Thank you Ann!

A cute etegami and kind words arrived this week from Ann who hails from Oregon. My first and I hope not the last from her!

Thank you Ann.

Red faced post part 2.

Thank you Masami.

Thank you Nona.

 

Thank you Alison

Thank you Lisa H.

A red faced post.

Over the past few months there were many lovely etegami sent to me which alas, did not make it onto this blog. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!
 I now seek to redress that wrong (very wrong) by publishing them in one long list!
Thank you Carol (without the 'e").

Thank you Valerie.

Thank you Kasia

Thank you Lisa H.

Thank you Mayumi.

 

Thank you Fumiko.

Thank you Hideko.

Thank you Lisa S.

Thank you Liz.

Thank you  Carolyn

Thank you Amy.

Thank you Carolyn.

From Carolyn, a welcome card.

The envelope is lovely!

I'm late, I'm late for a very important date!

Thank you to these lovely folk who have sent me a precious etegami this holiday season.
Thank you Debbie, a treasure as always.

Thank you Fumiko my Lady Murasaki!

Thank you to Yoshiko whom I call "The Rose Lady" Two lovely cards.

And finally thank you to the Master of the cat band Masami for your lovely cards and good wishes.

A Springtime crop of lovelies!

It is Spring here, buds are popping audibly and the usual Spring lassitude is upon me, possibly why I have not been at my computer in a long while but I must acknowledge the cards that I have received, again belatedly.
Amy from Minnesota has sent me a lovely chick to wish me well, thank you Amy, I am back to my old self again.

Alison from DC (she who makes cocktails) has sent me her recipe , suitably illustrated, for coq au vin rather than "coq-tails", I shall try it soon Alison. Thanks.

Carol (without an e) from California where they are sweltering under a late heat wave sends cherries and a pithy observation, didn't everyone's mother wear lipstick, even in the house? Done with real cherry juice the colour is interesting, now I just wish she had told me how to get the cherry stains out of my clothes! Thanks Carol.

It has taken almost a month for Kasia' card from Poland to arrive, what's up with the Polish mail system?
Her lovely Phlox whose sweet smell reminds her of her Grandma have brightened my day, better late than never eh Kasia?, thank you.

A lot of thank you posts, all belated!

My only excuse for not posting theses cards earlier is that first I was sick and then I was lazy! BUT, a big thank you to all of the following...

Thank you Mayumi Miyagawa

Thank you Carol Bonomo.

Thank you Kristina Kmetyko.

Thank you Liz Rattican.

Thank you Caryn Friedlander, my newest correspondent!

Thank you Shungo Asada.

Polished Polish!

Kazia from Poland who is enjoying her holidays at her summer cottage has sent two cards. One of the cards, radishes reminds me that like her friend I love radishes too although it is not the season for them here, as I have remarked before, it is always summer in the supermarket!

This sweet card expresses a sentiment we all share that creation (however it happened) is a wonderful thing.

Thanks Kasia.

Thank you Fumiko.

Very late in posting but nevertheless just as welcome, one of Fumiko's wonderful cut paper cards. I marvel at the inventiveness she shows with simple paper and a knife!

Thank you Fumiko for the beautiful hydrangeas.

No need to apologise!

Masami apologises for being late in sending these three delightful cards. Some things are worth waiting for!

A catband Harmonica player!

Some yummy tuna sushi...Oishiii!, and a coffee filter flower painting.

Thank you Masami san.

Flowers for memories.

A lovely wild poppy card from Valerie. These poppies hold a special place in the hearts of Australians. We wear them in remembrance of the soldiers killed in all of the wars. The custom dates from the armistice of World War 1 because many of our soldiers perished in Flanders where these poppies grow wild in the field.
A beautiful card and very special.

Thanak you Valerie.

Thank you Shungo my friend.

A beautiful card of cherry blossoms from Shungo. Shungo was among the earliest friends I exchanged cards with back in about 2011 and he never disappoints.

Thank you Shungo.

A dream vacation.

I confided to Debbie that it had been my dream this year to visit Japan but circumstances  ruled otherwise. She sweet creature has given me a 'virtual' trip via her delightful map of Hokkaido. Not as good as the real thing especially with a chance to visit with her, but an exercise in imaginary flight...thank you for the kind thought Debbie.

Don't you love the seal?

Literature And coffee!

Two etegami from the lovely Shay in Hawaii. Wise words indeed from a lady who is a talented artist and it seems, a thoroughly nice human being.

The idea of using these havve filtered through the etegami community!

Thank you Shay.

See that "S" car GO!

A very bad pun to introduce the charming snail etegami from my friend Valerie in France. (escargot=snail in French).
Lovely words also on the back of the card done on a coffee filter. I should try these filters, they give a similar bleeding effect (Nijimi) as the traditional etegami cards.

Merci Valerie.

There is nothing like a Dame.

No, not that dreadful American slang word for a sheila, my friend Carolyn from Victoria is a genuine self anointed Dame, a title she gifted herself tongue in cheek as a comment on our conservative government's recent re-instituting of the honours system!
Political satire aside, it is a time of plenty in Carolyn's garden and her fruit bowl runnneth over with rosy red apples just waiting to be transformed into the yummy things she bakes, boils, preserves and possibly dries! Her recent etegami have celebrated this bounty and I am lucky enough to have one of them.

Along with the card Carolyn sent a bounty of another kind, a cute Japanese envelope, a do it yourself bee (my flowers will love that) and an amazing plywood postcard for me to use.

Thank you Carolyn.

OUR lady of the flowers.

Yes, Yoshiko, she of the delicate touch who can paint roses, that most difficult of flowers, with an amazing deftness such that you can almost smell the fragrance.

Thank you Yoshiko.