Sara had a big pile of tasks to get through before she jetted away for a few weeks.
She also wanted to send the postcard to alert me that the new postcard stamps have (finally!) arrived. No more barns! It’s time for sailboats!
This was a very important service announcement. I was not a fan of the barns.
Sara wrote me four postcards and posted them on the same date. They arrived on the same date!
On this postcard, Sara sent some postcard fun from a quiet Sunday in her house.
This arty card came from Yachats. Sara also bought a bunch of older cards for 25 cents each. I enjoy the wallpaper-like background, the bird and the enthusiastic-but-waffling message.
This card is very pink. And very message-y. Sara says hi.
Sara sent this postcard from Eureka Books (I’ve been there too!) to marvel over the letter I sent to her house in Arcata, but which was delivered to her campus mailbox, for some unknown reason.
Friend Jan sent me this pretty winter view of Edinburg Castle. She said she fell in love with Scotland.
Big traveler Sara says that on June 3, 2023, NOLA was gorgeous. She especially enjoyed all the details on the buildings.
In somewhat of a postal service miracle, the four postcards that Sara sent commemorating her visit to the Trees of Mystery arrived on the same day.
I visited the Trees of Mystery in 2019, but Sara, living a few hours south, finally made her way north to this wonderful site. (To be fair, there was a pandemic in the middle that jumbled things up.)
In this card, Sara points out the vintage cars in the lot and hazards a guess that this photo is from 1978 or 1982.
Sara said that her family enjoyed brunch at the Forest Café, and that it was a “unique dining experience” as the postcard promises.
Sara was traveling with her niblings, who she calls niblets.
Sara reports that Dr. Summer Sara is balancing some work and play and that she was glad the Trees of Mystery was part of that play.
I enjoy so much about this postcard. That it’s from a blood bank. That they have a funny slogan, and that I can see that the person who took the picture was a three gallon donor.
Sara reports that their Barbie viewing was last night, and she and Shawn enjoyed it. Also that there was a mountain of laundry waiting for her. Presumably, by the time I received this postcard, that laundry had been conquered.
Guess where Laurie and Burt are?
Laurie said that it’s got a real European vibe.
And then she wrote probably the most delightful thing I’ve read on a postcard: The walk into town was a real bummer–the outskirts include an airport and an industrial area with a Pepsi plant and a big Firestone tires outfit. In general, it looked like a cross between 82nd and Columbia Boulevard. For miles. At the end of a long walking day.
I’ve not been to Burgos, but I had a very clear picture of the approach.
Cute postage, too.
This very cute postcard came with shiny stickers on the back. Also a few of the “Much Better” stickers.
This one I didn’t spin the correct way, but it’s from friend Kelly who reports from Tucson that Southern Arizona is beautiful and hot and tried to kill her twice.
This Yachats postcard made it to me without a postmark! Sara reports that she and Shawn came to Yachats to tidy up Shawn’s grandfather’s grave. She also enjoyed a fish shop called Luna Sea.
Sara reports that this postcard was from a local shop that was full of fun items. They also had a banned books table, so Sara bought this postcard and a banned book.
The postmark for this postcard is Portland Oregon. So postcards from the Oregon coat must travel to Portland to be processed.
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.
