One of the addictions I have is to collect old postcards from yesterday’s history. I have them dating from the 1800s to the 70s. I do read them and these two, in particular were sent to my hometown of Alameda, California. They came from Australia from the same family in 1912. It was a nice surprise to see and read them.

With the Len-Artists challenge this week “Looking Back” I thought the cards would be appropriate. I see these as a historic piece of art, photography, and the writing… well… is beautiful. People wrote everything they could on these to send the news, and I am glad I get to read them. They are little architects of time that have changed communications throughout the years. Just think not to be able type and have the www. I remember those days well during my lifetime, but these postcard writers never thought of it. I still love a card in the mail although I am not very good at sending them *shame*, but it feels like the Fuller Brush Man just dropped off a gift for some crazy reason.

Little Note: I thought these would be good to share for a moment fun read while I change the theme on Tales. As it goes, WP has discontinued this particular one and it is now glitching a bit so changing hopefully will help that. You might see a couple of different themes here before I settle for one. I don’t pay for the Business plan so it will be another day of crapshooting it and hoping of a no fail changing it out.

In any case, enjoy the little postcards of life from back when.

Kathleen Jennette

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