Double Dare

Since my sister dared me to "make a mailbox happy", I decided to double dare her to send a second card.  This time, Postcrossing chose to have me send my card along to Hawaii.  This is a classic view of the CN Tower and the Roger's Dome in Toronto.

She Dared Me

The quilt featured on this postcard is titled: Reign of the Sun by quilter Diana Swim Wessel.  It is from her out of print book Inspiration Odyssey: A Journey of Self-Expression in Quilts.  Postcrossing gave me the address of a teacher in Russia.  I thought this would be perfect for her.  When I looked at it, it made me think of making paper quilts with her students.



Beauty and the Beast!

This postcard of Belle from Beauty and the Beast (click here to watch the clip of this scene on youtube) is on it's way to my friend Etsuko in Japan. she likes Hello Kitty but I didn't have any of those to send so I am sure she will like this one of Belle. Beauty and the Beast if my favourite Disney Cartoon, I have probably seen it 30 times and love it each time :) I saw it for the first time on the Champs-Elysees in Paris France when I lived there as an Au Pair girl. The Beauty and Beast 3D is in theatres right now.

I dared my sister who double dared me to send two postcards to postcrossing, www.postcrossing.com but I have done her one better I have sent one everyday for the last 5 days. I have two more too go till I meet my allowed quota of cards travelling at one time. It is nice to know I will make 7 people's mailboxes happy in the next week or so. this card with the flower is off to a young lady in the Ukraine.

First Post Card of the Year

I was very surprised when hubby returned of the mailbox yesterday with this lovely card.  I looked at the front and wondered where it had come from.  I hadn't arranged a swap and was due one via Postcrossing.  The mystery cleared when I read the back.  It is from my sister.  While she lives in Alberta, Canada, she does travel a lot and happens to have a stash of 'new' cards she had bought as souvenirs.  Fortunate for me, she has decided that it is more fun to send them out rather than keep them stored away in a drawer.

This one is from her trip several years ago to Krabi, Thailand.  Now, was that the trip where the rats gnawed through your bag and ate the chocolate that you had saved for Christmas Day?

My sister has dared me to make a person happy by requesting and sending a postcard via Postcrossing.  Well, I double dare her, I'm going to send two.  Are you a member of Postcrossing?  Have you sent out a card this year?  If you are and you haven't sent a card, I invite you to join us in our dare.  Leave me a comment after you have sent your card, and I'll send you a card as well(make sure you leave an email I can reach you at, still waiting for Grace B. to send me an email as I have a card waiting to send to her).

The Not so Joy of Winter

A right of passage for Canadian Children.  and yes, I have done this, at least once.

Sent this to New Zealand earlier in the week.

Breakfast anyone?

My sister, the other member of this blog, lives in Calgary, Alberta.  When I visited her a few years ago, she took me to a diner in Turner Valley, at the Chuck Wagon Cafe and Cattle Co., that has the most wonderful breakfasts.  Imagine her surprise when she went into the Galaxie Diner in Calgary and found that it was just as good as the other one.  Turns out that the owners are brothers.  On her last visit there were two postcards awaiting on her table.  Lucky for me I received one of them in the mail.

Post Card Friendship Friday - Pixies Rule

This is the second lovely pixie that my mother has made for me.  This darling was hand delivered.

I have shown her sibling earlier, but I wanted to show the together.  Perhaps there is a triplet?

For more postcard fun, be sure to visit Beth at The Best Hearts are Crunchy for her Postcard FriendShip Friday meme.