Another postcard from the historic Albany, Oregon, site! But posted from Arcata, California.
Sara reports that Shawn is volunteering at the elections office from Saturday through Tuesday and that she is enjoying a quiet house.
Sara asked me to guess where she and Shawn stopped on their way back to Arcata. I’m going to guess at the Albany Historic Carousel & Museum.
Sara reports that they got a tour and got to ride on Frederick the Hare.
Margin Coffee was also a stop. They had London Fogs on the menu, which is always a good sign.
I note that both of these are postmarked in Portland, meaning that Sara posted them in Albany, the postcards were collected, transported to Portland, and only then postmarked. I’m not pleased with this updated system. Albany deserves a postmark!
This postcard came from a postcard pack that Shawn bought from LiarTown, a site in which I also now want to purchase postcards from. They have a funny Portland, Oregon, series, like this one called the Emerald Village.
Sara reports she is having a bit of a catch-up day.
I like that the year is listed on this tiny poster/large postcard. Often they are not, and I get annoyed because why wouldn’t people want to know in what year the concert took place?
Sara got to see the Indigo Girls at this concert with Shawn and her sister Jess. However, as you can see from the postmark on the wrong side, she sent it to me after she got home to Arcata. She reports that the Indigo Girls did “Galileo” as one of their last songs. It seems like an apt closing song.
While I’m three weeks away from being officially 50 years old, the AARP doesn’t want me to forget about their grand organization I will soon qualify to join.
As with all things that mark the passing of time (that aren’t my body breaking down) I enjoy the milestones. And while I think 50 is a little early to join the retired persons association (especially since full retirement isn’t until age 67 for my age cohort) I look forward to their mailers.
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!
Friend Kelly sent this postcard that she wrote while waiting at “the very crowded gate at (EW!) Ronald Regan Airport.”
She said the MLK monument was awesome, as was seeing her college roommate.
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.
Sara and Shawn snuck away for the weekend to take in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. They watched both Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth. They enjoyed both and also rallied through the 100-degree weather.
