Tag: postcrossing

Ivana sent me this.  It was 16 degrees Celsius when she sent it, and a bit rainy, judging by the rain cloud she drew.  Very pretty, the Czech Republic is.

Kathy, mom of one half of Pike Schemes, was visiting her daughter and sent me this postcard.  She assures me that good dinner was had.

I love the simple line drawing on this postcard.  David sent me a portion of Charles Bukowski’s poem “Consummation of Grief” which is striking and which I have fallen in love with. Thanks David.

This came from one half of my favorite blog: Pike Schemes.  We will see each other very soon and she is as excited as I am.  Because there’s nothing like a little trans-continental postcard communication when a face-to-face meeting in the hometown is imminent, though still seeming to be very far away.  Thanks Sara!
 

She apparently also was cleaning out her stamp collection.
 

Beatrix sends me this postcard and tells me she likes to drink coffee, especially espresso.  Or ESPRESSO as she writes it, accurately capturing its lifting properties.  She sends me “nice greetings.”  I think Beatrix should visit Portland, Oregon because we have a lot of coffee here.

I was quite excited to receive this postcard because I’ve been to Romania!  Though not Bucharest.  This is from Magdalena, a 20-year-old student who sent me this Paulo Coelho quote. “The darkest hour is the one before the sunrise.”
 

There’s also a lot going on on this stamp.
 

O! Postcrossing, why do you give me two postcards on the same day instead of spreading them out?

Those Boise, Idaho readers know that I loved this Basque Country postcard. For those not in the know, Boise has a pretty strong basque community. The postcard is from Dani, who asks me to send her something.  I’ve not yet done so, but I’m not ruling it out.
 

And where is Limburg?  Why the Netherlands, of course, didn’t you know?  (I didn’t, I had to look it up.)  Peggy sends me this card and remarks that it’s funny she is sending a postcard to me in Portland, Oregon as she will soon be leaving on a trip to the Pacific Northwest, traveling from Seattle to San Francisco.  She was planning to visit either Portland or the Gorge, depending on weather.  When I registered the postcard, I told her that sounded like a fabulous trip.

Reading her Postcrossing profile, I found that Peggy is also very cool because she requests the tourist cards (some Postcrossing people don’t like them) and then uses them to plan her travels.  You are a smart lady, Peggy.

Three postcards arrived in the mail today and none of them were from Postcrossing.

I’m taking a writing class through Write Around Portland and the second of the wonderful surprises of the class (the first is that there are always snacks to eat during the class) is that each week we get a postcard from our instructor complimenting some aspect of our writing.  It’s very sweet.
 

The Aunts went on a trip and Aunt Pat sent me this postcard. Guess where they visited?
 

I have a friend living in the Ukraine for 10 months and she sent me a postcard.  It took her three months to discover where they were keeping the postcards in the Ukraine. Sadly, she does not share this with me, so if you visit the Ukraine, you will have to find them on your own.   She also observes that all the buildings are ice cream colored.

Thanks Write Around Portland, Aunt Pat and Margaret!