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    Postcard Challenge week 8

    February 24, 2012 - By 
     Darcy picked Cuba for this weeks challenge postcard and it definitely proved to be a challenge.
    I know so very little about Cuba…other than what I remember from history class about the Cuban Missile Crisis and Fidel Castro.
    Oh yeah and that Cuban cigars are illegal in the USA.
    None of these proved to be great inspiration.
    So I ripped a page from an old atlas…


    Thadeus writes:

    Greetings Maggie. Hope this finds you in good health. I took your advice and looked at the bigger picture. It is exactly that which brought me here to Cuba. A powerful “friend” sent me here on an errand of sorts. I hope it is not a fools errand. At least the weather is nice. I do hope we can meet and discuss our common interest in the near future. We both should have some time if all goes as planned very soon.
    Take care, Thadeus

     

     I did have an old postage stamp from Cuba so that clearly made me giddy to use. The postmark was on it from a weird direction though so I improvised. 🙂

     

    Here is the accompanying book page.
    Pretty simple in design this time… but it seems to have yet another grainy photograph…
    hmmm…wonder what that is all about.

     

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    Postcard Challenge week 7

    February 18, 2012 - By 

    Darcy threw out Wales for our place of origin this week. The only reference to Wales that I knew for sure were Welsh Corgi’s.   My BIL and his GF have one. She is a very sweet dog that often comes to visit our house.

    Maggie writes:

    Thadeus-
    I thought you could use a bit of whimsey in your life right now so I painted you a Welsh Corgi. They are odd dog but I fear if it weren’t for how much I travel, I’d be bringing one home with me tomorrow.
    Do take care and try to look at the bigger picture-literally.
    Warmly- Maggie 

    Hmmm–
    Their relationship must be getting closer. She has dropped the more formal Margaret for Maggie.

    Here’s my page with a bit of rusted lace tablecloth sewn down as the pocket.

    I thought I’d show you that I’ve gotten caught up with the rest of my pages as well.

    Spain…

    Brazil…

    China…

    I’m doing my best to make it around to see everyone’s postcards but this week I had a bit a of delay in even posting. The video card in my computer went out. At least Mr. G was able to replace it and we’re back in business.

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    Postcard Challenge week 6

    February 10, 2012 - By 
    This week Darcy announced that our country was Belgium. Again, I know I have some fun stuff from Belgium but I can’t find it!! I looked in the nooks and crannies of my art zone but apparently in the 6 years since I put together that book, my leftovers have crawled away.
    Instead, I decided on a watercolor. And now that it’s complete..I’m so glad I couldn’t find my goodies from Belgium. 🙂

     

     

    On the back of the corner Chocolate Shop postcard Thadeus writes about his current situation in Belgium. That he’s renting a room from an older couple and had come to a standstill in his research.
    He feels that the piece he is working on is the key to the puzzle.

     

     

    I’ve also completed the page that will hold the postcard.

     

     

    I’ve added a couple extras to the story… just for fun.