'Tis the Time of Year for Fireworks!

It's the time of year for fireworks!!!

I won't be in Vancouver or Portland for fireworks this year, however ... because

I will be in Independence - where Alan and Beth host an awesome 4th of July party - we get to watch the parade from her front yard - eat a wonderful meal - and stay for rockin' fireworks if we want!!!

I am going to link this up with Beth's "Postcard Friendship Friday" this week - although she is recovering from oral surgery and may not be able to be online at all ...

I've missed joining in on PFF, but with my "new to me" computer Sissie donated ... I'm baaaack!!!

Panoramic Photo Collage Postcard

 This "panoramic photo collage" was done by artist Masumi Hayashi in 1996.

The subject is beautiful ... but the reality is horribly sobering.

"Tule Lake Relocation Camp and Segregation Center, Klamath Falls Basin, California. Tule Lake was the site of one of ten concentration camps which housed Japanese Americans forcibly removed from the west coast states during WWII. In 1943 Tule Lake was chosen as the "segregation center" for persons answering "no-no" on the government loyalty questionaire. Peak population was 18,789 out of 120,000 interned."

Love is in the Air!

And on the Postcard!

Don't you just love a wedding announcement/invitation ...

On a postcard?

I've never seen one before!!!

The best part ... Tracy is my cousin's daughter!

And North Bend is right on the Oregon coast!!!

What a beautiful and perfect setting for these two wonderful "kids" to celebrate their marriage.

As a note ... I don't know Clint.

But I do know Tracy - and she is one of the nicest, gentlest, most respectful people I know. I am proud to call her family!

To see postcards from around the world, visit "The Best Hearts Are Crunchy", and join us for "Postcard Friendship Friday"!

Dover Dam postcard

This is another postcard I picked up a while back at the thrift store. After being donated, sorted, thrown in a bin and pawed over for who-knows-how-long by who-knows-how-many-people it was folded, cracked and rumpled ... but it was mine!

"DOVER DAM, one of fourteen dams in the Muskingum Conservancy District, is located on Ohio Route No. 8 near Dover, Ohio. This dam, lying across the main channel of the Tuscarawas River, is the key dam in the system which controls the waters which pour eventually into the Muskingum River. The Muskingum Conservancy District covers about one-fifth of the total area of Ohio and is one of the greatest flood control systems in America. Its lakes afford beauty, fishing, and boating comparable to that found in any section of the United States."

SOHIO

"Let's Explore Ohio" scenic post cards are available only through Standard Oil Stations and dealers. Free. Kodachrome by R.R. McCreary."

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Payette Lake Postcard - PFF

No. 87 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West

"Payette Lake on North Fork of the Payette River, Idaho, is reached on Highway 15 from Boise or Highway 95. Wooded shore lines, crystal-clear water are characteristic of Idaho's vacation land jeweled with excellent fishing lakes and streams."

"See the OLD WEST this year with 76 Gasoline"

Sorry for being a little late joining up with this week's "Postcard Friendship Friday"!

Spring Flowers Postcard

The arrival of spring has been delayed here ...

Flowers that usually show up in mid-February are just now starting to bud, and the ones that are supposed to bloom now are still just bare sticks.

Sigh.

I can't wait for Spring to finally show up!!!

"Monet's Gardens at Giverny

Yellow and red tulips create a vibrant contrast in a bed of blue forget-me-nots in the Giverny Gardens."

Join us over at "The Best Hearts Are Crunchy" - for "Postcard Friendship Friday"!

With All My Heart

This card was sent to me by a very special and dear friend.

Who knows how much I love hearts!

(Thank you Terry!)

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