cats go camping

I hope you all are enjoying your long weekend. I have a few of these postcards with the cats dressed up and doing things. They're super cute. Click to see it bigger.

summer dreaming

Although it is currently raining here in the Pacific Northwest and is supposed to all weekend, and although, truthfully, I am less enchanted with summer than most people I know - these postcards make me long to be on summer holiday, lying in the sun and listening to the sound of the canoe paddles in the water.

I adore this place, seen above. The postcard is not written on the back. Torre Del Lago is a town in Lucca, Tuscany in Italy.



This other image is closer to home. Lake Odell, Oregon. This postcard also has no message on the back. It looks lovely.

I actually got this posted in time for Postcard Friendship Friday. Take a look over at The Best Hearts are Crunchy blog and you can see all the other blogs that are participating and posting postcards today.

Kids in Golden Gate Park

I got this 8x10 glossy at the postcard show last month. On the back is the name and address of Jim Marshall. Jim was a very famous photographer in San Francisco. He documented all the bands and musicians during the 60's and 70's, mostly in the Bay Area.. He died recently, in March of this year. I have no idea how this picture ended up with that seller. I think this was the only one. I didn't know he was so famous when I bought it, but I am not surprised.

I really like this image because I always love seeing the crowds in the shots from those 60's concerts. The title on the back is "Kids in Golden Gate Park".

gathering

I love this small collection of photos I have come across recently. I have always admired the idea of gathering flowers, seashells, fronds, pine cones, rocks and other natural things that you find in nature, usually on the ground. I sometimes forget to do it. My mother and sister are gatherer's. I think that is why I admire it. As a kid I would watch them picking up pine cones and twigs and think, wow, what a great idea.

postcard weekend

Here are some photos from the Postcard Auction and Sale last weekend.

I had never participated in an auction before and my experience was just like a typical first experience I have seen shown on TV or in the movies. I like to think that didn't influence me but, I'll never know.

First it felt hard to catch up with the bidding and the auctioneer and things got past the amount I could pay pretty fast. Then I finally won one at a good price (a full scrapbook) and it was pretty fun. Then I got another (another scrapbook) and then I bought some postcards for more than I would of because I just got excited and it was fun to raise my hand!



There were a couple things I really wish I would have gotten and the lesson I learned there was to look over the things being auctioned over better beforehand and to keep a list. With over 150 lots it was a lot to keep track of. It was a lot of fun and the dinner was great, too.


The next two days was the postcard show. I spent a few hours there looking through people's stuff. There was some neat stuff to see.

Some neat old advertising signs that were used on the sides on trolleys in Portland.

A strange cookbook that was a pink plastic puffy cover of a 3 ring binder. The recipe pages were not nearly as interesting as the cover. Maybe pride was a brand. I didn't investigate enough.


The Webfooters auction and sale happens every year. You can find out more about it here.

Postcard Social Event of the Year!

You know what I hate? Computer viruses! Yep, my computer at home has some and they are not going away. It is because of this that I have not been updating and why it has taken me too long to tell you about the events this weekend. If you are in the Portland area I hope you can take part in the Webfooters big weekend.

This weekend is the annual Webfooters Postcard Show and Sale at the Jackson Armory in Portland. Two days of people selling some incredible postcards, photos and ephemera. Last year I got these amazing matchbooks. And lots of other things, too.

It's all kicked off tomorrow night with the Webfooters Dinner and Auction. It's too late to get in on the dinner, but I am pretty sure you can still come to the auction. You can see what is up for auction here. You can also email proxy bids, but you need to be quick about it....wow, I just looked at all the lots and there are some really neat things in there.

Then Saturday and Sunday there will be selling and a silent auction and one short live auction on Saturday around noon. There are lots of tables and lots of things besides postcards and photographs. There is usually ephemera, magazines, comic books, coins, stamps, greeting cards and all kinds of stuff.

Hope you can come by, Please spread the word!

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