The Pinto

Today's postcard comes to us from FL and while it doesn't have a quote, list, or a piece of advice, I still love it. Not all of the postcards I post will be in response to the postcard writing prompts I have.  When postcards like that come in, I'll just be posting the front of the postcard, the stamps, and info about the postcard.  Sometimes it's fun to see what other postcards others have felt like sending me!  These are surprises that someone felt like sending and I absolutely love them. Sometimes I get doubles, or even triples, of a postcard I already have.  But each and everyone has something different written on it!

This little gem is absolutely fabulous.  As you've probably figured out from my other posts, I'm a big horse person.  No, let's rephrase that.  HUGE horse person.  I absolutely love this art postcard from the talented Amy Jean Porter.  Head on over to her website and see just how talented she is!  I'm loving the rest of the horse series and there are so many ADORABLE hedgiehog pieces that I feel like I just have to have!  Her style of drawing is just so great to me.  It's distinct and very easy to like. This postcard is definitely going to be one of my favorites!

The USPS has always had a history of having some pretty great Olympic stamps over the years, but I think this is one of my least favorites. HAH!  I like the 'smudgy' art look for certain things, but I'm not so sure that javelin throw is one of them!  The green color is pretty fabulous though.  Gives it a little bit of a different look from the rest of the stamps that usually have a white or blue or red background!  That 3 cent stamp has been around for what seems like forever.  For some weird reason, it always makes me think of Jesus Christ Superstar.  LOL.  I'm not even sure what it is about it.  Maybe because it kind of looks like someone standing like Jesus with multicolored light shadows behind it?  I have no clue.  The end of the school semester is getting to my brain!!!

Well, that's it for this post.  Tune in next time for the Indiana State Flag!

Happy Mailings!
-Jessa

Post Soundtrack

• Beer on the Table- Josh Thompson
• Just Got Started Loving You- James Otto
• Red Dirt Road- Brooks & Dunn

Love Rule #11

     Today's postcard comes to us from the Phoenix area and it's here to start us on the Love Rules!  I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to get our Love Rules started!  I'm going to state now that the probability of these Love Rules coming in in order is grossly overrated.  Believe me.  I've had to talk myself over it several times.  I was thinking about waiting until I had ones that were in order, but with how the post works and having volunteers write on the postcards, it could take weeks, or even months, before I would be able to post the first Love Rule.  Ya feel?   I've also realized that I'll probably have some postcards coming in that will overlap in numbers.  Haven't quite decided how I'm going to address that, and honestly, I probably won't until that problem arises!  I'm pretty good at procrastination.

     I've actually been to Bedrock City up at the Grand Canyon, AZ.  It was on my Bucket List, so this postcard was in my collection of self bought postcards from my travels.  The theme park was pretty stinkin' awesome if I do say so myself.  It was totally kitschy and cheesy, but I loved it!  The theme shop was full of the traditional touristy schtuff, Flintstones were everywhere, and there was so much to do once you went through the tourist shop.  I couldn't get enough. 

Love Rule # 11-  Love is a risk.  Do it anyway.

     I love this rule.  It really resonates with me with my anxiety and my fear of rejection, especially when I take into consideration my inability to talk to almost anyone of the male persuasion!  I don't even know what it is about them, but it's so, so difficult. What am I losing out on by not taking any risks?  Love is always a risk and you'll never know how it will pay out until you've jumped in and grabbed the bull by the horns.  Sometimes it's more than worth it and everything works out the way you think it should.  Yet sometimes, it just crashes and burns and you wonder how and why everything went wrong.  If you're anything like me, the crashing and the burning seem to be the area that likes to buddy up with me and I absolutely hate it! But because the tries I've had haven't ended up the way I wanted, I tell myself that I'm less likely to want to risk it all and try again.  That fear stops me from putting myself out there.  Who wants to live life always on the sidelines?  I know I don't and I have to do something about it! 

     How many of you guys have taken risks with love?  Did it pay or was it a crash and burner?  Let us know in the comments!

Happy Mailing!

-Jessa

Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and The Fox

One of the best things about postcards, in my honest opinion, is the ability that little piece of paper has to brighten up your day!  Sure, most of the postcards you receive will be something you're looking for or swapped for, but every once in a while, the postcard you see in your mailbox just makes your day!  That's the case for the subject of this fabulous post!  I slid my key into the lock and opened up the little door, and this beauty was sitting on top!

