Postcards Revisit . . .

postcard post a few days past has had me revisiting

some of my cards plus wanting to share with you

something that a blogger friend shared with me

first . . . the photo above

favorites because of their age, messages, designs

the santa tree one in the middle was a gift from my brother

a 1903 mailed from Oxford

see the tiny 50 in the bottom

that is what he paid for it when he was buying and selling postcards

and I was the fortunate one when he gifted this one to me

 

the tiny little card, is a photo of a card I sent out to a friend long ago

the message

Colorado's Pine and silent Peak

That bend and breed

but never speak

Yet e'em their silence seems to send,

The peace that comes 'tween friend and friend.

some of the messages on a postcard are so loving and tender

I find it quite special that I can

read them, save them, share them

I find my postcards and cards some of my most favorite collectibles.

As I have said, I look for dates, names, messages.

I was "over the moon" when I read the following comment from my friend

Jeanie

"My favorite find was -- wait for it -- a postcard written by my GRANDMOTHER (who died before I was born) written to the woman who was my childhood babysitter and her next door neighbor showing a hint of our family cottage at the lake! I did a post on it eons ago. I stood at the vendor's booth and cried."

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try to imagine what that must have felt like

standing there, at a vendor booth, looking at

and reading cards and you pick up a card and

see your grandmothers name and handwriting

gives me goose bumps

I was in awe and interested in Jeanie

and we have made a new connection with one another over postcards

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(Isn't blogging wonderful!)

If you are as interested in some of her story, as I was,

here is another message from Jeanie and a link to take you to more of her story.

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I was at the twice-a-year Antiquarian Book and Paper Show which is in Lansing in April and October.

Much of what they have are books (of every kind, used, some very old, some just old, most out of print), maps, ephemera, print advertising and of course, postcards.

Here's the link. You'll recognize much of the story of Fran in this post.

As I mentioned in the current one, she played a huge part in mom's life and mine

and I'd written about her often on the blog.

http://themarmeladegypsy.blogspot.com/2011/10/best-find-ever.html

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enjoy these pre spring days

 

 

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