My cards are ready to go out tomorrow. Good luck, everyone 
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Totally forgot to post here that I sent out all the cards on the 8th. But I have amazing news.
My first card arrived yesterday from #2 @Autumn_Jo
I actually really wanted to go to this meetup but it was a bit far so Iām so happy to have received this card 
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First cards have come in!
Received from #16 @HerCircusMind Thank you for this cute cat card! Taking a boat on Lake Erie sounds fun! Hope you had a good view as well, we had some light clouds but had a perfect view of totality 
and #19 @Hazygirl We bought the same cards 
great minds! All the schools around here closed accept for my brothers so he skipped as well. Couldnāt miss this possibly once in a lifetime event!
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Also yāall I wanna apologize in advance. I really thought the Johnson space center would be selling eclipse themed postcards, but they didnāt 
so I sent out a mix of space themed ones and tried to tailor them to your profiles. So I apologize for dropping the ball on that but I did get them hand cancelled and sent them out day of the eclipse. 
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Donāt worry about it! Weāre just here to have fun and send postcards
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Wow, for such a short trip through Ohio, that poor cat had a rough journey!
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#19 hazygirl reporting
#15 @AtlasPostal sent Akron Ohio. Where I live was not in the path of totality, but we still had a great view. It was peeking right when school let out, and when the kids all had glasses and really loved looking at it.
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Sorry I didnāt update here earlier, but all cards were postmarked and mailed out on Monday! Iām so happy to hear that some arrived already! 
Iām still traveling, so my updates may be a bit delayed, but Iām super excited to see all your cards commemorating this incredible event! It was cloudy where I was in Leakey, Texas but we were still able to catch glimpses of it and had a wonderful time! 
I hope you all did as well! 
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#19 hazygirl reporting 2 great cards!
@Autumn_Jo sent a Solar Eclipse Postcrossing Meetup - that is impressive!!!
@HerCircusMind sent a Cool Eclipse Viewing Cat
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#15 received from #2 @Autumn_Jo
Thank you so much! I especially loved the moon stamp
Iām glad you stuck it out and had a good time!
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Hello all! Friday I received cards from @Autumn_Jo @AtlasPostal & @Hazygirl. This was my first RR! Everyoneās cards are going in the mail tomorrow but there will be a delay because I sent for a special postmark. I couldnāt resist. Iāve written over 30 eclipse cards in the last week! 
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Question for yāall. I totally expected it to get way darker than it actually did. I wonder if that was just because I was in the city or if anyone else experienced the same thing.
How do you do that (the special postmark)? Ive never done it before and saw you post about it so i tried to do it (sent a pre-adressed postcard in an envelope to one of the addresses listed) but i wonder if you have any tips/instructions for the next cool postmark
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There are two ways:
- Send a written and stamped postcard/card to the specified address. They will apply the postmark and send on to the recipient.
- Send a blank/unwritten and stamped postcard with a Self addressed stamped envelope. They will apply the postmark and send the cards back to you.
Iām obsessed! New ones come out every other Thursday.
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I thought it would too. I was in 99% and it didnāt seem that dark to me but the street lights did come on. I canāt remember 2017.
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I was in the path of totality and while it did get reasonably dark, it felt more like half an hour past sunset than total darkness.
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So I can write a postcard like i normally would, just stick it into an envelope and on the envelope put the address for the pictorial postmark?
the ansel adams stamps are coming out soon so i wanna try to get the FDOI for those.
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Updating that today I received a card from @KOH24 with a cool partial eclipse photo from NASA.
I didnāt think totality seemed as dark this time as it did in 2017, but I attributed that (incorrectly or no) to being on the water and/or the clouds? Iām not sure, but in 2017 I wasnāt prepared and was unsure of what to look at as totality hit, so this year I focused on the horizon instead of the eclipse, and it was incredible watching the shadow take over the sky, even if it didnāt get as dark as I was expecting
Also, Iām really looking forward to the special cancellation! I thought about it but didnāt think theyād show up well on my postcards.
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I have no idea how this happened. Becuase itās not like I put my return address on the postcard but somehow the card I mailed out to @dchristian75 which was meant for MO, ended up at my house in Calif. wtf how does that even happen
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