Cindy.
Cindy Bruchman is one of my dearest blogging friends. When I started this series about postcards, I teased her that she hadn’t sent me any, and sort-of ‘demanded’ she send me one showing a cactus. (She lives in Arizona)
Of course, I wasn’t serious, but she decided to deal with me by sending me no less than five postcards.
So here they are. (No cactus though!)
They were all posted in Cottonwood, Arizona, though three of them feature other parts of America, and the last two are views of Greek islands.
The Grand Canyon, during a lightning storm.
An historic building in Virginia, with a personal connection to Cindy.
The East Coast of America, North Carolina.
The Greek island of Mykonos, famous for its ancient windmills.
An old castle on the island of Patmos, in Greece.
My thanks to Cindy for taking so much trouble to send me a selection of cards. Also my continuing thanks to everyone who is still sending cards.
I got another one just now!
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These are just lovely!😊💌📨📮📬
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And they are still arriving! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. xx
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Yay!!!🎆💙💜🌌
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How wonderful to get so many from Cindy. They are fabulous!
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Yes, she is a great friend to me, Jennie.
More to come! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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She is one of my favorite bloggers, Pete. 🙂
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These are excellent!
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Cindy pulled out all the stops after I teased her. 🙂
Thanks, Abbi.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Wow, those are lovely views 🙂
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We get to see the world from our screens, Arlene. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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What a great idea I tend to think of as a blogging community as penpals.
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I reckon they have gone well past pen-pals, Lloyd. But I do love to get the post cards, and that personal connection they offer.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Best wishes Pete. 🙂
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Wow! These are all amazing postcards. I especially love the wonderful stamp on it. Seems in the past i should have visitied Patmos too. We only visited Egina and Delphi, and had a lot of Demestica, Metaxa and Ouzu. Next visit should be more with culture. LoL Michael
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When I went to Greece and Crete, I also enjoyed the local beverages to excess. But I managed to see the culture during the day too. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I too Pete, but i cant remember a lot. 😉 I was pretty disappointed with Delphi. Really only construction debris. ;-( Delphi was my subject when I learned ancient Greek in hight school, for several years.
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What a wonderful collection!
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Thanks, Peggy. And they are still arriving! I got one from Barcelona this morning. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Cindy is a hoot! She’s always been a great friend to me. I can see you agree!
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Yes, she is one of my foremost blogging friends, GP. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m way behind on finding some! Lovely set from Cindy!
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She did really well. But you sent one of Bamburgh, so that was fine too. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Did the Florence one turn up I can’t remember that far back! 🤣
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Yes, that one too. They both featured in different posts. 🙂
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I especially like the one of the lightning strikes of the Grand Canyon. I’m still on the hunt for one that’s Alabama-specific.
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Don’t worry, Kim. As and when! 🙂
(I would imagine they have some with the Confederate flag on them? 🙂 )
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m NOT sending you one with THAT on it! My northern heart just won’t allow it!
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((( “Rebel Yell” )))
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😂
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Brilliant selection!
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And I only asked for a cactus. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Result!
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Beautiful. I have a dear friend in Cottonwood.
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Perhaps they know, Cindy? (Or it might be a big place, and my comment rather silly. 🙂 )
Thanks, Maggie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It is not a large community. I will ask her if she knows Cindy. 😀
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She teaches at a High School. 🙂
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Great. Now I feel bad I can’t send you postcards. I will try to send one next year. This year is hard. Btw congrats, a lot of people love you and your blog.🙂✌
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No need to feel bad, Suzan. I don’t care if you can’t send any.
Thanks for the congratulations, I am very lucky to have such nice blogging friends.
Best wishes, Pete. 🙂
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Aww, that’s sweet. Your welcome. Even I am lucky to have such awesome blogging friends like you and Kim although my pretty lady is missing these days. I think I might have to visit Baker Street. 🧐🙂✌😂
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Kim and Tom have just moved house, and she has not been posting much. She did a ‘Whimsical Wednesday’ yesterday. 🙂
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Yes, I am doing a Baker Street tour you know like find my blogger friend. How I wish Sherlock was real! 😋
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I’ve been to the Grand Canyon a number of times (I prefer the North Rim). On my most recent visit, there was a rainbow below the vantage point, and it was quite spectacular. The distance to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas by car is 265 miles (North Rim) or 290 miles (South Rim). However, the Grand Canyon is over 100 miles closer by air. There are several helicopter tour companies in Las Vegas that offer intrepid tourists a ride to the canyon, with an option to visit the bottom.
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I had some friends in London who went by helicopter from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. They got some excellent photo opportunities.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Whe we were at the Grand Canyon lately, I didn’t come across that postcard. I would have liked to buy it.
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It’s a powerful image, though the photo is quite grainy and dark when enlarged. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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“powerful” is the right word.
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A lovely selection of cards from Cindy. I’ve been wondering if your postman has commented on the increase in post he is delivering to you these days.
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I get lots of parcels, because I am an Amazon tester. He remarks on those, but never about the postcards. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m sure he must be curious 🙂
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He probably reads them before he puts them through the letter box! 🙂
Did you ever watch After Life? I have a better relationship with our postman…
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And I trust you’re not lying in wait behind the door to trap the postman like Hyacinth in “Keeping up Apperances”, are you? 😉
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He knows me too well for that, Pit. We have had the same man most days for seven years now. 🙂
(You Rattler card is in the next postcard post. 🙂 )
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’ll add my comment to that card then. 😉
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Wonderful 🙂 I’m sure you would never speak to your postman like that!
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No, we are very chatty. He calls me ‘Sir’!
Coming from London, I’m not used to that. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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