They Do A Great Job!

Secure your dog and protect your postie.

Are there any other countries that call their postal workers posties?

Crabby Mood

It's hard to find crabby jokes. This one's going to Miranda, in Canada. It made me giggle 🦀.

Great Barrier Reef

Here's a little green sea turtle I drew to glue on the postcard behind it. I forgot to take a photo of the completed back side of the postcard, it's going to my friend Heike, in Germany. I've swam with these majestic, graceful animals :).

Russian Embroidery

Looove this postage stamp sent on a postcard from Russia. It's actually 2 triangular self adhesive stamps, with a diagonal perforation separating the two. Interesting. The stamp is one of 4 in a series released in June 2020, depicting Decorative and Applied Arts of Russia - Embroidery. This particular stamp shows beautiful Tatarian embroidery. Hope I get the other 3! 

From This, To This

Elizabeth from Alaska sent me a blank sketch postcard in early November 

and today I took my time colouring it in following the colours on the back of the postcard using coloured pencils.

I'm so pleased with how it turned out! Elizabeth is an artist, so I'm thinking of returning her completed postcard in the mail as a gift. She wrote "It is -16F today (-26C) so I have a cozy fire in the woodstove. My three cats are all sleeping and the sunlight is bright on the snow outside. I'm thankful for this domestic comfort today." Beautiful words, it's such a pleasure receiving postcards like this ❄️💖 🌨️.