Postcard week #27, 2013

Last week Postcrossing karma finally went full circle and after five days of working away from home I came back and found a very pleasant surprise waiting for me. That's what I got -------> CLICK ME I KNOW YOU WANT TO, plus another letter from my penpal in Switzerland, but I somehow lost the photo of it. Ahhh, the stress is taking it's toll on me! I hate to misplace or forget things. 

Anyway, here's the postcard dose for the twenty-seventh week of this year.

From Germany via Postcrossing

From Finland via Postcrossing

From France via Postcrossing

From U.K. via Postcrossing
Love this card!

From Japan via Postcrossing

From The Netherlands via Postcrossing
The sender had bought this card in a second hand shop in Finland.

From U.S.A. via Swap-bot
(NYUP Sender's Choice #7 swap)
Although it arrived damaged, it is a great lenticular (3D) card showing the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

From U.S.A. via Swap-bot
(NYUP Sender's Choice #7 swap)
My first The Simpsons card!

From U.S.A. via Postcrossing
I must admit that I'm more fond of English Bulldogs than babies :S

 I also decided to take photos of the stamps I receive. To me they are equally as exciting to see as the postcards themselves. I don't collect them and usually pass on the ones I cut from the plain envies, but for a naked postcard stamps are a must. I wish I could cheer someone up with beautiful stamps, but sadly, that is nearly impossible.

An Angry Birds stamp!!! 

This stamp didn't come on a postcard, but I decided to show it off anyway :) It's impressive because of its size, as you can tell from the postmark:stamp ratio.

I have almost completely refrained from participating in mail art and foodie swaps for the summer. It's just that I'm very low on time nowadays, and when I do have time, I feel too exhausted to put enough effort into making something worth sending to my partners. The only swap series that I'm hosting (Envie With a Challenge) on Swap-bot is gaining more attention each time, but that will also be put on hold. The heat has been awful for the past couple of weeks (reaching 40 ºC on some days), and even though I have several penpal letters to answer, I really don't want to sweat and leave sticky fingerprints on the paper, hahaha. So I guess I'm on a forced swap-vacation for the coming weeks or even months. I don't really mind, since in two weeks I'm going back to my home country for a visit, and family dinners, barbecues and mojitos will prevent me from getting anything done anyway. I will continue swapping postcards wherever I am, though, and it will be a good opportunity to focus more on quality letters for the few penpals that I have. Moreover, I still have some blog posts about the most successful previous swaps pending, and some awesome mail gems to share with you. I have already realised I would never be able to manage those AND swapping at the same time. THE BOTTOM LINE IS (I'm getting worse at writing by the minute), welcome summer, f* you heat, goodbye for now swaps.

I am going to naughtily flash new received postcards this weekend.

See you!