MORE CARDS FROM FINLAND

I'll bet Finland has the most postcrossers than any other country! My first 3 cards are all from traders there. Yesterday and today I received these two beautiful botanicals.

Thanks to both for being so thoughtful.

MY FIRST POSTCARD ARRIVED!

I am so excited to receive this gorgeous postcard from Finland. It features original artwork in glorious blues. Thanks Tiina.

POSTCARDS

I am anxiously awaiting my first post card. Ten cards have sailed from my shores to Finland, USA, Germany, Estonia, NZ and Italy. Now I wonder from which far-flung shore mine will appear? I will post them weekly for those of you who haven't signed on.

Come on people, add to tomorrow's vintage collections!

DO YOU LIKE RECEIVING MAIL WITHOUT WINDOW PANES?

You know the kind of mail I mean. The kind that does not require checks, Visa or debit card numbers. Look no further than postcrossing.com Free to register and for the price of an international stamp...you too can receive mail...from a stranger! These are not chain-letters or gimmicks of any kind...just straight-up greetings from someone who cares.

I have 3 out of 5 possibles in transit...sending to Finland, Estonia and the US to date. Why not visit the site...you may be pleasantly surprised.

APRIL, BLESSED APRIL

Has brought us unbelievable spring. No foolin'. Each year the wonderment deepens. After another 5cm (2inches) of snow last week-end, the robins came. Their hopeful songs lift my spirits even on the foggiest evenng. Now they compete with the crows for the small patch of brown we call lawn amidst the alders and rocks. Crows are fiercely defending their nesting material, while the red-breated interlopers pull earthworms from it.

Crocus are in full flower; poppy leaves in fuzzy rosettes have formed. Spurge is trailing beneath the winter cladding of straw.