When Ana at My World of Postcards received a card identical to this one a few weeks ago, she mentioned that she thought it would appeal to me. She was right.
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Tags: Marie Bracquemond
Femme à l’ombrelle
Posted on 26 September 2009 by Chris Overstreet
One of two postcards that arrived yesterday from Kris: Alaskan, postcard collector, and modern Galahad.
Tags: José Garcia Montebravo
Imagen en Azul (Yemaya)
Posted on 20 September 2009 by Chris Overstreet
This “image in blue” is subtitled Yemaya, which happens to be the name of a Santeria deity — but it’s not the deity. Confused yet?
Krawattennymphe
Posted on 15 September 2009 by Chris Overstreet
As collar pins go, this one seems a bit bulky — sort of like wearing Tinker Belle around your neck.
Tags: Fernando Amorsolo, Philippines
Amorsolo’s “The Bathers”
Posted on 07 September 2009 by Chris Overstreet
This extraordinary image was mailed to me last June by young Lorraine in Quezon City, Philippines; I can’t imagine why I haven’t posted it before now.
Tags: A. Carlos das Dores
Bad Habit
Posted on 02 September 2009 by Chris Overstreet
One thing I like about this image is that I have a bathtub like this one — although mine is empty just now.
Tags: comics, stamps
The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl
Posted on 30 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
Moriah sends this “in honor of adventures and my favorite girls who go postal…. I thought you might enjoy the daring likes of Supergirl.” I do, especially when I flip over the card and there’s Supergirl again, with a personal greeting!
Tags: Gil Elvgren, Postcard Friendship Friday
Bubbling Over
Posted on 27 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
It turns out that you can conserve water by decreasing the size of your bathtub — or, in this case, temporarily repurposing a washtub.
Tags: Bettie Page, Olivia de Berardinis
“Jester” by Olivia
Posted on 26 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
Girlzoot’s first of hopefully many postcard contributions is an image of the first lady of pinups, Bettie Page, by the equally incomparable artist Olivia de Berardinis.
Tags: Hawaii, Josh Agle
Three Wahines
Posted on 25 August 2009 by Chris Overstreet
This trio seem to be triplets, and they all have eyes for a soapy saxophonist. Musicians do tend to get the girls, don’t they?
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