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trick/treat - some Mail Art hocus pocus for Halloween

fall memories take the form of cleverly captioned collages.

and a dada boomerang - the gift that keeps on giving ];-)

thanks Carien - that sneaky Velazquez girl is headed your way again, so be on the lookout.

this Audubon swan flew over here for International Postcard Day (Oct 1).* now that i know, i'll have to get my act together next year to join in the celebration. 

*yes, i am significantly behind in posting my incoming...

detail from the "Rare Bird" mural by Thomas C. Haag (Oakland) -

- mounted with attractive ephemera.

merci Fleur

these darling square pieces imply a quilt in the making, and reflect l'idee oulipienne of working within constraints, as they arrived tucked snugly into a cardboard CD mailer. i especially like the 'photomural-stamps'. thanks Ricky; i dropped off some mail for you at the post office this morning, so see you…

inside this official Australian Postal Service envelope, i found a postcard with a boomerang king-of-hearts sticker, and this very intricate collage assemblage. what you can't see feel is the stitched shapes which add another dimension to the card.…

that feeling when you open an envelope and a meteor shower spills out onto your desk ];-)

the thinking person's confetti?

thanks for all this; the ATCs are cool and have me wondering about your technique...

thanks for this many-layered pop/gop-art to celebrate International Postcard Day (Oct 1)

[who knew?]

yes for sure too many guns; great way to channel your anger.

see you in the…

more EGGS!

a little hard to see, but 'art is ridiculous free' (yes!)

so many QR codes - so little time.

also included, a recycled photo-triptych -

also, a cool boomerang-envelope [FREE…

the envelope makes me wonder if there is a Nessie-related cryptid in Taiwan...?

thanks a lot for this pair of handcrafted postcards; super, man!

i'll have the usual (3x3)*xNBS in fall colors, thank you ];-)

*three three-scrap collages

plus a side of postcard --

your technique always conjures delight.

thanks, too, for your…

divine visitors showed up in my mailbox!

the snake goddess of Crete (sporting a cat on her head) arrived by way of Athens --

-- along with a serene visage and, naturally, Athena

thanks…

"Things I Forgot"

this fantastic collage kind of reminds me of the paintings of Neo Rauch (similar forms and palette). 

and the envelope it arrived in calls to mind the dream sequence in Hitchcock's  "Spellbound" -- look! Dali himself showed up to check it out ];-)…

a panel of 'red rage' stamps!

and in the same envelope, a CAT [Crevicist Aptitude Test] (from Nonlocal Variable) --

as well as an excerpt from the summer edition of The Eastlake News --…

now this envelope, from the Blue Bunny Club, was very gratifying to open, as it contained --

several copies of the booklet "Birds of a Feather", a three-way collaboration (Mindaugas, CMB and me) - what a lovely surprise!

[sideways shout-out to Katerina, who recommended i send altered pages from Mindaugas to CMB - what a functional…

finally posting these intriguing squares, which arrived last month...

i wonder if they are cut-up se(le)ctions from a large image, perhaps a map of another green world?

i'm not a tea drinker, but that guy with the paddle looks like he might not take no for an answer!

trying to stay zen about it all...

thanks S.

latest series of blotter quilts; who wants mail?

autumn 2023 edition of Cascadia's Coffee Clutch --

happy to report that i could answer half of the trivia questions correctly ]:-)

nice decorations on the envelope, too --

thanks…

interesting take on Etsy, a smashing quartet of ATCs, +

nemo has been found!

thanks for all the (flux)fish ];-)