Friends and Picture Postcards

Back in the 70's when I was just starting out as a teacher, I heard about a penpal organization in Turku, Finland. I signed up for my  French class and began corresponding with the organization to connect my students with penpals around the globe. Who knows if any of those "pen friendships" are still going on?

The only penpals I ever really had were my husband, my parents, and then later my mother-in-law. I kept my hub's and mother's letters, but when I was writing my mother-in-law she could not write back.

This week I am still plowing through my hub's old, old family letters and correspondence. Yesterday I spent hours sorting through picture postcards, some of which are 90 years old. 

At $6.00 a card on the Internet, we have a small fortune in never posted cards. But they won't be sold. That is waaaay too much trouble for me. Scanning, advertising, corresponding with buyers/collectors, packaging up, mailing, and of course organizing payment. 

Think that is called WORK. I do not do WORK anymore!

But I digress. Back to penpals, now called blogpals. My hub comments that I have a fulltime job just reading all the blogs I am following. He sees the comments I have been receiving on my two blogspots and my invitations to link up. (Which I am never really sure how to do!!!)

I am having a good time. Isn't that what retirement is all about?

Here is just one example of the old, old cards.

Kobenhavn, Tivolis Jndgang (J. Chr. Olsens Kunstforlag. Eneret Nr. 229.)

Copenhagen, Tivoli Garden