Letters to Two Southern Ladies

I recently became aware that I don't have any pen pals on the west coast. It's not something that happened on purpose but I find it ironic that I long to live in the south and that's where most of my pen pals reside. Two more pen pal letters are south bound, one to Texas and one to South Carolina.

Darn, I forgot to photograph the envelope after I decorated it.

A newsletter pen pal letter. I tried it once before and thought it was a fun way to write a letter .

A Summer in Paris

How many of you have ever spent a summer in Paris? How many of you wish you could spend a summer in Paris? I think most of us romantacize the city. But hey, that's what we do when day dreaming of far away places. It makes us smile. I may not be spending my days walking the streets of Paris, but this summer I will be coloring the streets of Paris, thanks to the wonderful and amazing Limner. Confused? Well, keep on scrolling and you'll see what I mean in a second.

An envelope from Limner. On the other side it reads: Do not open until package arrives.

Fortunately, both the envelope and the package were in my mailbox yesterday.

The package. Notice the FYI in the lefthand corner. It stands for: For Youthful Impulses..... I like it. I also really like the map paper. I wish you could all feel it because the texture is amazing. It feels like an old vintage linen postcard. 

The contents of the package. Pretty in pink.

What a fun gift to receive.

So many little details to color in. Now you know why I'll be spending my summer coloring in Paris. I will share with you when I've got some of the pages colored in. These are pictures on the backside of the long mural to color in. I will definitely be busy, and I can't wait.

I also received another letter from Cat on the same day. I love having mail in my mailbox.

Her hand drawn characters are so cucte. I love all the different expressions. My favorite is the cat on top. He just looks worn out and relieved to be resting.

Making Progress

Today, my husband and I went for a drive, but prior to leaving the house I actually wrote two pen-pal letters and put them in the mailox to travel to their recipients. Ah, making progress.

The above letter is on the way to the United Kingdom.

This piece of mail is traveling to Texas. I wrote a brief note to suffice until I can write a real reply.

Have a great night everyone.

Torn and a whole lot of postcards

Hello my friends. Now that the week-end is over it's back to the daily grind. I hope you all are doing what you love to do. It's amazing how passion can propel us forward and lead us to success and joy.

I am happy to report that I had some good mail this week-end, however, there was one postcard that made me feel broken-hearted. Well, that's a slight exaggeration but you'll know what I mean when you see it.

 

Torn!  Yes, this is how it arrived. Although, I do appreciate good travel marks and scrapes, this one is just a bit over the top. You would think that the postal clerk would have at least tried to tape it back together, but I suppose they are just too darn busy to provide superior customer service.

 

The card is an official Postcrossing that came from Russia.

The sender writes: JarieLyn, Hi! Greetings from Russian small town of Naro-Fominsk. I love animals and reading too. So I loved the book by Konrad Lorenz "King Solomon's Ring." She's funny and interesting. All the best! Alexandra.

 

 

Silly rabbit, feathers are for Indians Native Americans.  Ha ha.

 This is a Postcrossing from Lithuania.

The sender writes: Labas-Hello-JarieLyn, best regards from cold Vilnius. We really miss the heat. I hope to you it does not lack in Las Vegas. :) Snow is beautiful, but not for long. This bunny is gray, but in the winter it becomes white. Much happiness!!! Rimvidas. Happy Postcrossing.

 

 

Two postcards from my friend, Deyanira.

 

 

Two Postcrossings from Germany.

1.) Sender writes: Dear JarieLyn, greetings from Tuebingen, an old, little and very pretty student city in Southwest Germany. You can see our market place with buildings from the 15th and 16th century. It's a real pleasure to walk there and have a coffee or drink in one of the little cafe's or pubs. Have a great time and enjoy your life. Tony.

 

2.) This Diddl card was written on by several people. It is really adorable on the back.

The senders write: Hello, in a world that is so darn funny, make sure that you are open to laugh or you may be missing the joke. Paul

 

Love my mom and daddy.

 

Have a great day!

 

(there is a Chinese stamp and that is smeared and the sender writes that it is a proverb)

 

 

Both of these cards are from Russia.

1.) Sender writes: Hello! Writing you from my workplace. Now is dinner, so I have some free time for watching series "Arrow" hehe. After, I'll go to post office to send this postcard. I hope you'll like cute doll. Have a good day, bye bye. Sasha.

