Tag: postcrossing

Cousin Ron sent this postcard from Tartu, Estonia. He sent it in an envelope, so it’s in quite good shape. He said that he and Janelle are spending a few days in Estonia before heading back to Helsinki. They’ve been walking everywhere and the weather has been nice.

Here are the fun stamps that got this to me. It also took 24 days to arrive, not a terrible record for Europe.

This postcard was spotted by Shawn while it was laying on the ground near the entrance to Cal Poly Humboldt. He suggested Sara grab it and send it to me. She thought there was no way it would be blank. But it was!

And now here it is with me. She reinforced it with some clear tape around the edges before she sent it.

The first is from my mom, where she reports that they day was gorgeous and that the coast has been very windy.

Sara has sent me this postcard before, though without the sticker annotation. She writes that the previous evening she received an award, and that her day on the day of writing was filled with meetings.

Finally, cousin Ron wrote that Helsinki has grown and changed in ten years, but he and his daughter have mastered the transit system, along with second-hand retail.

I also liked this stamp quite a bit.

It was a really great mailbox day!

I love so much about this postcard. It’s sparkly, but not in a glitter way. It has cute drawings. It does the A to Z thing. So delightful!

Sara reports that it’s week 3 of the semester. How time flies.

The postcard says these are promotional buttons, but what would they be promoting?

Sara reports that she is off to meet her new students. Summer Sara has left the building.

Sara is back in Northern Idaho, and she sends a hello from Priest Lake, where her family went for a scenic drive and dip in the lake.

Northern Idaho has some good lake action.

Because I now go by my full name and not the nickname, it’s been a few decades since someone called me Peppermint Patty in jest. I had forgotten they did that.

Sara and Shawn visited the museum and the ice rink Charles Shultz built.

Here’s the workspace from whence Peanuts sprang.

Sara liked seeing the books on the shelves. She reported there were a lot of art-focused texts and classics.

This one is from the Laura Vincent Design & Gallery on NW Davis in Portland, and Sara writes that she can’t remember where it came from. Maybe from Shawn?

From this card I learned that Sara, Shawn, and I watched the movie Thelma on the same weekend.

This card is from Bibliophile Postcards. It would be nice if they also identified the bookstore. I don’t see Fup.

Sara has watched Bridgerton!

This postcard documents different buttons. Most of the descriptions say “date unknown.” But one of them, 321.8, is from the American Library Association.

I recognized 321.8 as a Dewy Decimal System number and looked it up.

According to LibraryThing, 321.8 is Democratic Government (formerly Republic).

The list of selected works is interesting:

What was the American Library Association getting at?

Sara reports that it’s quite good to be home, and especially nice to see the cats.