Postcard from kirsty_mumu from Taiwan
Postcard from csanant from the USA
Not only did J receive this cute Hallowe’en card, she also got a book recommendation, some stickers and cute little pumpkin with a ghostie inside. Now she wants to learn to make tissue ghosts (and I say yay! because it’s an easy craft that I can figure out!)
Postcard from moppie284 from the Netherlands (handmade!)
Postcard from GintareS from Lithuania
Postcard from Geolra from Russia
This is a really late post from the first 101 in 1001!
J and I had an evening when we were in Kelowna in June when my mom took C for about an hour so we could go to the park. J wanted to do something “fun.” She picked the alphabet for this one (May 2008). It was lots of fun searching for the right things for each letter and it was fun to see who things are different from J’s perspective!
A is for ant (can you spot it? It’s tiny)
B is for bench
C is for car
D is for dandelion
E is for emptying. J filled her boot up with pebbles and then couldn’t figure out why she couldn’t get it off. Once she tipped them out, it was no problem!
F is for fountain
G is for goal
H is for home (or hole)
I is for insect
J is for…J!
K is for kick
L is for light
M is for moss
N is for needles
O is for Oregon grape
P is for park
Q is for “Queen of the Castle”
R is for rocks
S is for shadow
T is for teeter totter
U is for uphill
V is for view
W is for wasp’s nest
X is for X
Y is for yummy Yop!
Z is for zooooooooooooooom
Ever since I took J with me to Guide Camp, she has been asking when she can be a “big-girl kid” and be a Guide. And then her cousin told her about being a Spark and J HAD TO BE A SPARK. Which was just fine with me as I had already planned to sign her up!
Two weeks ago, J got enrolled. Luckily she had a Smart Cookies shirt my mom gave her because her uniform hadn’t arrived yet.
She was very proud of herself because she managed to memorize the Promise, “I promise to share and be a friend,” without much help.
I am a very proud mommy! She’s a Spark now! I hope her time in Guiding is as wonderful as mine has been. I’ve had so many opportunities because of it…I’ve been able to travel and work abroad, my Guiding experience has helped me find jobs here at home, and most importantly, some of the most important people in my life are here because of Guiding. Some are amazing friends I’ve made over the years in Guiding…decades actually and then there are the three people I spend my days with. If my Guiding friend Stacey hadn’t introduced me to Alex, well, my life would be very different today!
A few days after enrollment, our mailbox was quite literally jam packed…there was a special package waiting for J – her uniform! And look how happy that made her.
Postcard from Moorhexe from Norway via Germany
Description: Moorhexe lives in Germany but took this picture while visiting a cousin in Northern Norway.
Postcard from santos38 from the UK
Description: BRITISH HERITAGE COLLECTION
By Alpen Art
Series 6: Towns and Villages
Port Sunlight Village Post Office, Wirral
Typical of the imaginative architecture found in this unique village founded in 1888 by William Hesketh Lever. Originally built to provide dwellings for his workers close to his new soap factory, the whole village is now classes as an Outstanding Conservations Area.
Postcard from one of my penpals who is on holiday in France
Postcard from twinkley from New Zealand
Description: Wellington Cable Car Museum
The Wellington Cable Car museum celebrates the history of the cable car that links the heart of the city with the suburb of Kelburn. Opened in 1902 the service continues to operate today with modern cars.
An artists impression of one of the historic Welling Cable Cars in 1902.
By Wellington Artist Eric Heath.
Seven is a lucky number, right? Well, then we must be having a lucky day because we got seven cards today!
Postcard from furious_forever from Belarus
Postcard from Alfons from Germany
Description: Aachen cathedral
This is an “old” card – the paper is definitely not the kind of postcard stock commonly used now and take a look at the vehicles!
Postcard from lifeofmai from the Netherlands
Description:
Top and bottom left – Kinderdijk
Bottom centre – Tienhoven (Utrecht)
Bottom right – Zaanse Schans
Postcard from Zhuzha-22 from Russia
Description: From the book “Classic Fairy Tales” Puss in Boots
Postcard from ZogStarlene from Florida
Postcard from loiswisch from Texas
Postcard from GerdaZ from Connecticut
Postcard from Liefdeinvenetie from the Netherlands (handmade!)
Postcard from ol_25 from Russia
Description: Artist Loginova Annet
Postcard from imahockeynut from Canada
Description: White and Red Trillium
Since 1937, the trillium has been Ontario’s floral emblem. Reaching a height of 12” to 18” along the forest floor, trilliums bloom for only two to four weeks in Spring.
