Valentine Mark Herman's Comments

Ok, maybe I'm being too shallow, after all I did ask for your hand in friendship because you reminded me of my cat in a beret. And I wouldn't hesitate to accept friendship from the first toilet seat that requested it!!

Viz the Biz

Don't know about that one Val, I thought that a toilet seat wanted to friend me!! Where's your little beret?

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for some mail art telecom to the moon project

Sir Valentine Mark Herman,

...that is not a "pretzel hat" you have here...it is clearly an obnoxious bow, and ribbon extravaganza...even for a princess...or prince. Pleazzzzzeee bring Santa baby here for the holiday season!

Bonsoir Monsieur Valentine! If You write "La Suède" my wife will keep it to herself. But as I watch my mail box very careful everytime I expect something from France I am not worried. Your Art will be in my hands.

...Vive La France et La Suède ...but not Le Canada et Le Danemark ;)

Nik le Suedoise

Grazie!!! é un mandolino di mio nonno , durante un'alluvione è andato distrutto , l'ho aggiustato un po' e poi l'ho usato per le mie installazioni... un abbraccio . bruno .

Hi Val,

What are these Yangalang tangatang Lithuanian Pinga ponga references? Have you been hitting the juice??? Or haven't I had enough?!

About your son, I haven't seen him for a few days so I can't guarantee his health and safety, he went off with a bag of breadcrumbs and a spoon in the direction of the tunnel one morning. Maybe the breadcrumbs will sustain him for a few more days, I'll have to get around to checking on him soon. He's a good worker and digger, you might even get to meet up with him in the tunnel for Xmas if you put in more effort at your end.

I don't recommend swimming here unless you've had lots of practice, how many times have you done the Channel?

Today I almost sent your mail art without a stamp! Has that ever happened to you? So I went to the post office and asked for the nicest stamp witha cartoon of Santa at the beach, but he said no because it wasn't International. So now you'll get a boring and ugly stamp with a "Naivety" scene.

Unless it ends up in Estonia.

Elagu,

Vizma

Worms will attack that multi-color monstrosity on your head! Head Worms! AACK!

Time to put a STP to the worm's attack, Val. They retreat from RED!

Put on the Santa cap, NOW!

Hi val

Glad you got and lliked the Postcard "Val likes Stamps"  Thanks for the invitation.

Sveiks Val!

A bit of Latvian for you. It seems as if you know more about Waits than I do. There is an old schoolhouse, a little church, no pub or shop or mailbox. 165 people? I've seen about 14. And one is a very famous footy player in this country who actually visited here once, I guess you could say that a bit of wee came out that day!!! But I digress.  I drove by Old Rd today and wanted to go and look at the house but it was up a very steep hill and I didn't want to spill my wine, so I came back home.

Sorry I didn't send your letter today cos my bloody printer ran out of drink and I wanted a copy of all the letters (as thay were so darned good! ha ha) so I'll drive back to Victor tomorrow to post. I'm hoping you'll have my first posting by then too.

My sister says hi, she keeps asking what has Val written and she is more of a slavedriver than me, so David is safer with me.

Uzredzesanos,

Vizma

Don't fret Val!

 You're my bestest pal, Val! Had a horrid computer/internet connection day yesterday, I had to spit the dummy, crack a fruity and then roll on the ground having a big tanty until my sister raced over to me with a large calmative glass of red. Soooo, then I went and made mail art and felt much better. 7 people will be very happy soon, including you, so off to the post office i must go. Then I'll get on my abacus and try to calculate how much I need for a deposit on your house.

Gangajang, Vizma.

Those stamp pieces are HILARIOUS.  Congrats on your envelope show! Looks like you might inspire many future mail artists!  Also- thank you for the recent postcard, it too had me laughing quite loudly. 

Potato potato potato! That's an Irish greeting too.Yes, I'll send you a Summer in Waitpinga envelope for your exhibition, since summer has just started here this month. Waitpinga is only famous for its surf beach, "Waits" as us locals call it. Lots of people drown and die and get eaten by sharks there, but it's very pretty. I tell all my friends to go there, well, the ones I have left...

 You should Google earth the farm,it's mainly a bunch of trees, a crumbling farmhouse, and 350 acres of nothing but sheep, cows, roos and dams. You might be better off digging to the nearest town, Victor Harbor and asking for directions there.

I KNOW what a FRench letter is, did you think I was talking about an actual letter, how can that expire and crumble? Enough on that, you started it anyway, not me.

I hope you'll be doing the cat lovers exchange, yes? I left some ideas there.

Cheerio. V

Hmm...I don't know about your French letter idea. I think I have some that expired in 1992, but they might crumble in the post. 

Hi V!

What the...who is this? Where's my bereted friend? Oh phew, that's not too clowny!

Looks like that was fun, what a lovely idea, what will you do with all the anvelopes? Send them to IUOMA members with your name on the back? Ha ha, slave labour, cunning plan!

Thanks for teaching me some Aussie slang, we don't use that in the South.

I hate computers too, I've been known to cry, throw tantrums and swear like a wharfie at my laptop.Tho I would like to know how to do a blog like all the other clever people and show my received art, of which there are five. But I don't know what a blog is, so forget that idea.

I found Spooons, the @ was the problem. I like Susannah's telephone.

Cheers,

the other V.

Sounds like a terrific idea! With the avatar in place I finally got time to make art again. I'll dust off my black old berret and sharp the pencil.

Have a nice evening and see You in the mailbox..

Regards, Niklas

Merci! It was actually intended as a picture for my profile avatar but some error makes me go without one until I resolve it. I am new to this site so thank's for Your nice comment!

Buy the way...love Your hat!

Regards Niklas

..and ...Cheers! :)

Dear Val, I think I spend more time writing to you and reading your fabulous comments than I do actually making mail art.

Clowns give me the creeps, I don't think I've been attacked or ever had a bad experience with one, but, ugh..creepy.

Oh, you want to visit the farm, yes that's fine, and your son could sure use a hand castrating the sheep and bulls. (Is that the sort of non G rated photo you had in mind?)

I will have to write to you this week, did you get my mail art? It seems like many letters to and from me are getting stuck somewhere for weeks, maybe someone is admiring them and borrowing them for a little while.

David says hello, (or is it help?) but he's very sunburnt and quite emaciated. I should probably let him have a glass of water. Well, it'll rain eventually.

Seeya mate!

Vizma

What's frosties?