Since I still haven’t reimbursed myself for my sleep deficit that’s been going on since the 4th of July, and I have nothing especially brilliant on tap for Two for Tuesday, I’m going to cheat and just post yesterday’s mail: two “official” Postcrossing postcards. The first postcard came from a sender right here in the USA, postmarked 1 July:
It’s a reproduction of Marc Chagall’s “Over the Town” which he apparently worked on for four years, from 1914-1918, and currently hangs in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. This card contained no message except for a return address label (a label!). In fairness, there is a smiley face drawn next to the Postcrossing postcard ID — but would it kill you to say hi?
By contrast, the second card is from a ten-year-old girl named Sanna, in Finland, postmarked 30 June:
Unfortunately, the card yields no useful information about the scene or its location. Sanna, however, seems especially chatty. The message, as well as my address, were apparently (and laboriously) hand-written first in pencil, then traced over in ink: “Hi! My name is Sanna. I’m 10 y.o. I’m from Finland. I like dogs. I have got two dogs. I play the piano. I like bakeing. Bye-bye.” Not too shabby, considering that she’s ten and English is not her native language — but my point is that she’s only ten, and she gets the point of sharing postcards with others.
From Sheila:
I love that top card, but such a pity there was more or less no message. It’s happened to me a few times, and it’s disappointing somehow. On the other hand, my messages tend not to be like Sanna’s because I assume people are more interested in the subject matter of the card rather than me. Maybe that’s too impersonal but I do like to read what people have to say about the card they send.
From postcardy:
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Janice Brown Puckerbrush Blog Award for Excellence.
From dmarks:
Didn’t they used to make movies out of celluloid?
From Sean McLachlan:
I like the Finnish lake card. Is that the Loch Ness monster I see rearing up from the depths?
(I accidentally put this comment in the Spirit of 76 card posted earlier. That’s what I get for commenting after a couple of glasses of Chilean wine)