood. And quite thin, so I was surprised that it arrived safe and sound after a 4-week travel from the USA (sent by Phillip).

Two of the stamps of the back belong to the Thinking of You sheet, issued in August this year.

It is a curious design, don't you think? According with the USPS site, these are not random illustrations:

The pane of 20 Thinking of You stamps features five unique designs filled with a variety of whimsical images, including flowers, balloons cute animals, sweet treats, and symbols of good luck. Capturing the excitement and delight of receiving a card in the mail meant just for you.

I guess you can fins something you like in every stamp. And I agree: it is a real delight to receive a piece of mail meant just for you!

Bunday

It seems there are a lot of Bundays at Mail Adventures this year. This paper and wood postcard was sent by Phillip (the USA).

The New Year stamps from this and past years look really gorgeous when put together!

Say Cheese

Letter sent by Fabienne (France), cheese-themed.

Written on Wood

 

A bamboo postcard is really cool, isn't it? This was sent by Phillip (the USA). It travelled quite well, and was not cancelled.

Collaged Christmas Cards

Two handmade Christmas collages sent by Fabienne (France) and Imma (PC). Full of details!

HitM | Cheese Dairy

I guess this wood postcard sent by Fabienne (France) was more intended for the VQR Postal Project. But it also fits in the Houses in the Mail project, don't you think so?

From the Present and Past

By sheer coincidence, this letter from Fabienne (France), arrived together with John's... but safe and sound, this time! I don't know if you can appreciate from the picture how beautiful this is: the lighthouse is glued to the envelope, and the sea horse... is made from wood! The stamps match very well, too:

The sender included postcards from a place she visited: Le Tréport, and its lighthouse. The first witten by her. The others, bought in a second-hand shop; and amazingly, written by the same people on 18 September 1972 and on 17 September 1986.

Do you know the Twitter and Instagram accounts of Postcard from the Past? They publish old postcards from holidays with just a sentence of what was written on the back. Sometimes it seems silly, out of context. But most of the time it intrigues me. I always think of the life of the people who write exactly that, at a given time, probably without paying a lot of attention... 

On the back of these postcards, Louis and Henriette just speak of weather and how well (and how much!) they are eating and sleeping. It sounds like the perfect holidays, except for the wind.

Post added to Maria's link, Postcards for the Weekend. This week, the theme is Lighthouses. Actually, I receive lighthouses quite often, for what I am very happy.

Unconventional Monkeys

This was my third contribution to FinnBadger's mail art call: The Year of  the Monkey. It is a detail from Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights, printed on balsa wood. I couldn't go to the post office to sent it, so I wasn't sure about the postage. Happily, it arrived safe and sound to the USA.


And the thank you mail that I received was everything but conventional: a monkey-shaped paper plate! A little ear wound, but, anyway... I would have never thought that an item like this could survive an intercontinental mail travel.

Wooden Postcard

Received from Emily (New Zealand).
Wooden postcard.