It’s rare to have more than one sentence. Rarer still to see the word “thus.”
Two-Sentence Informative Sign
Postcard from Lassen County California
Zoe writes that she and Nick went car camping in the Lassen National Forest, which was handy because she was able say she was out of cell range. She said that it was very pretty country.
Postcard from Navarra
Laurie sent a postcard from day four of the Camino Trail.
She says that she and Burt found both food and postcards and that everything has been beautiful so far.
SKS: View of Peles Castle, Romania
Sara writes not about this postcard, which I know she got on her visit to Romania, but with news of the end of the semester.
She jokes that this is her summer house/castle.
One of Ariel’s Growing-Up Houses
Ariel and I went for a walk in her old neighborhood. This was her house that her parents renovated with a Readers Digest series of books. They had to move when she was still in elementary school because the conditions in the neighborhood weren’t conducive to continuing to live there.
It looks like the people who followed behind her parents didn’t have access to the renovation books. But there were still some blueberry plants in the yard that Ariel’s mom had planted.
Milkshake and Craft at Creative Culture
I found out about Creative Culture from my friend. She posted a picture of the fanciest milkshake I had ever seen. The place to get that milkshake was Creative Culture, a DIY craft studio and milkshake bar.
It’s a pretty slick business model. Though we went for the milkshake, we stayed for a craft project.
We chose to do string art, which was one of their more economical offerings.
First, we pounded in all the nails, then discovered it was difficult to put the string on, so we removed the nails and went section by section.
Our finished art.
The thing that motivated us to visit.
Finding a New Home for the Kenmore Sewing Machine
This was a tough one, but it had the best result it possibly could. My mother decided to give away her sewing machine. This is the sewing machine that she used to make my clothing and also the machine I learned to sew with. It’s super heavy in that industrial way before plastics took over. Just a solid machine.
I posted on a buy nothing group and got a fairly quick response from a mom who wanted it as her daughter’s first sewing machine. Her daughter really likes 40s style clothing and the mom had been teaching her to sew on her own machine.
Now both mom and daughter have their own machines and this Kenmore is off on a new adventure.
Fancy lunch at MÅURICE
I took the day off of work and took myself out to lunch at MÅURICE, which describes itself as a modern pastry luncheonette.
I had a delicious meal that included radishes with fresh butter.
It was a fun thing for my day off.
Postcard from Stade, Germany
Stefanie writes that this is her favorite quote and translates it as:
Who staggers has more of the way.
She sends best wishes. I appreciate the postcard with a quote. They are among my favorites.
Here are the stamps Stefanie included.
Postcard from the Adams National Historic Park
Sharon writes that she has been in this library many times, and she marveled that one family could collect so many books.
I have not been to the Adams National Historic Park even though I lived not far from it for several years, and even used to take the train to Quincy to watch movies. I give my time in Massachusetts a C for visiting all the historical sites.
Anyway, fun card from Sharon.