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| From our recent trip to Arizona. |
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| Driving the Ohio Turnpike on the way to Virginia this week. |
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| The Great Lakes are all around us. Lake Ontario is the farthest from Michigan. |
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| A delightful alphabet from Iris Flavia's hometown Braunschweig. My favorite letter is G for Carl Friedrich Gauss, the great mathematician, born in Braunschweig (called Brunswick in English) in 1777. |
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| Braunschwieg Burgplatz, with the statue of Henry the Lion, Iris Flavia's iconic alter-ego. This lion is a copy of the antique original, which is indoors for protection against air pollution. I am grateful that she sent me some cards of her city. |
Some people say it's hard to find postcards now. It's true that they are available in fewer places than in the past, but if you watch for them, there are quite a few around, especially the currently popular Art Deco types like my "Lake Ontario" (from a local Ann Arbor framing shop) and "Ohio" (from a rest stop on the turnpike). The demise of postcards is an ongoing reason for writers to wring their hands -- see this post: "Are Postcards Endangered?" which I wrote in 2008.
Nice collection Mae.
ReplyDeleteYou were able to get out and about and find postcards that were available where you traveled. Finding them in my city was impossible, though.
ReplyDeleteI always sent postcards to friends when I traveled, but I also sent one to myself documenting the day. Sometimes I would arrive home before an errant postcard arrived, but they always seemed to turn up over time. Great way to document a trip along with photos.
You got some beautiful postcards. LOVED them all, and like you, I was impressed with the Gaussian curve from Iris's postcard.
You had me with the first one, so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAnd then to find our "Kalle" as we call Gauß - - thank you for picking him! And Henry! Love. You made "our" day!
I used to write on a postcard from every place we visited and sent them to my niece. I shall start doing that for Hannah soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post and also for the many postcards my collection owes to you.
ReplyDeleteVery nice postcards. Have a great day today.
ReplyDeletePostcards really aren't as available as they used to be, are they? Too bad -- although we all try to take wonderful travel photos, most of the time we're there at peak conditions (light is wrong, season is wrong, time of day is wrong, etc etc). Good postcards are, well, picture perfect. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! How lovely! I have to look around our little town and see if there are still any shops selling selling postcards. I remember we had a holder with all the postcards that were send to my parents when I was a child. I can actually remember sending some to my friends in my senior year!
ReplyDeleteI hope you will cherish these.
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I love postcards and have quite a collection of vintage cards. I love the Ohio card here best, but that first Tucson is pretty dramatic!
ReplyDeleteA very nice collection :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I enjoy postcards and like all of these ... we have liked going to Tucson and Lake Ontario, where we sailed. Keep up with these postcards.
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