 

2.) Sender writes: Hello. Privet. Many warm greetings from frosty (-9'c) Russia. Have a nice day! Svetlana.

 

She then translates the quotes on the postcard:  Sharp-sightedly only one heart: the most important eyes you will not see.~Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Angels hear the thoughts, so it is enough just to think about good. ~Audrey Makarevich.

 

 

My first Postcrossing from Norway.

The sender writes: This is a photo of Voringsfassen in Norway, the most visited waterfall in the country. It has a single free-falling drop of 182 meters (597 ft). there is also an interesting flora in the area with more than hundred species within 20 meters. The area is called Mabodalen and we like to call it the Norwegian Grand Canyon. :)  Lillian.

 

 

This Postcrossing comes from China.

The sender writes: Dear JarieLyn, Hi! I'm Juris, a chineses student. This card is about a Chinese festival, Qingming Festival, also called Pure Brightness FEstival, and the traditional food, Ay Tsi. This bright green dumpling is made from glutinous rice flour. Artemisia and fillings like peanut. Hope you like it! Best regards from China. Juris.

 

Well, I do have some more mail to post, but I will do that later as I think this post is long enough.

I wish you all a happy and stress free day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm a Lucky Recipient of League of Extraordinary Pen Pals Monthly Give-Away

Soul Seeker.

That's my LEP superhero name.

I had forgotten that until I received a packet of envelopes that I won which contained the card above.

This is the cute envelope that my prize arrived in.

I sure was excited to open it and see what was inside.

There were many decorated envelopes and a nice note from Julie.

I haven't been receiving much mail lately, although I did receive a couple of postcards that I did not photograph.  One was from my blogging friend John and the others from Postcrossers.

I also received a nice package from my friend Deyanira and a pen pal letter from Melanie.

Last night I wrote a letter to a pen pal who I haven't heard from in awhile and I also prepared a package of gifts for my friend Deyanira.

I hope my stamps don't fall off in transit.

I have been having some amazing experiences lately.

All I can say is that I believe in the angels and I am opening up to them.

What amazing experiences have you been having?

The Bridge and Other Good Mail

I went to my mailbox on Wednesday and it was completely empty.

I knew it would be even before I opened it.

That's the way it goes sometimes.

I did send one piece of mail out on the same day.

This is a long overdue card going to a really sweet person in another country.

Yesterday I had some mail.

Yay!

A letter from my cousin.

The contents of my cousins envelope.

I loved receiving a letter from her.

From Melinda on Sendsomething.

An official Postcrossing card from Germany.

A beautiful photo.

The sender writes:

Hi JarieLyn, my name is Harry, 55 yr old.

You like bridges?

Okay-this photo on this card I shot last fall on one of my last cycling tours.

It's a bridge crossing the Rhine-Herne-Canal near the city "Gelsenkirchen".

The weather was not so bright but I hope you like it.

Harry.

A swap-bot card from one of my swap partners for A Postcard For Your Thoughts Swap.

My outhgoing mail for Thursday:

A Penpal letter.

Another Penpal letter.

And yet another Penpal letter.

That's it for the mail until I post again this weekend.

I hope everyone has an enjoyable, relaxing and fun couple of days.

You derserve it!

Traveled in retro style from the Netherlands

Good morning my fellow snail mail lovers.

Yesterday was a postcrossing kind of day.

 

Here's what appeared in my box.

 

 

This Volkswagen Van took a road trip from the Netherlands all the way to Las Vegas, USA.

It's an official postcrossing card.

The sender writes:

Hi Jarie Lin

When you mentioned vintage cars I immediately found this card for you.

I think the picture brings back memoreies and is cute at the same time.

You just don't see this anymore today.

Pity.

Happy Postcrossing.

 

It certainly does bring back memories.

I went out with a guy who drove one of these, except when I dated him, he didn't have a car and I did all the driving. Yep, I've moved up in men since then.

 

 

An official postcrossing card from Germany.

The sender writes:

Hi there!

My name is Karen and I come from Germany.

In this card I tried to combine two of your fancies- shoes and vintage.

Hope you like it.

It's Friday and I am glaf the weekend is ahead of me.

I will relax and go to the zoo.