Look at this cute little fox and his adorable chickies!  There are the two that are sleeping, oblivious to the world, the one sitting on top of his furry little orange head like a hat, and the fourth just standing there.  I love them all!  The fox has adorable little feet.  It almost looks like he stepped into sticky mud and it never came off!  Though, I have to say that this little illustration reminds me of a children's story!  Do you see his little teeth?  So cute!

This is such a great quote! I remember reading Alice in Wonderland as a child and it was such a trip, heading down the rabbit hole into the strange new land.  There are quite a few quotes from those writings that we could take note in, but we would agree in saying this is probably one of the most important. "I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then." How true is that?  Things happen in our life that aren't always what we want to happen, and we feel, sometimes, that we are in the wrong place at the wrong time and we'd do anything we could to change that.  But the fact of the matter is, we can't.  It's as simple as that.  Not only that, but even if we could, we would change the entire course of the rest of our lives!  Maybe that was meant to happen.  After all, don't they say everything happens for a reason?  I believe that.  Certainly, that doesn't always mean that the things that happened were happy or joyful, but it definitely helped shape us to be the people we are today.  We can't change the past but we can go forward and try to have a happier future!

Have any of you read "Alice in Wonderland"?  Let me know in the comments about your favorite part!

Happy Mailing!

-Jessa

Albert Einstein's The Man!

Drumroll pleaaaaasseeeee! I have my first postcard for the Postcard Project!  So fantastic.  I can hardly contain myself! Hang on a second, Ima go dance for a bit. :3  "Happy Happy Postcards...La La La."

Ok, back!  Phew.  I got a little excited, if you couldn't tell. :) Granted, this postcard was received a little bit ago, but I have to catch up with the blogging world. I'm a bit behind.  But still!  A postcard for the blog! I loved the entire thing.  The postcard, the stamp, what was written on it; everything.  I can't wait to tell you guys all about it   Let's start with the postcard and see where this adventure takes us!

How cool is that postcard?  It was handmade/printed by the Sendsomething user "Fast Eyes". I think my favorite part of the whole postcard was the coffee ring in the upper left corner. Weird thing to like, I know, but I love it.   Sometimes I'm a bit wary of handmade cards , for several reasons.  Mostly because I don't always know what kind of medium they're going to use, but this postcard completely surprised me.  It was very professional and looked just like a postcard one could buy in a store.  Color me impressed! :)

Oh my goodness! Their handwriting!  I LOVE.  I am such a weirdo when it comes to handwriting.  When I find one I like, I go crazy.  And believe me, I went crazy.  Wondering why?  Well, let me show you!

Yeah, what did I tell you?  That handwriting is fabulous, just fabulous. It is so much easier to enjoy a postcard when the handwriting is readable and pretty or enjoyable to look at.  This particular postcard passed with flying colors!  I also particularly loved the quote from Albert Enstein. 

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.". Einstein.

This quote resonates with me so well.  One of the things I tell myself quite often is that I am ridiculously curious and am always trying to figure out the things around me.  Am I great at everything I try? Oh heck no! Haha.  But I am always wanting to try something new!  Curiosity is something that is missing in quite a few people nowadays, it seems like.  Why are people so afraid to be curious?  How is that a crime?  Curiosity is the food that keeps things progressing and it's something I'll never be ashamed of.  Sure, maybe curiosity killed the cat, but he had a heck of a time before he died! :3  Nah, just kidding.  I am not goin’ to die.  

They were so fabulously thoughtful in the stamp they chose for my postcard!  It's an Arizona stamp that fits perfectly in my collection!  Take a look for yourself and let us know what you think!

I've always enjoyed the 'Greetings From..." postcards, so you can probably imagine my surprise when I found out they had related stamps!  It was insane.  I still haven't been able to find them, used or otherwise. Which is completely and utterly devastating!   But I haven't given up hope.  I'm going to keep on looking and maybe one day it will pay off!

As you've probably realized, I'm a blabber.  I can go on and on and on and then on some more when I'm not reined in, but hopefully, if you've made it this far down the blog post, you'll stay for the last few sentences.  I am so grateful to Sendsomething's Fast Eyes.  I've enjoyed writing about the first blog related postcard I’ve received, and I can promise there will be many, many more.  Hopefully this post was entertaining, but if not, let me know and I'll do what I can to make the next one better!

Happy Mailing!

-Jessa