Tag: postcrossing

Here’s 1 of 3!  It just took its time getting here.  Apparently there was a fourth postcard in the set, but regular commenter Sara kept it because the quote was “I cannot live without books.”  

I don’t blame her.  Me neither.

This one said 3/3 on the back.

This one said 2/3 on the back.

Where was 1/3?  Not in my mailbox today.  

Anyway, a certain regular commenter who currently lives in Virginia sent this to me from Minnesota, where she will soon move.  I enjoyed the juxtaposition of the two states, as well as the Thomas Jefferson quotes.

I returned from our Crater Lake Trip to find this postcard from Stephan in Germany.  He works as an art historian and is a specialist in religious architecture.  This is a wonderful example of a Bavarian Baroque church.  Next week, Stephen was going to the Spanish Pyrenees.  

 This is from Sandra in the Netherlands.  She tells me that tomorrow (6/13) is her birthday, that she lives with 4 (!) men, three sons and a husband, and also that she is a part-time teacher.  The quote she included was “Be yourself, no matter what they say” which is from Sting’s song “Englishman in New York” which happens to be one of the first 45RPM records I purchased.

That would be Richmond, Virginia, for those of you unsure.  

This is from regular commenter Sara and she reports that Richmond has an amazing art museum and it’s FREE!

Pretty cool, as is this sculpture by Barry Flanagan.

This is from Shawn, occasional commenter, regular reader and also husband of a certain regular commenter.  He went to Budapest for work, lucky dog.  And lucky me, because I got a postcard.  Perhaps I can entice him to comment by asking him if it was difficult to locate postcards.  When I was there we had to go to three different stores before I found some.  But a teenager was leading me around and I’m not sure if he knew what postcards were for.

This is from Kristine in Moscow who has naturally red hair and loves the night sky.   Although she tells me right now there is only four hours from sunset to sunrise, so there isn’t a lot of night sky viewing.  

Great stamps!

There was also a quote printed on the back of the card which she Google translated for me as:

“And what we worry, crying and arguing about loved grieve before that could not stand.  Big eyed stars over the sea silk smooth surface rest by the night.”

I really like the art on this card.

Lyudmila sends me her greetings from Belarus which, according to her is, “an oasis in the heart of Europe.  Not by chance is it called ‘blue-eyed.'”

I just looked on a map to see where Belarus is [postcrossing: improving my shoddy geographical sense one postcard at a time] and I have to quibble with that “heart of Europe” statement.  Of course, that’s because I came of age where Europe ended at the border of the USSR which is, of course, no more.  So in that old mental map, Belarus is very much outside the heart of Europe. Then I looked up a map of Europe and got a EU one.  Even in that map, Belarus is on the very edge and not in Europe (because it’s not an EU member state).  So perhaps that saying is asperational.  I know those former USSR republics mostly didn’t want to be members of said Soviet Empire.

Anyway, Lyudmila is 41 and has a husband and two sons–teenagers.  She says, “I am happy with my family.”

This is from Unda who is 35 and lives in Maassiuis.  (I’m thinking if there’s a Dutch version of Wheel of Fortune, it’s always prudent to buy some vowels.)

She tells me that she enjoys gardening very much. Unda also included the quote “Begin de dag met een lach” which she translated as “Always start your day with a smile.”

This is a very nice hand-drawn and colored art card.

This is from Sophia who is 25 years old and likes reading and singing.  (Sounds like someone I know.)  She says, “I always get ideas and power from books.  It makes me hopeful in every moment!”

Not only is this one of those shiny moving postcards, it’s also from the Getty Villa.  It’s from regular commentor Jan, who sent along a little note with it.

This is from Katja who tells me she lives in a little city in the middle of nowhere, has two gorgeous children and a dog and loves her job as a photographer.

This is from regular commenter Sara, who tells me she say Bill Nye AND They Might Be Giants.  Also that there was a lot of DFTBA* merchandise on people, which does not surprise me at all.

*DFTBA means Don’t Forget To Be Awesome and is the rallying cry of Nerdfighters. Also see this post.