Well, this month sure has been busy. I’m finally here with my first and rather large update this month. Thank you to:
#2 @CrimsonKing for the adorable otter card! How can people not like otters?? When I went to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago a couple years ago, I spent most of my time just watching and laughing at the otters…as most of the aquarium was overrun by elementary students on class trips.
#3 @Cruzin for the gorgeous cat card. I hope you were able to see the fireworks!
#4 @jenhart for the great Basquiat card. Postcards are always a great gift from those who travel…yet I never get any. 
#5 @carolreader for the fabulous Dialogue in Green painting by Will Barnet, showing a woman trying to talk to a cat who seems he can’t be bothered. Oh! My heart goes out to your friend. I am so happy that the one cat turned up!
#6 @mikeyz1 for the powerful “Her Rights Unite” card. Glad to hear the protest was well attended. I’m actually running for office now as a result of all the $#@* that has gone on this summer.
#7 @mere5oh for the great Lyndon Johnson schoolhouse card. Education was so important for him, and it’s so frustrating that he got sidetracked by the Vietnam War. He could have really made a bigger impact on education than he did.
#8 @Shesa-Renegade for the poignant card of the Heart Mountain internment camp in Wyoming. I have not been to any of the camps yet, but really would like to see one in person.
#9 @ljbbauer for the beautiful aerial view of rural New York. I’ve never really driven across Upstate New York. I’ve gone as far as Niagara Falls and Rochester.
#11 @alcott1 for the vintage view of the Kirkwood railroad station in Missouri.
#12 @Yarn-Lady for the great view of the statue of Jefferson in the memorial in DC. I’m sure he’d be shocked by a LOT of life in the US these days.
#13 @ladybug513 for the “We the People” card. I love hearing about your summer activities! I hope your enjoying time with the twins.
#14 @dnrhott for the Curtis portrait of Apsaroke. Much of Curtis’s work has been scrutinized in recent years as it became evident that he had many of the natives he photograph wear costumes and use props and would erase elements of modern life from the portraits in order to preserve the “simple native” myth. They are still stunning photos, though.
#15 @AccentOnHakes for the wonderful view of the Wisconsin Capitol. Your ID experience reminds me of the time we drove to Canada only to discover that William’s passport had expired. Luckily they let us through anyway.
#16 @TheHassFamily for the vintage view of the Shakopee Fire Department. Yes! The sign is for Orange Crush. If you search images on Google, you can find many similar ads from that era…though I haven’t yet found the exact one on the car.
#17 @YOIYUMTEWA for the great VA hospital card from Butler, Pennsylvania. Though utilitarian, I do appreciate the symmetry of the building.
#18 @LaurenceB for the fabulous vintage view of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. Hopefully your experience at the lake at dusk wasn’t how I remember being by the water in Quebec at dusk - full of black flies! Love the stamps and washi!
#19 @ellistrations for the beautiful view of the Fergus County Courthouse in Lewistown, Montana. My summer sure is flying by! I leave for my next trip this weekend and when I return, I have to return for my first meetings for school the following week!
#20 @jacieslar for the awesome Pueblo Eagle Dancers card.
#21 @Beachyblonde for the hilarious “Greetings from Nashville” card with Godzilla attacking the town. I had to share this with a friend in Austria who loves Godzilla. She loved it as much as I did.
#22 @uconn for the Andy Warhol card. Love it! We had toyed with the idea of visiting the Warhol Museum when we were in Pittsburgh this past spring, but we just ran out of time.
#23 @suatelier for the wonderful card of Maud Lewis, painter from Nova Scotia. I’ve seen her work in the past and love it. I hope all is well at the office!
#24 @roxy for the surprise of a card showing architectural details of my own city hall here in Bay City!! I go there all the time. I have to say, I’ve never seen this card before, so this is an awesome one for my collection. Thank you!!
#26 @sarahaeyo for the patriotic Fourth of July card. Yeah, right there with you on questioning my feelings this year. Where in Canada are you from??
#27 @beatriceh for the adorable kitten card. Thank you for telling me about your cats!
#28 @TwoDoggies for the vintage Huron Motel card from Mackinaw City, Michigan. I love old motels like this and try to stay in them on road trips…as long as they are well taken care of…which is fairly rare. I can’t wait to hear about your cruise! We’ve talked about doing a river cruise at some point.
#29 @melvnoble for the great vintage view of the library in Youngstown, Ohio. Yeah, golden doors do sound gaudy! I’m not a fan of gold in general, though.
#30 @RockyRoadTrip for yet another adorable kitten card. My cats have been so clingy since we’ve been back from Greece. They are going to hate me after I get back from Poland. At least William will be here this time.
So I’ve received all but #10 & #25. Thank you everyone for the fabulous cards and the awesome postage!
What a great card. I am having a wonderful summer and I hope you are also. Thank you!
(And hopefully more of the cards I sent from Belgium will arrive) 
I can’t wait to choose your card for next month, ha 
omg the photos from the JWST were gorgeous and breathtaking! it is amazing how far we have come with technology to be able to capture something as vast as the universe (and i will wait patiently for the postcard versions of these images haha)
i wasnt planning to stop by crater lake on my pacific northwest trip but omg i might have to see if i can squeeze it in (or i will just have to make a second trip!)
summer so far has been h o t haha. we are currently in the midst of a heat wave, so today would have been a lovely day to have been out on the water!
my summer has been busy, as well - i am in the perpetual cycle of preparing to go on vacation → going on vacation → crying at my email inbox when i come back from vacation lol
so that is “home” whenever i am in town for a visit!