April Showers = May Grass

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CG Ukiyo-e Series "Rekishi Kaido 21 Scenes"

21. Site of Meriken Wharf, the Port of Kobe, Kobe, Hyogo

The main route of the Rekishi Kaido, literally the "Highway of History," is an approx. 300km-long theme road. It starts from ancient Ise, following Auska, Nara, Kyoto and Osaka, and end in modern Kobe, going around to 21 epoch-making sites of Japanese history chronologically. The CG Ukiyo-e Series "Rekishi Kaido 21 Scenes" corresponds to all these locations.


Dear Ed,

A postcard on the occasion of it finally being green enough around here to cut the grass -- something I resist when I can.

Dees

More Beer

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(A sepia print of an old-timey beer wagon)

Miller Brewing Company
Guided Tours Monday - Saturday, Call for Times.
Gift Shop Open Monday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For information call (414) 931-BEER
www.shopmillerbrewing.com


Dear Jay, Deb & Dees,

I keep finding these cards -- I don't know how many I took, since they were free.

Dees

That's Some Bad Tape, Maxell

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Duck and the high rock formations on the Lower Dells of the Wisconsin River
(608) 254-8751

"Ride the Original Wisconsin Ducks -- It's fun galore."

One-hour Tour of Fun and Adventure on Land and Water
Bring Your Camera - Tours Daily - April through mid-November.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin


To Whom It May Concern at Maxell:

The enclosed tape, purchased earlier this year, is defective. It broke and I had to open the shell and tape it back to the spool.

Dees Stribling

To a Former Teacher

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Living Room. Taliesin® is the Spring Green, Wisconsin home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright®. Within the 37,000 square feet of Taliesin is the living room, which has been described as the greatest domestic space in America.

Dear Mr. Swinny,

I was delighted to read about you in the Express-News recently -- my mother sent me a clipping. You may not remember me, but I was a student of yours 32 years ago at AHHS in an English class. These days I live in northeastern Illinois, am a journalist and have two daughters, 5 and 10 years of age.

Among my English teachers, you and the late Mrs. Tibbets were favorites of mine.

Regards,

Dees Stribling

Choco-Pie!

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Orion® Choco-Pie

Chocolate Pie with Marshmallow Cream

NO preservatives • trans fat

Net wt.: 336g/11.85 oz Contents: 12 packs


Dear Lisa,

You might enjoy this confection, if you've never tried them. A product of Korea, available in fine Asian grocery stores in the USA.

Dees

Miró No Mo'

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Joan Miró

30 Postcards

Taschen

Related Taschen products:
Noch mehr Thema:
Création Taschen sur le même theme:

• Big Art Series/Grosse Kunstreihe/Grande Collection
• Basic Art Series/Kleine Kunstreihe/Petite Collection
• Posterbook
• Blankbook

© 1993 Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH
Hohenzollernring 35, D-50672 Köln
© for the illustrations: 1993 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Text: Simone Philippi, Cologne
Printed in Singapore
ISBN 3-8228-9389-7

Dear Geof & Nancy,

Actually, 31 postcards. This is among the last of the Miró series to leave Schaumburg.

Dees

More Effort

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[Four old-time images of Miller Brewing Co. facilities.]

Miller Brewing Company
Guided Tours Monday - Saturday, Call for Times.
Gift Shop Open Monday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For information call (414) 931-BEER
www.shopmillerbrewing.com

Dear Geof & Nancy,

So is this one.

Dees

Making An Effort

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[A sepia print of an old-timey beer wagon.]

Miller Brewing Company
Guided Tours Monday - Saturday, Call for Times.
Gift Shop Open Monday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For information call (414) 931-BEER
www.shopmillerbrewing.com

Dear Geof & Nancy,

This is part of an effort to catch up on my postcards.

Dees

Woody

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New York Flashbacks

View of the Chrysler Building, c. 1935

Photograph by Underwood & Underwood
© 1995 Underwood Photo Archives Ltd., San Francisco

[Sticker image of President Woodrow Wilson attached to message area of postcard.]

[Added caption for Mr. Wilson: "Because I said so, that's why."]


Dear Ed,

GWB is a piker compared to Mr. Wilson in his prime.

Dees

Chet

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New York Flashbacks

The automobile display area on the ground floor of the Chrysler Building, 1936. The escalator led to the mezzanine, which housed a Walter Chrysler mini-museum.