 

Yes, this certainly does fit my fancies.

I love this card and I love the quote too.

Thank you, Karen.

 

That was my only mail yesterday.

 

Here's what I sent out.

 

 

An official postcrossing card on its way to Finland.

 

 

An official postcrossing card on its way to Texas.

 

 

An official postcrossing card on its way to Germany.

 

 

A pen pal letter.

 

 

A pen pal letter.

 

I apologize for the crappy photos.

I tend to be a little lazy when I take photos with my phone.

My last pieces of mail in 2012

First, I want to say Happy New Year to all my fellow bloggers, and all the looky-loos who land on my page.

 

 

May you be as goofy as my husband and me.

 

 

And be blessed to have someone to love in your life.

 

On with the mail..............

 

On the last day of 2012, I had a very happy mailbox indeed.

 

 

Not one, but two pieces of mail from Angie.

I was so looking forward to reading her mail.

 

 

A beautifully written letter on beautiful stationery.

And she enclosed these very lovely postcards.

Thanks, Angie for your wonderful letter.

 

 

A really cute New Year's card from Angie.

It's just adorable.

 

 

A nice letter from my pen pal, Ally who also used really nice stationery.

I love all the different papers that people write letters on and send to me.

It keeps me inspired.

 

 

This is a letter I received for a swap I joined.

45 + snailmail.

It's for us old folks 45 yrs old and older.

This was a great letter and she sent me her family newsletter as well, and enclosed a couple of postcards from my favorite U.S. State, Tennessee.

Thank you.

I very much enjoyed receiving this piece of mail.

 

I had two pieces of mail that went out yesterday.

 

 

This letter is going to my swap partner for six weeks of snail mail.

This is week number 3.

 

 

The other side of the envelope.

Yep, I got lazy after doodling all the other stuff on the front of the envie.

 

 

This one is on its way to my cousin in Katy, Texas.

 

Enjoy this day!

Coming and Going

I didn't post on Saturday like I said I would.

 

Here's the outgoing for Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday.

 

A surprise for my sister, and a letter and altered art to Lynn.

 

 

This is a notecard swap on its way to the UK.

 

 

Another notecard swap.

I put a few extra's in both packages.

I hope they like what I chose.

 

My outgoing for the Mega Christmas Card Swap

 

This is on its way to Georgia.

This is also for a swap I joined called The Little Things.

 

 

An official postcrossing card on its way to Germany.

 

 

This one is going to Texas.

 

And now................ The incoming

 

 

An introduction letter from a member of Sendsomething.

She also sent me some lovely vintage postcards for my collection.

 

 

 

Postmarked 1909

 

 

Postmarked 1912

 

I love the humor in this card.

 

Postmarked 1958

 

 

I love this one.

I can't make out the postmark on this one.

Wikipedia states that the Welcome Travelers show was broadcast around 1947.

 

I adore vintage postcards.

 

This one was postmarked 1914

 

 

Postmarked 1910.

 

I cherish these little bits from history.

It's real life, not boring text book stuff.

These are personalities, and here they are over a hundred years later making my acquaintance.

How cool is that?

 

THAT!

 my friends, is the beauty of snail mail.

 

I will be sending a reply to the lovely lady who sent me these wonderful images from the past.

 

An official postcrossing card from Taiwan

 

The sender writes,

Hello Jarielyn: Taiwan is located in East Asia. It is a little island!

Maybe you can travel here someday and have a good trip here!

Sharpei

 

Maybe someday, Sharpei.

 

 

An official postcrossing card from Finland.

The sender writes, Hello JarieLyn!

Greetings from northern Europe, from Finland!

I'm Marja, a 24 year old student. I live in Helsinki together with my boyfriend.

My favourite season is summer, too.

Then it's nice and warm in Finland and you can sunbathe and have picnics!

Soon we'll get snow and winter feeling.

I hope you like this dry martini postacrd! :)

Bye, Marja.

 

I do indeed like this martini card, Marja.

I like most postcards featuring drinks.

I also am thrilled that you were able to write quite a bit in such a small space.

I always try to write as much as possible when I sent out postcards too.

 

Well, that's it for today dear mail enthusiasts.

 

I look forward to reading and seeing your beautiful mail correspondence throughout the day.

 

Until next time...............

 

Have a happy day!