November 2014 Blog Posts (199)

Folded into three, the big banana took over the office.  Yes, nearly 3 feet long and as yellow as the sun.

But at least this one is not…

While some of you are about to have your Thanksgiving dinner and later watch the football game, I am here in France where we do not celebrate Thanksgiving.  Although we have a lot to be thankful for, it's just never caught on, and is just another work day.…

Not too big,(18x10cm) but I still had to go to the post office to pick it up.

The postal gals love the "smiling doggie" on Erni's mail...they know who it is for now.

Look, look...open carefully:…

Katerina is taking all the risks and testing the Greek postal system again.  This time she wins and in a very big way.  Of course this was too big to fit in a mailbox, for off…

Inspired the day after 18 November which was interNational Banana appreciation day, Heleen put her pen to work and did her bit.   She took every banana she had in the house and started drawing one them.  After a while it occurred to her that it would be difficult to get these…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Claudia Garcia (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

November 25, 2014  - Time flies (the paper bird I received reminds me) and it has been almost a year since I last received mail-art from Claudia…

Well, what does it mean? A video game sound when hitting?

Does Erni know?

Also the eDictionary says it can…

Splash of vibrant colors in the mailbox!...trees?

And a peek through the "window" of the business envelope.

What a fantastic poster...TREES in Memory of Guido:…

This deep, rich beauty was brought by the postman this morning.

Nice square format...the postman loves it, me too!

Amazing paint, canvass and other textures that cannot be "felt" via the internet:…

What a fantastic surprise! Kim sent lots from Japan and Korea.

Beautiful First Issue postage! And many items to…

The envelope woudA been plenty Viz-Love it. Thanks.…

This is a brown paper bag that Vizma had her wine in, and decided to purpose it to me as a fantastic boekie.  Thanks, VB!…

Thank you, Claudia for the puzzle!

And the nice…

                                      Eu não poderia amanhecer sem seu amor, sem ele nada sou , o tempo passa mais eu gosto de você onde é a jóia mais rara que todo colecionador gostaria de ter...pois és um rio desaguando em mim onde sou seu mar que nunca vai ter fim. Meus pensamentos são flores perfumando os caminhos  que me levam á você...pois me fascinam…

Envelope art for the postmen and women to enjoy, too.

Richard Baudet sent a beautifully written address and recycled the Greek stamp

but added a French stamp to arrive just fine:…

Jack of Cascadia ArtPost has begun a "little town" project

and will send "Peeps" (little people) around the world,

also he is creating a model town of Cascadia for his little Peeps!…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Michele K. Henderson (Buhl, Alabama, USA)

November 24, 2014 - Deepest thanks go out to Michele K. Henderson who sent me this lovely card from sunny Alabama. Michele knows that I spent some time…