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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Rural Thursday Blog Hop #34

A bench in a garden @ Woodpecker Ridge, Troutville

Last night the boys had their 2nd football game of the season. They won! 8-0. They also won their first game last Saturday, 6-0. It's fun to win :)

Have you heard about Postcrossing? You send a postcard out to a random person somewhere in the world and get one back. I had heard about this a few years ago and it sounded fun but I never actually signed up. Somewhere in my blog hops over the past week I saw a blog about the postcards this one blogger had received so I went to Postcrossing and signed up and requested the 5 addresses that a new Postcrosser can get. I then went to Snapfish and made up some postcards of some of my images. The people I have been assigned to send postcards to live in Russia, Belarus, Netherlands, Germany and Taiwan. Once the recipients mark that their postcards have been received, I then get to be on the receiving end of postcards. Doesn't that sound fun?! I love getting real mail in the mailbox!








30 comments:

  1. awesome shot. looks so wonderful there. HAPPY DANCE ... so happy that you got into POSTCROSSING ... love the company ... i have lots of postcards to enjoy from all over the world. can't wait to hear your stories from the cards you get in the mail. fun. fun. fun!! (:

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  2. Lets see the boys go undefeated! The post card idea sounds neat, you will have to keep up updated on how it goes.

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  3. Postcrossing sounds like fun.
    But I like the blue bench you have photographed and that venus statue behind it.
    Costas

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  4. I've never heard of postcrossing before but that sounds like something my 5 year old would really enjoy! He's totally into letters and post cards lately.

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  5. They still have postcards? Amazing!
    Are these actual postcards or do you send them by email?

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    1. yes, real postcard! they do sell postcards still in gift shops, that i know of. but i made my own on snapfish :)

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  6. I would absolutely love to be part of this, I'm off to check it out now, thanks for telling us about it. Mary

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  7. What a find in this blue bench...so cute.
    Laurie @ Pride in Photos

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  8. I love the color of that bench! Post crossing sounds very cool - I love that you're making your own postcards, too. They get something very unique and personal.

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  9. Beautiful picture of a beautiful blue bench :)
    Hanne Bente

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  10. Sounds like fun ~ great post ~ will check it out ~ (A Creative Harbor)

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  11. Your photo is so creative ~ sorry got distracted by your postcards ~ (A Creative Harbor)

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  12. The photo of the blue bench is lovely. You have gotten many great shots from Woodpecker Ridge.
    Congrats to the boys for their wins.
    You'll have to show some of the postcards you receive.

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  13. I love the bench but it looks like it hasn't been used much lately.
    Congrats to the boys on their first two wins!! Woo-Hoo!!
    Postcrossing sounds fun, thanks for letting us know about it! :)

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  14. Wish I had time to sit on that bench! It looks so "restful"!
    I want to see some of those postcards, too! Sounds like fun!

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  15. love the grasses surrounding that blue bench. :)

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  16. Congrats to the boys! That is a great looking bench to rest for a while. I'd heard of postcrossing but have never tried, it sounds fun! Nothing like real mail :)

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  17. What a gorgeous blue color on that bench- lovely!

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  18. Winning can be really fun!! Beautiful picture, love the bench.

    You have me interested in the post card thing. Going to have to check that out.

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  19. Way to go your boys :)))
    Love that blue bench. Postcrossing sounds like fun - I'll need to check it out.
    Thanks for visiting and commenting on my blog. :))

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  20. Would love to spend a very long time on that bench. Two feet of books and much, much time.

    Please have a good Friday you all.

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  21. I agree with many others....that bench is calling my name to sit and read! Have a good weekend.

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  22. I love your picture today. And, the names Woodpecker Ridge and Troutville.

    Your postcard adventure sounds interesting. Not enough to make me sign up, but still interesting. Hope it works out for you.

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  23. Beautiful garden and I like the color of that bench! It's a little different.

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  24. Love the color of that bench, Tanya...

    I did Postcrossing for quite awhile, but stopped due to the postage getting to be too expensive for me. I did collect about 6 photo albums of cards though and enjoyed it very much. :)

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  25. Benches make me happy. :-) Postcrosses sounds interesting!! Going to check it out. Can't wait to hear what you get!

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  26. I love the blue bench!

    Thanks for the heads up on Postcrossing. Sounds like fun. I especially love that you used your own photos for the postcards!

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