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Thanks Sue Hobbs for the French knots, Samuel Montalvetti for all this stuff, especially the sweet "Vizzolini" trashpo, and Val for another drinking souvenir!

This piece from TicTac looks as though it has come through a war-torn area! I don't know…

Top left, from m. nidham, some fabulous stamps from Indonesia.

The sewn piece is from Christine Jones and is quite spectacular and came sans envelope, actually this one was sent to Riga! Sorry Chris, I had this one stashed away and it wasn't in the Riga blog, sorry if you looked for it there! Lovely colour palette.

The super hero card is from Sarah…

OK, I'm gonna keep going whether you're all bored of me or not, but I WILL blog everything I received while away....

And here's one from De Villo Sloan, my first from him, and it's a doozy!

A big package chock full of crunchy goodness..Minxus Holism, a "Ripped up collage reject", a Minxus relic record, (girl in bikini looking in the mirror on the other…

From top left- Skull mail from Lynn Radford, obsolete disk from Mim Golub Scalin, more skulls from Poison, laminated ephemera from Louise Kiner, Fluxus beach card from Test Tower and Summer Sandpo from Katerina!!

Yay! Summer and Day of the Dead coming up soon! My favourite things! Thanks all, I love…

On the left a fabbo trashbook from Diane Keys which came in a very smelly incense envelope!

Oh man, it was so full on I had to hide it away for a few days in another room! It must have arrived weeks before I got back but it was still overpowering, so, sick and jetlagged, I hid it away and then days later I couldn't find it! But now it was like getting a brand new…

Carina deserves a medal for all the mail art she's been sending me! She was making welcome back mail for me before I had even started packing!

These had me laughing and smiling and it was so nice to read the witticisms and strange little details peeking out behind cut out doors! And I love my new American dress and shiny shoes to make me loooove…

MMail art received while I was in Latvia!

Hclockwise- Dean, Carina, Val, Londoner Mail Meet gang!

When I received these I just wanted to…

this rubber stamping treat from Stewart Charlebois, a first time mailart to me, but well worth the wait!

a very super mail art that folds out into a BOX by M.Nidham, my friend from Oman!…

Aaah, it's grand to be back amongst the stamp lickin' arty goodness of IUOMA. After 95 days of absence (with a quick peek here now and then) I am itching to find out what's new and who's who and check out the blogs and photos and read the 96 letters in my inbox and thank everybody personally for mail art sent to me in Latvia, yes there were lots especially from Dean...3 or 4.. and there's a boxful of MA right next to me which I'll open with my new Mexican obsidian letter opener after I've…

Thankyou to Claudia, Dean, Arac, Val, Suus in Mokum, Janine and Pascal for your mail art!

This is the last batch to arrive before I go catching planes, so any mail that comes from now on will only be answered in 3 months! Please keep sending though! I'll miss you…

At first I thought it was another farm piece from David Stafford until I saw the In Seine stamp on the other side! And when I opened the shed doors, there was Dean!…

A meaty package arrived from Ana! I love the variety of things she added...

El Steak dinner, a family heirloom, a Simplicity neck strap pattern (to keep my chins up when I'm down?) and her beautifully carved cat stamp! And a peel and keep…

Just look at the bounty of mail! I was going to put everyones' names but you can guess them and I'll clean up the mess, it was only water but I think I'll start on wine now and admire this work. Nine…

The envelopes from Carl are usually quite thin but this was a chunky doozy of an envelope!! I put them into a stamp album because they are so excellent and they look great displayed this way, on black.…

Surprise mail from Roberto!

Very nice sunny mailing, thankyou Roberto!!

And from David Stafford,

Fabulous Mail…

My first Artspace mail art! Very honoured, thanks Rebecca Guyver!

Kitty vomit from Louise Kiner via Dean Marks! Always a pleasure....RALPH!!!…

Ooh, I love it when I have no idea who has sent me surprise mail art, and that happened a few times last week!

This from Jim SantAmour with a photo and vintage stamp, VERY nice!

From Kris Naylor- SPECTACULAR pearly envelope with stamps, and collage inside..…

Great fat envelope of stuff from Austin- TEXAS!! This was a belated birthday pack and my first mailing from Austin. A BIG Robbie the robot stamp, I remember him making a guest appearance on Lost In Space! Thanks so much Austin! LOVE IT!! I'm preparing your return mail already!!…