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Tree of Life

This card sold to benefit UNICEF is by the late Indonesian artist Iwan Tirta.  The card comes to me from my friend Valerie in Seattle, Washington.

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Cuddly Kittens

After commenting on our mutual friend Shelby's post about getting one of these cards, my friend Val sent me one as well.  The card were sold in sets of 40 cards in the 1980's for $0.78 at a K-Mart.  Let's note, for those of you who haven't bought postcards in a while, you can usually not even get ONE card for $0.78 today! 

The set even had 4 different types of cards, but this one with the two orange kittens playing in and around a paper bag are the only ones she has remaining.

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This cards, one of the last she sent in 2016, comes from my friend Chanele.  The image of a book massive bookshelf reaching up towards a golden sun is just beautiful.  Considering I'm a fairly active reader (enough so that I at one point had a book blog with some publishers sending me the occasional book to read and review), this is a pretty awesome card.

Now, if only there were postcard companies that sent you free postcards to blog about.  Or, even better, companies that would send you on trips to far off, exotic places to blog about the postcards you got there and the interesting things you saw.  This really is something that people should look into, right?  Asking...for a friend....

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Camille Claudel, 1864-1943

This card comes from my friend Val in Seattle is of the sculpture Perseus and the Gorgon in Paris.

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Central Washington University

This card comes from my friend Chanele of McConnell Auditorium in Ellensburg, Washington.  She said she got this card while at a truck stop in the town of George, Washington.  (haha!)

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Pioneer Hall - Central Washington State Fairgrounds

This card from Yakima, Washington comes from my friend Chanele.

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Gnome @ The Seattle Great Wheel

Opening Day - 6/29/12

This card by my friend Chanele, whose birthday incidentally is also today, features a garden gnome at the Seattle Great Wheel. 

It also, of course, is Christmas Day.  I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.

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Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake

This card was sent 39 years ago today from Klama, Washington on November 29, 1977.  My parents sent this card to my aunt.  

While this card is awesome because of the fact that it is old and it has a family connection, people who know recent history will notice that this card was sent a few years before Mount Saint Helens and Spirit Lake were forever changed by the May 18, 1980 eruption, killing approximately 57 people and changing the face of both the mountain and Spirit Lake.

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Hallowe-en

This card comes from my friend Chanele in Washington State (yes, two cards back to back for Halloween!)  The poem on this one reads:

When doubt and fear creep o'er you 

And your heart is beating fast

Look in a glass of water

If it's clear, the die is cast.

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Hallowe'en

This postcard comes from my friend Val in Washington State.  The artwork is of a postcard circa 1908 by Bernhardt Wall.

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Indian Tiger

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Seattle

This card features a view of Seahawks Stadium and the skyline of Seattle.  Unlike most of my Seattle cards, this one is an actually postcrossing card and not one sent from my friend Val or Chanele who live/lived in Seattle!

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Powell's Books - Used & New Books

This card comes from my friend Val.  It is of Powell's City of Books in Portalnd Oregon.  Powell's is the largest independent bookstore in the world with seven locations and a website www.powells.com.

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Moulting Ducks, ca. 1900

This card by Alexander Max Koester is from my friend Val in Seattle.  The painting can be found t the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington.

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Sea-Tac International Global Airport

I make no hiding of the fact that I love travel and especially airtravel.  This awesome card comes from Val, who sent me this wonderful card of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport while she was on a trip.  The larger photo was taken in 1949 on Inauguration Day.

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Study for the Death of Mozart, 1884 

This painting card is by my friend Val and is from the Frye Art Museum in Seattle.  The work was done by Hungarian artist Mihaly de Munkacsy (1844-1900).

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University of Washington

My friend Chanele sent me this card of the University of Washington.  Featured are the Arts Building, Parrington Hall, the Windemere cup, and an aerial photo of the University of Wisconsin Stadium.  

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The Space Needle

This super long postcard is of the famous Space Needle in Seattle.

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Zion Window: King David, singer of the Psalms 

This card is of a stained glass window by renown artist Marc Chagall and comes from my friend Val!

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The Shepardess, 1881, 

This card comes from my friend Valerie / Val out in Washington.  The card comes from The Frye Art Museum in Washington.  The painting is by W. A. Bourguereau (1825-1905).

Today marks the second anniversary of the start of this blog on March 12, 2014!