We received a beautifully penned thank-you note using the ink and pen that were the gift! (So I know that that orange is Noodler's Apache Sunset written with a Lamy Joy 1.9 mm italic nib.) And it looks like I need to clean my scanner's glass.


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Today I got one of the best postcards ever. It's from the Netherlands. It deserves a big picture. I love stuff like this!


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Friday and Saturday were quiet as far as incoming mail for me. It was OK since I had a lot of fun social things to do.

Today also made up for it. I got another of the postcards commemorating the EUROPA stamps, this one from Belarus.


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My parents always send cute holiday cards.


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Nothing but junk in the mail (yesterday). So I thought I'd share a couple of my past postcrossing favorites. I love both of these for their punchy graphics. Oddly enough, I think they both might be ad cards.


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I got a wonderfully long letter (14 pages!) from my Seattle penpal. We tend to write long letters back and forth. This one was decorated with springtime images on the envelopes and inside. There were sprouting seeds, mushrooms, leaves. Beautiful!


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Two postcards, both from Germany. One from a woman who helped solve the Japanese Mystery of March 5. She said the themes of this card reminded her of Mozart's Magic Flute. I can see that.


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Today I got a beautiful card from Finland.


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Nothing in the mail for me today. So instead, here's a postcrossing coincidence from the past that amused me.

I got both of these cards on the same day, 19-November-2012.

From Germany:

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Today's card is from Russia, but the sender noted the card was "from Spain." I really like it when I get cards from other lands than the sender is from.

"Los Torros"


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