... so the saying goes. I'm not talking literally about rains here but I am talking about the numerous postcards that I recently collected from the post office for two consecutive Sundays.
God must have rewarded me for sending quite a number of postcards lately - a record 14 (in one outing) to boot - as a result of the ever-growing requests for private swaps from postcard-collectors and hobbyists. I am really overwhelmed at the requests but I am not complaining at all. The following were received in a span of two weeks:
I observed that a number of them, or at least that I've encountered, were from the Eastern European countries, e.g., Croatia, Serbia, Belarus, Ukraine, etc. I am glad to be in touch with hobbyists and collectors from that side of the world. I think now more than ever they are enjoying the benefits of an open society more than the past decades. I feel that my world and my knowledge of the world has expanded, and so does my friendship circle and my desire to see the world out there. Oh well, if I could not travel around the world, at least, I have these postcards to look at and show off :)
My regular Sunday trips to the post office also yielded two parcels, one from dear Fortuitous Faery of New Jersey, USA who also sent me a postcard and a fridge magnet of the globe-trotting Miss Igorota (Postcards from Miss Igorota), and another one from my husband's parents in England, who lovingly packed stuffs including a video-CD of the family putting up their Christmas tree and quite a number of postcards from Grandma Rita's collection (see below):
I was told there are more postcards to come to add to my collection. I have a feeling that I am inheriting Grandma Rita's collection, thank you very much. It is with great pleasure that I accept these postcards and make them mine. Now I really have to buy one of those nice album to put my postcards in.
Anyways, to those who haven't received the postcard I sent, please be patient, they're all on its way to you. I only ask that you inform me once it reaches you. There are still postcards and stamp covers left unsent, but don't you worry... I'm trying my best to accommodate you all. Please feel free to come by, leave a comment or two, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Have a great weekend, everyone.
GRABE BA. DAMU DAMU NA GID POSTCARDS MO NABATON. WOW NA WOW.
I'm happy to see my card of Mont St Michel has arrived! That is, unless someone else chose to send you the exact same one as I did! I used to think my father an I were unusual with our love of postcards, but now I find so many other people, mostly through PostCrossing. It's wonderful.
Hello Sheila.
No doubt, the Mont St Michel postcard is from you!! I will feature it individually in my later posts. My husband actually saw Mont St Michel while he was cycling from England, passing through France, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.
You were right about feeling a bit odd because at first I felt the same, too, but when I met sooo many postcard-hobbyists -- I finally became at ease :)
Thanks for the card, and let's keep in touch :)
hi! i'm glad my postcard and magnet reached you!
i saw your draft for miss iggy's blog with the fridge magnets! hehe. :)
i keep my postcards from postcrossing in a big, fat photo album that can hold the larger postcards. it's full now, so i bought a clear album from muji store, but it can't accommodate the larger postcards. :P