All my open house card are finally out the door!
Hi @clouisesz, I noticed that your @mentions arenāt being āactivatedā as tags in your posts, because youāre typing the names in bold letters. Try just typing the usernames following the @ in regular letters, and the system will automatically convert them to tags.
Hi @Yelena, your @mentions also arenāt being converted to tags because of the dash (-) youāre placing after the usernames. Try putting a space between the names and the dashes, to activate the tags. (And hello, we havenāt met yet in one of Michelleās groups, so please forgive me for piping up here uninvited!) 
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@kyvintage sent me a nice Kentucky card. Iām glad you and your husband have been safe. Nobody I see has come down with COVID (that we know of) yet either. Another student is rumored to have tested positive, but the school canāt tell us who. I only interact with a handful of classmates, though, and I know itās not them. Hopefully it doesnāt spread. 
I thought Iād mention that before we āmoved,ā Gbnaabennett posted that she and her children had tested positive and werenāt wholly recovered (that was probably at least 6 weeks ago). Iāve tried to get an update, but no luck so far.
My neighbor is currently in quarantine and waiting for 2nd test. That will make you nervous.
Hereās hoping those us of who are healthy remain so!
Oh. My. Goodness!
Donāt hesitate to post any questions here or you can send a Private Message to our local expert maleko for the best advice. If heās busy, Iām fairly knowledgeable now! 
But the first thing to remember is that we have ALL stumbled through the update - it gets better.
And you have an avatar! 
My friend, you donāt need an invitation - the door is always open to you and your help is sooooooooooooo needed (as I just mentioned to Mary in the above post)! 
Just my suggestion to your notes about the @ tag. Iād like to also point out that when you start to address someone with the @ tag, a pop-up should appear with a list of users that you may be tagging. If you type in the full name (i.e., ā@pretenduserā) then that userās avatar should appear and you can click on that!
So many discoveriesā¦ 
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And I received two cards yesterday, which made the day a lot brighter!
OPEN HOUSE:
@Shesa-Renegade sent a beautiful card showing Moraine Lake in Alberta, Canada. I was sorry that my trip to Canada only involved landing in Alberta and then heading out on our westward journey! Thank you! 
@Yelena sent a beautiful Monet painting, āOn the Bank of the Seine Bennecourt.ā Itās interesting that the woman in the piece is his wife, Camille! Your Monterey trip sounds so relaxing - building sand castles sounds like a perfect escape from everything! Thank you!
And I think that is it for the moment!
THANK YOU for letting me know that! Iām still learning how this new forum works. Iām glad you let me know that! 
Group 1161 will be heading out tomorrow!
I received two cards yesterday from @dariasmith, one for group 1104 (a view of the City Market in Charleston), and one for group 1121 (an adorable photograph of a little girl with a cow)! I also love cows so muchā¦ here is one of my favorite cows Iāve ever met, alone in the rain on a country hike in England:
I hope your boyfriend enjoys his time in Ohio, if he ends up coming to school here!
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Also, for the Open House group, I received from:
@kyvintage A very interesting illustration of The Tortoise and the Hare - slow and steady has been the only way to get through this year, I think!
@Shesa-Renegade Another new addition to my Women in Science collection! I agree about the setbacks women in science still face - at least there are a lot of wonderful projects lately (including Rachel Ignotofskyās illustrations!) to help bring attention to the fact that women have always been a part of science, even if they werenāt always recognized for their contributions!
@treeclimber A card with some wonderful views from Great Smoky Mountains National Park! I miss travelling as well - I spend half of my days just planning out all the trips Iāll take once weāre able to goā¦ not that my budget agrees
Thank you all!
1157 from @Blue_Fox Samupai a Japanese art work from about 1849. The best part is the fortune cookie, fortune added to the card āIf we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.ā I love it.
Open House @coleandjojo sends Edward Gorey, Illustration from The Glorious Nosebleed . This card comes with the absolute worst post office story I have ever heard. I can not imagine how such a transaction could occurā¦oh wait, yes I can.
Thank you both for your cards and words.
recād #1158
@serifluous āfeed your friendsā postcard. I love this postcard, it supports communities and immigrant orgs. What a wonderful project. Yes I was very happy with the election and like you sending donations to Ga.
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Open House received from:
@coleandjojo - what a view of Grand Canyon National Park; Iāve been to the Outer Banks only once at Thanksgiving and we camped in Duck, NC - we thought the camper was going to be blown over at night it was so windy.
@jocrafts - an Urban Sketcher card of a fountain in Paris; I saw an ad for Emily in Paris and wondered if it would be good. I may have to check it out this weekend. I need a feel-good show.
Iād like to join 1060, Double Eagle, please.
Group 1162 is in the mail!
Cards for 1162 are mailed!