Photograph by F.S. Lincoln
© 1995 Underwood Photo Archives Ltd., San Francisco

[Sticker image of President Chester A. Arthur attached to message area of postcard.]


Dear Neal & Michele,

No home is complete with The Ultimate Presidents Sticker Book.

Dees

Ronnie

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New York Flashbacks

Winter sports carnival on the lake at 59th Street in Central Park, c. 1930s.

© 1995 Underwood Photo Archives Ltd., San Francisco

[Sticker image of President Ronald Reagan attached to message area of postcard.]


Dear Layne,

No home is really complete with The Ultimate Presidents Sticker Book. Ronnie would have approved.

Dees

He Didn't Live to See the '39 Fair, Alas

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New York Flashbacks

World's Fair of 1939

Photograph by George Enell
© 1995 Underwood Photo Archives Ltd., San Francisco

[Sticker image of President William Howard Taft attached to message area of postcard.]


Dear Martha,

Mr. Taft says, "Buy The Ultimate Presidents Sticker Book for Dante today."

Dees

Millard

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New York Flashbacks

The Cloisters, George Grey Barnard's museum for Gothic art, at the time of its purchase by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1925 for $600,000.00.

Photograph by International Newsreel
© 1995 Underwood Photo Archives Ltd., San Francisco

[Sticker image of President Millard Fillmore attached to message area of postcard.]


Dear Bill,

Mr. Fillmore says, "Buy The Ultimate Presidents Sticker Book today!" and "I know nothing, nothing."

Dees

Writing Postcard Captions Isn't as Hard as Particle Physics

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Prairie State Portraits for framing

FERMI National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Ill.

[Entire text, sic]

Completed in 1973 scientists from all over the world gather here to study the structure of the atom. Located here is the world's largest particle accelerator set underground with a circumference of 4 miles.

Published by © Illinois Distributing Co., P.O. Box 1382, Aurora, IL 60507


Dear Tom,

Good to talk to you near your birthday. Do they make better years than '61 for being born? Not at all.

Dees

Hoosier Hospitality

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Indianapolis, Indiana offers a warm welcome and traditional Hoosier hospitality to visitors and travelers throughout the year.

Photo by Jim Doane


Dear Geof & Nancy,

I will say you beat me to Baton Rouge, but perhaps I've been in the RCA Hoosier Dome (pictured) more often. We must compare notes on this subject.

Dees

The Tower That Gum Built

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CHICAGO RIVER

The Wrigley Building stands illuminated on the Chicago River[,] which is used for commerce and leisure alike.

Photo by © Two-Twenty-Two Productions

IDC-143


Dear Ed,

Before I send any cards from anywhere else this year. I'll start with someplace fairly close.

Dees

Tiffany

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Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, Illinois

Louis Tiffany Window Gem Hall

Stained glass window (44" x 80") depicting a mermaid raising in the sea. Designed by Louis Tiffany. On permanent exhibit in the newly renovated Gem Hall, which reopened November, 1985.


Dear Mike,

There's some possibility that we will visit Nashville in June. Will keep you posted.

Dees

Admist the Bluffs of Metro-East

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Nestled amidst the bluffs of Metro-East, the campus of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville encompasses 2600 rolling acres. The Edwardsville Campus also has two resident centers, one in Alton, the other in East St. Louis.


Dear Jay & Deb & Dees,

This is the best of the blank cards you sent -- thought you'd like it back.

Dees

Saturn

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The Solar System

Saturn's Aurora

Saturn's auroral displays are caused by an energetic wind from the Sun that sweeps over the planet, much like Earth's aurora or the phenomenon that causes fluorescent lamps to glow. Unlike the Earth's aurora, which is occasionally seen in the nighttime sky, Saturn's aurora is seen only in ultraviolet light that is invisible from the Earth's surface; hence it can be observed only from space.

Courtesy of J.T. Trauger (JPL), NASA, and NSSDC.


Dear Peter,

Glad you liked the "Puttin' on the Ritz" posting -- an amazingly durable song. I heard my daughter humming it the other day.

Going to Toronto next month -- watch for Canadian-stamped cards.

Dees

Mehegan Rectangle

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How'd you like to blow on my dice?

Some pick-up lines work better at Mohegan Sun, a world at play.


Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular casino destinations in the world. With 1,200 luxurious hotel rooms, a world class spa, 60 shops and restaurants, 3 spectacular entertainment venues, 6,000 slot machines and 300 table games, it truly is a world at play. For more information, visit mohegansun.com.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Can't say I've been to Mehegan Sun. Normally, sending a postcard of it would be cheating, but if you get a MaxRack, it's just a rectangular bit of paper for mailing.

Dees

No Planet for Old Men

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The Solar System

Venus

Earth and Venus formed from the same general region of the solar nebula, suggesting that their compositions are basically similar. They are roughly the same size, mass, and density. But whereas Earth has temperatures and conditions conductive to life, a variety of environments, and a robust magnetic field, Venus is a dry, hellish, high-pressure furnace whose magnetic field is not even strong enough to keep solar wind from stripping away the upper atmosphere.

Courtesy of NASA/JPL


Dear Layne,

I am out of Gerald Ford Museum postcards obtained in Grand Rapids recently, so Venus will have to do. GR is not a dry, hellish, high-pressure furnace, fortunately.

Dees

High-Altitude Methane Ice Crystal Clouds

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The Solar System

Clouds on Neptune

The farthest of the planets known as gas giants, Neptune is four times Earth's diameter. Absorption of red light by methane in Neptune's atmosphere contributes to the planet's distinctive aqua color; the clouds themselves are somewhat blue. The pink features are high-altitude methane ice crystal clouds. Although the clouds appear white in visible light, they are tinted pink here because they were imaged at near-infrared wavelengths.

Courtesy of H. Hammel (MIT) and NASA


Dear Dan & Pam,

Rec'd a communique from Steve P. recently, asking for your address his e-address, which I provided. Hope you hear from him soon.

Dees

Tilapia

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Trader Joe's®

Panko breaded Tilapia Fillets

FARM RAISED


Dear Tom,

What better greetings for your birthday than fancy fishsticks? Is it really easier to eat fishsticks than to read Descartes?

Dees

Fuijyama

Mount Fuji

Dawn Bursting in Fuji's Horizon

© Yukio Ohyama

Q Photo International Inc.
Phone: Tokyo 5446-9021


Dear Ed,

Hope Italy treats you well -- hard to imagine it wouldn't.

Just found out I'm going to Toronto next month -- details to follow in next letter.

Dees

Im Haus des Künstlers, Ja

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Claude Monet: Jean Monet in the Home of the Artist, 1875

Jean Monet im Haus des Künstlers • Un Coin d'appartement

Paris, Musée d'Orsay


[To Geof & Nancy]

[Drawing of a girl by Ann]

Seerosenteich + Duck

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Claude Monet: Corner of the Pond at Giverny, 1918/19

Seerosenteich • Coin de l'étang a Giverny

Grenoble, Musée des Beaux-Arts


[To Grandma]

[Drawing by Ann]

ANN

Ann says it's a duck.

SAMEMILY

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Claude Monet: The Poppy Field at Argentueil, 1873

Mohnfeld bei Argentueil • Les Coquelicots a Argentueil

Paris, Musée d'Orsay


[To Sam & Emily:]

[Drawing by Ann]

ANN

(Self-portrait. She also wrote "SAMEMILY" to the right.)

Mighty Mac

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Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

The courage and strength of the brave knights are put to the test in a display of fierce competition.


Dear Jay, Deb & Dees,

You're right, I have been across the Mackinac Bridge -- more than once, including last summer. Still a bargain to cross at $2.

Dees

From the Postcard Rack

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Up North, No Butts About It

[Photo of a deer, butt facing the camera]

Northwoods Trading Co., 1271 S. Bay Road, St. Germain, WI (715) 479-3879


Dear Jim,

After we dropped you off, it rained most of the way home, cleared up awhile & then rained hard. Ann went to school & I did some work.

Dees

Rosie's Venetian Diner?

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Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883),
The Grand Canal, Venice (Blue Venice), 1874.
Oil on canvas, 58.7 x 71.4 cm.

Collection of the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont.
The Art Institute of Chicago®


Dear Martha,

Went to Grand Rapids recently but I've run out of GR cards already, so the Grand Canal will have to do.

Recommended: Rosie's Diner just north of town. Grand Rapids, that is, not Venice.

Dees