Dearest Friend

A couple of things I love on this card sent by Laura (the UK)...

Never Give Up

From time to time, someone uses the Contact form on this blog to leave a message (Feel free to do so!). On 6 June, Christl wrote:

«On the 11th of May I put 35 Postcards for Austria in the letterbox just opposite the cathedral. Until today none of my cards has arrived.»

I don't know how to reply to that. Thirty-five postcards mean a lot of effort (not to mention the money spent on the stamps). And twenty-five days might seem a lot for postcard travelling within the country. However, from my experience, it is not enough to be desperate. The postcards can still reach its recipients. Actually, they can always arrive, even after a year (for instance).

Maybe, while I am writing this, some of them have landed in the due mail boxes. If that happens... I'd like to know!

Sunday Stamps | Derwentwater

Appealing colours on this 1981 stamp belonging The National Trusts series, featuring the lake of Derwentwater.

For today's Sunday Sunday Stamps, dedicated to The countryside.

It Is Still the Year of the Dragon

This time, the postmark was on the front... And a very special one!

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

Calendars | Alice

Front and back of some envelopes made out reused calendars with illustrations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Sent to the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands.

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Schiphol

These views of  Schiphol airport sent by Heleen (the Netherlands) years ago cover almost all the topics of this month's Thursday Postcard Hunt: sunset, seasonal, departures...

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Thursday Postcard Hunt

June theme: TIME

• Week 1 - Sunrise/Sunset
• Week 2 - Seasonal
• Week 3 - Ancient (geology, buildings, artefacts)
• Week 4 - Clocks or daily rituals (eating, working, arrivals/departures...)

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Please Use Your Correct Address

Postcard sent by Laura (the UK).

More Fun to Send Than to Receive?

«I think postcards are probably more fun to send than to receive.»

James Ward, Adventures in Stationery

Ink Project

I received this postcard from Bryon (the USA) on 4 April 2023. He wrote about this project: Japanese ballpoint artist Asuka Sato was curious about how much ink was in a Hi-Tec-C ballpoint pen, so she tested it out. In order to measure, she decided to see how many smiley faces she could draw before the ink ran out. It took her just six days to reach the answer: 29,249 smiley faces. 

X / @satowasuka

Inspired by her, I felt curious about how many postcards I would be able to write with a BIC Cristal pen: the first pen that comes to your mind when you think "a pen", probably the most used around here. 

I labelled the pen "only postcards" and made this page in my notebook. Every time I write a postcard with the pen, I fill a square on the page.

I know it would take more than six days. But, a year later... I have written more than 200 postcards, and there is still half of the ink left. Can you believe it?

I will keep you posted.

Sunday Stamps | Dance

Some dancers for today's theme on Sunday Stamps: Movement.

Postbox Saturday | Run-of-the-Mill Post Office

Segorbe (Castelló)

Naturaleza Muerta

Naturaleza muerta (='Still Life'), by Frida Kahlo (1951). Postcard sent by Anastasia (Russia), as a thank you for another Postcrossing postcard. 

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Palanga & Harry

Fountain in Palanga (Lithuania), sent by Viktoria.

Illustration of Een huis voor Harry ('A House for Harry'), by Leo Timmers

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Thursday Postcard Hunt

April theme: WATER

• Week 1 - Waterfalls
• Week 2 - Rivers
• Week 3 - Lakes
• Week 4 - Ocean, beaches
• Week 5 - Fountains

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Spot the Differences

Did you noticed this stamp on one of yesterday's envelopes? It was issued in 2023 to commemorate the 100th birthday of Jorge Semprún, a Spanish writer and politician. He lived in France most of his life and wrote primarily in French, and La Poste dedicated a stamp to him as well (I have recently got it).

At first sight, both seems to have chosen the same picture!

Paper Bags

Envelopes made of bags from bookshops, sent to Laura (the UK), Rosemary (Canada), and Fabienne (France):

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