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The Sunday Mail Flail

The Sunday Mail Flail

I’m finally catching up on my overcommitments to Swap-Bot.  You know, after spending four hours on outgoing mail today.  Which was actually very enjoyable! The top pic was all outgoing today – that’s 11 total (the picture is somewhat cropped), not including the letter I wrote to my new pen pal in Kentucky.  The bottom two pictures were smaller outgoing mails from earlier this week. By the way, if…

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Adventures in Swapping

This week my mailbox didn’t see much activity, but what it did see was pretty awesome. This came in on Monday, which was a really stressful day for me as I got a start on inventory at work with a new system.  This postcard really turned my day around and made me very happy.  It came from a Postcrosser in Hong Kong. These two came on Thursday and were my first Swap-Bot mails to receive.  The fox…

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Standstill at the Crossroads

Standstill at the Crossroads

…The Postcrossing Roads to be more specific. It’s been a very slow week for getting to send mail, which apparently meant I needed to organize my postcard stash. That may not look  like much in the way of actual organization, but at least *I* know where everything is.  Mostly. Despite the slow send week, I did get all four of these lovely cards in the mail. Three were from a regular Postcrossing…

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Postcrossing Update

It’s been an emotionally stressful past few weeks which I will eventually have the energy to write about.  For now, let’s just stick with the fun stuff. These are the five postcards I sent out this week.  They are going to the Netherlands, Texas, Sweden, Russia, and Germany. I received three this week as well. From Japan From the Netherlands.  LOOK AT THE PUPPY. From Taiwan.  This is my favorite…

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Outgoing Mail for Monday

Outgoing Mail for Monday

Going in the mailbox tomorrow! Kitty face is heading to Malaysia, Tink’s going to Germany, and the mysterious blue envelope is going somewhere mysterious. No incoming this week, but with all five of my Postcrossing cards traveling, hoping to see some in the next week or two.

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Again, thank you so much to everyone who stopped by the livestream both Yesterday and the day before… I don’t do livestreams often since I’m really hesitant about them but…everyone made it so fun for me, I really enjoyed talking to everyone and just had a really amazing time. I can’t wait for the next one!

PS: After the stream I did a second version; night!

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The life of a pet owner: “What are you eating? OH GOD WHAT ARE YOU EATING???”

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An Octopus unscrewing a lid from the inside.

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Coming into a fandom late

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Plate 3. Senegal Genet, Hausa Genet, Crest Genet (from top to bottom).  The carnivores of West Africa. 1974.

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AILURINE [aka AELURINE]

[adjective]

1. of or pertaining to cats.

2. suggestive of a cat, as in suppleness or stealthiness.

Etymology: from the Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros), “cat”.

[Lenka Simeckova - Catwoman]

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*BOUNCY INTENSIFIES*

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GRAMARYE [aka GRAMARY] 

[noun] 

1. magic; enchantment. 

2. occult learning; magic. 

Etymology: from Middle English gramary < Old French gramaire, literally, grammar.

[Līga Kļaviņa - Faerie Night]

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売り切れ必至 #ferretshow #ferret #ferrets #フェレショー (浜松市総合産業展示館)

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Around the World in Eighty Postcards

Around the World in Eighty Postcards

A couple of years ago my friend Jennifer moved out of town – not that far away, and in fact to my home town, so while we could still see each other from time to time, we rarely did.  Through the years we had off and on complained about how we both had ridiculous collections of stationery, cards, and postcards that we never used.  I can’t remember now who made the first move (probably her), but…