This Christmas card, made by a German postcrosser, made a late arrival on Friday, altered en route. I like how the sender affixed the stamps to the card.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
distressed
This Christmas card, made by a German postcrosser, made a late arrival on Friday, altered en route. I like how the sender affixed the stamps to the card.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
bracelets from senhor do benlim da bahia
A Brazilian postcrosser sent this card which shows a beach in Ubatuba, a fave place of hers for summer holidays. She also attached three bracelets from Senhor do Benlim da Bahia; one was fluttering off the front of the card and the other two off the back. Amazing that they made it through the mail! She explained that the bracelets are tied around the wrist with three knots, each knot symbolizing a wish. What a cool card for the New Year!
zen tiger
John B., a Kyoto friend, sent this tiger card. The image is a detail from a Zen painting. John's message started with this: Here comes Tiger! Get your golf club ready!
three tigers
Priscilla sent this New Year's card. She wrote that the card is from a 1970's stash of printed images of circus tigers. Handsome boys!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
harriet tubman
I bought this bookmark, which features a commemorative stamp of personal hero Harriet Tubman, on a visit to the Rosa Parks Museum in 2004. Easy to remember the date as it was the year that Citizens Bank Park opened. I went on a spring training trip with Priscilla and we made a side trip to Alabama, which mainly took us to historic sites in the civil rights movement.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
yellow river commemoratives
Yesterday morning I came across a packet of beautiful stamps commemorating the Yellow River before the massive damming of it began. Yue W., a friend in Fujian, sent the packet to me years ago. It was issued for the 22nd Universal Postal Union Conference & China 1999 World Philatelic Exhibition. Yue has sent me some wonderful stamps over the years. These are some of the best.
flagged boat + stamps
A Dutch postcrosser altered this postcard of a sailboat by adding a flag. She also sent the cool stamps above.
Monday, January 4, 2010
airmail, anyone?
This mail box is on the back road to Quakertown. I finally had a chance the other day to stop and take a photo. It's a small pleasure but I look for the box every time I take this road.
stamps
Some stamps from the USA include one from the state flag series and a holiday stamp from last year. The Tiffany stamps are always welcome.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
tiger?
Sandy Sapienza made this amusing greeting. Her granddaughter Mia, however, thought it was "very dumb" and contributed a joke: A lion wouldn't cheat on his wife but a tiger would.
2010 calendar card
The good folks at Dharma World, a magazine for which I used to write, have again used a folding ukiyoe calendar card for their New Year greetings.
winter collection jurgen lehl
The mailing for Jurgen Lehl's winter collection contained this fab tiger image. See www.jurgenlehl.jp.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Wake Up Tiger!
A sweet collage card from Frannie. She and several friends came over yesterday to partake in a Japanese New Year brunch.
got eggs?
Though it's the Year of the Tiger, I've ended up tailoring several New Year cards to the recipient, hence the cards showing horses in barns, polar bears, etc. I made this one for my 'egg lady'. Her chickens have stopped laying in the cold weather we've been having and I'm hoping this will get them going. In the meantime I've been buying other organic eggs but they are nothing like the beautiful (inside and out) eggs from Rachel's Chicken Yard.
pf 2010 from the tatras
Czech artist Blanka Sperkova made this wonderful New Year card somewhere in the Tatra mountains. It immediately recalled to mind the excellent one she sent last year, with the same format but using windfall apples under a tree.
email tiger
Documentary filmmaker Nanako Kurihara sent a cute email New Year postcard, which she personalized with a note about herself and what she's been doing. With this, I am reminded that in Japan too the traditional 'nengajo' is no doubt disappearing. The handwritten card was already pretty rare when I was living there.
Friday, January 1, 2010
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