First Postcrossing Postcard as PAKHM

It has traveled to my door from the mountains of North Carolina.

Front

 

Back

Thanks, Sarah!

Out: Postcards for Postcrossing

I love it when I have the right postcards. Part of the fun is having something that you know the recipient is likely to enjoy. I think I pulled it out, this time.

These three are traveling to:
China

Germany

and the Philippines

New Postcrossing Profile

I am no longer Postcrossing as khmstree ... Last year, there just wasn’t any time for my favorite hobby, so I have a new profile: pakhm ... It is weird to go from 20+ postcards at a time, to just 5 but it is convenient, at the same time. So far, I have sent 7 cards out. Three, have been registered, so far. The others are traveling to the other side of the earth, so I was not expecting a quick turn around.

The three that have been received:
To the U.S.

To Germany

To Belgium

Expired Postcards

It's that time of year, again.

My first two years postcrossing, I found that I cannot end the year without addressing my expired postcards, and this year is no different.

I have nine of them. These were the cards I was supposed to send right after I ended up in the hospital last June/July.

A lot of postcards got lost in the shuffle last summer, so I am going to spend this afternoon getting to know those postcrossers again (by their profiles of course), picking new postcards for each of them, writing or drawing something on them - and getting them mailed out.

...And then there is the package I need to finish for a midwest city gnome who makes me smile.

Mole

So today, I get this card here...

It is from Monica in the Czech Republic. I had to look this little guy up. The Mole, by Zdenek Miler. I found this terrific little video...

The Mole and Radiohead [Mashup] from Bjarne Bakke Kvistad on Vimeo.
Totally awesome. Mole and Radiohead.

Postcard Geek Heaven!

I just love good mail. Today, I got 265 brand new postcards. Plus, a pack of 20 came on Monday. That should be enough cards to last me through June!

Four Postcards, Today!

It is a lovely day for postcards. I received four from abroad and a pack of 20 that I ordered. Postcards of mailboxes - some of my favorite things to see on a postcard. Three of the four were ones I needed to register at postcrossings, the other (the pretty bird one), was a 'just because' something extra from someone very, very nice. :D

They are from: Turkey, Normandy, Prague and Dusseldorf, Germany. Very pretty postcards with engaging messages on the reverse.

Back At It

It has been a whole year and a half since I have been this busy with mail, but it had been such a long time since I was a student in a formal setting, it felt right to focus primarily on that. Here is me getting back into the swing of things...

I sent out 16 postcards at a time (above), for which I will receive 16 in return. Some have begun to arrive (below).