Did you collect anything as a child? Why or why not? What was the significance of your collection and where did you procure it? Do you still have any or all of the collection now?
wow - where did May go? Two weeks were spent in the Cook Islands and New Zealand, then back to the daily grind of a job (and a funeral).
This prompt is timely as I was recently lamenting the fact that so many people do not send letters any more but use email instead. As a child I collected stamps and was so pleased to gain penfriends from around the world so I could get more stamps. We used to swap stamps of our own countries in letters full of information about life in another place. The letter was airmailed (more stamps) and there were letters flowing across the oceans monthly. this hobby continued well into my '20s. I have remnants of the collection remaining, other parts have gone to other avid collectors when my time and interest waned.
My photo tonight is of the view from the deck of our bungalow on the Cook Islands.
6 comments:
Welcome back! What a beautiful photo. It looks like paradise!
What a cool collection. I always thought stamps would be a wonderful thing to collect but didn't have the patients to write. I have never been a good writer. I do have a few from England but they aren't old. I just kept them because I am fascinated by the UK and will probubly never get the chance to ever go there. LOL!
Awesome photo! What a great screensaver that would be! My hubby still collects stamps and old postcards. He loves to share stories with me about them too.
WOWZERS......that view....takes my breath away.
Stamp collecting sounds like fun. I've seen some pretty neat ones lately....I find that the Postal Services are selling more and more awesome stamps.
You are right about snail-mail being pretty much obsolete. I love writing letters, but I'm afraid my wrist just doesn't want to make those curvy letters anymore.
God bless, hugs, Debs
I so need to be where you were right now! Vacation isn't coming for another month here! What a beautiful photo!
Yay me too eBear. I still collect Maltese stamps and I hunt down my relos who write to family and friends in Malta to search out more. I get more of a kick out of hunting down the stams than from buying them at the stamp shop.
And that is a seriously cool photo you've put up there. very broody and moody looking.
It is a shame that email has replaced the time-honored hand written pages we all use to love. I never did collect stamps but I can see the why people do.
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