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Willemien's very clever modification of The Mosque of Omar.  No not the guy on The Muppets, this is the one in Damascus.  You need to look close but there is a mix of three differnt styles buildings.  It surely doesn't look like that in Damascus.  Nor does the little girl.

Thank you Willemien, be seeing you…

Sarah has now mastered the Jon Foster's "Tape over the Top" method.  And no bits have fallen off.  Keeping bits attached is very important.

Thank you Sarah. 

A streak of three for Valentine's Day, World Banana Day & Feathered Barcodes.

Thank you Catherine,  Love the "Bar Codes are Feathers too" phrase.

Well not giggles, but screams of laughter.  An amazing idea.  Although it wasn't a package from Erni, one should always have a knife near by just in case.

Things got a little hairy when eyes start looking back at you.

They say;…

Over the Top, non?

And a message that just won't quit.

Well what can a guy…

Erni sent me this little row of sticks attached together.  To top it off, he paid 2.99 euros for it. 

What ever in the world is it?      And whatever am I suppose to do with it?

Watch this space (stay tuned).  By tomorrow I'll have and anwser.  Today I'm a bit busy with it being V day and…

Simple yet WOW.  An old Paris map (doesn't have the velib (bicycle) stations, and a 153 year old letter in French.  Not to be mistaken for a French Letter. Yes you can google it.

   The letter in French was stamped in Newcastle on Tyne, UK (where Val comes from) on March 13, 1860.  Amazing how the two go together so well.

Thank you Mim, material do…

To fold or not to fold, that is the question.  I received this Origami Banana and an original MAil Art Martha trademark postcard.  The item on the right is an add & pass, which is difficult for me as I never use envelopes, but I'll try.

Thank you Martha, I keep unfolding it and re-folding it to see how it…

     Well I'm taking a shot in the dark that this is from David Stafford.  Although his name is not written anywhere, the sense of humour and style is there. 

     Actually I didn't know that David could do water colours, and this would not be the first time he has surprised me with his work.

     The dead give away was "Lavern Smollett"  David is the only one who would know about Lavern.  Lavern is the daughter of Tobias George Smollett.  The man who invented the…

     Two simple 3D foam "C" elements locked together.  On the back Erni writes; "Strange Yin & Yang    Fire & Water    Good & Evil" 

     At first it looked simple, but then many deep meanings come to mind.  If Fire is Red and Water is blue, then shouldn't Good be Red and Evil Blue?

     It would be interesting to come up with a questionaire with words, and people would have to attribute colors to them.  Yes, I'm sure someone is going to tell me that it has already…

Roland lives in Germany. 

Roland makes Arti Stamps and other clever mail art. 

Roland is not a member of the Banana group or even a member of IUOMA. 

Roland and I  send Mail Art to each other from time to time.

Roland so far has not said that he does not like what I send him, so this is a good sign.

Roland says I can use these Arti stamps in my Mail Art to all of you.

Roland, that is just what I'm going to do.…

Please Please Please help me

When I was younger, so much younger than today,

I never could paint or draw in any way.

But now these days are gone, I'm so self assured,

Now I find I've changed my mind and I paint like before.

Thank you Diane, The black board brings back some great memories. Like having to write 50 times, "Dean will not make the…

From Dogs to cats, from Love to Amour.  Lots of detail to look over.

Thank you Angie

The Bunny, Rose and LAdy in a clear air tight lamination.  How do they breath?  Should I open the lamination to get them out, or must they stay in the package?

Thank you Stephanie, a breath of fresh air.

The Vizma Fish book of schools.

Plenty of Fish in the Sea and hours in a day

Well as they in Jaws:…

Just when you thought you could do no more with Trashpo cans, Erni pops them on a background and the whole idea takes a design approach.

The three cans have been pinned on blue packing foam.  In a frame with backlighting, these could look FAB on a wall.  Sadly the cans are unsigned as they normally are, but I doubt that these are Erni copies.  They look too…

     New on the block for me is Anete Ulmane from Riga, Latvia.  This one is called; "Trashpo n° 3".  WOW , if this is N° 3, I can't wait to see what N° 99 will look like.

   It has nearly everything you could ask for in a Trashpo piece.  Tickets, birth control pill packages, cardboard, tissue from a dress, sewing, tea packaging, a hand written letter (remember those?), magizine cut outs, and what I really love is a "waiting line ticket * " n° 146.  (* Not sure what they are…

     Well needless to say, this one got some good feedback from the postman & our concierge, who over the pass year have somehow become art critics.  They tell me that Taidgh's use of rich colours on the envelope enhances his drawings to a high point.…

Stripygoose Sue is on the 365 road and ain't stopping until she finishes.  This one is called; N° 231 "Ant loves the big outdoors."  I love the use of the inner fluted corrugated medium.

Thank you Sue, you're on your way.  Ant you?

Val was so kind enough to send me his credit card to buy art supplies.  Sadly when I got to the store the lady said that the balance on the credit card was zero.  I should have known better from looking at the card number.  So in the end, I give her the painted beer mat he sent me as payment.  She then called the manager ...

Yes, I might of known this, but then…