What About Furry Friends?

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A handful of flowers can change your mood. Decorating is a living process. Fill your home with things you love, from flowers to furry pets to friends, and everyone in it will feel better.

IKEA®

© Inter IKEA Systems B.V. 2003 - Printed on non-chlorine bleached paper. Contains recycled paper.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

I'm playing ODOP catch-up now - expect a number of cards in the near future.

Dees

Tyger

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William Blake (1757-1827). Illustration from Europe: A Prophecy (1794). From Six William Blake Cards, © 2002 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

It's tiger sticker week

[tiger sticker]

here at ODOP -- here's yours.

Dees

Froggie Goes to College

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The new $8 million Northern Illinois University Music Building in DeKalb includes a Concert Hall that can be "tuned," Recital Hall, Lecture Hall, Music Library, recording and electronic studios, classrooms, offices, group rehearsal rooms and 126 individual practice rooms.

Picture by Marge Nurnberg

Es-n-Len PHOTOS, P.O. Box 962, Aurora, Ill. 60507


Dear Jay & Deb,

Here's another dull card. Except for the frog sticker.

[frog sticker]

Dees

Visitors Should Never Feed or Harass Wildlife

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#49943 White-tailed deer browse a lush meadow in Cades Cover. An 11-mile loop road around this scenic valley offers opportunities to view bear, Wild Turkey, and a variety of historic buildings. Visitors should never feed or harass wildlife.

Photographer -- Bill Lea

© Impact, Designed & Distributed in the U.S.A. Printed in Korea.


Dear Scott & Joan,

It looked pretty much like this during our summer visit, except the deer tended to scatter.

Dees

Frog + Lighthouse

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Big Sable Point Lighthouse is located north of the swimming beach at Ludington State Park, Ludington, Michigan. Completed in 1867, the tower stands at 112 feet, making it one of the few Michigan Lights reaching 100 feet. The buildings are now open to the public.

Photos by John Penrod


Dear Wendy & Ted,

It's frog sticker week -- this is the last one.

[frog sticker]

Dees

Frog + Metropolitan Hotel

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Edgewater Beach Hotel
Chicago 40, Ill.

World-famous as the "Metropolitan Hotel with the Country Club Atmosphere." On Chicago's Lakefront. 1,000 outside rooms. Unique, colorful Cocktail Lounges with five exciting Public Dining Rooms. Dancing nightly. Glamorous outdoor Swimming Pool and Cabanas. Tennis and Suffleboard Courts. 200-car garage in Hotel. Frequent, regular private motor coach service, 15 minutes to "Loop."


Dear Bonnie,

It's frog sticker week. Hope all is well with you. Thought you might like this familiar hotel image.

[frog sticker]

Dees

Frog + Buffalo

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Buffalo Trace Distillery

800-654-8471 www.buffalotrace.com

Along with being the most award-winning distillery in the world, Buffalo Trace proudly holds the title of the oldest continually operating distillery in America, remaining operational even during Prohibition -- for "medicinal" purposes. A trip to Buffalo Trace offers visitors a taste of history, heritage and of course, fine Kentucky Bourbon.


Dear Jim,

I found some frog stickers -- here's one.

[frog sticker]

Dees

Frog + Panna Cotta

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Trader Joe's®
Peach & Blueberry
PANNA COTTA
A Silky Smooth Italian Dessert

Contains 2 Individual Servings

Net Wt. 10.5 oz (300g)


Dear Geof & Nancy,

It's frog sticker week

[frog sticker]

here at ODOP -- here's yours.

Dees

Constantine

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ROMA

Arco di Costantino
Arc de Costantin
Arc of Costantine [sic]
Der Costantinsbogen

Plurigraf Terni
da fotocolor Kodak Ektachrome


Dear Jay & Deb,

"If it's good enough for Constantine, it's good enough for me."

Dees

Does Whatever a Spider Can

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[Spiderman]


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Spiderman's true identity --

[1969 Inaugural Pennant Sticker: "Our 37th President Richard M. Nixon"]

Revealed for the first time.

Dees

Hen Wallow

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Hen Wallow Falls - Smoky Mountains National Park

Crosby, TN


Dear Jay & Deb,

With "Inspection Station, Blythe, Calif." you win the least picturesque postcard of the year contest, for now -- but I will try to top it anyway. This one is close.

Dees

Swedish Pancakes & The Tenth President

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Trader Joe's®

Swedish Style Pancake & Waffle Mix

Just add water

Net Wt. 14.1 oz (400g)


Dear Layne,

This is hard to write on. Decent pancakes, though.

Dees & President Tyler

[Sticker of John Tyler's head]

The Photographic Greeting Card Co. Ltd.

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St. Paul's Cathedral, London

The Photographic Greeting Card Co. Ltd., London

NATURAL COLOUR SERIES PHOTO GREETINGS U.S.A

Dear Geof & Nancy,

I'm sending this because it has few descriptive words.

Dees

Give 'em Hell

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The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
U.S. Highway 24, Independence, Missouri 64050

Portrait of a great president -- Harry S. Truman -- Citizen, Statesman, Soldier portrait was presented to the Harry S. Truman Library by the Harry S. Truman Chapter of the Air Force Association. The near-size portrait is by the Missouri-born artist Larry K. Mansker, a native of Independence, Missouri.


Dear Rich & Lisa,

Where's Harry now that we need him?

Dees

Europas größter unterirdischer See Motorbootfahrt

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Seegrotte, Hinterbrühl bei Mödling/NÖ

Europas größter unterirdischer See. Motorbootfahrt
Europe's largest underground lake. Motorboating
Le plus grand lac souterrain d'Europe. Tours en canots automobiles
Il piu vasto lago sotteraneo d'Europa. Battello a motore

GROSSER SEE

[Souvenir Stamp: Seegrotte Wien-Hinterbrühl]


Dear Ed,

For some reason, this appeared in Schaumburg in our time & I got it for a quarter. Souvenir stamp no extra change.

Dees

Leftover Parthenon

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The Parthenon - Nashville, Tennessee

The Parthenon in Nashville was created for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897 and today stands as the centerpiece of Centennial Park. Nashville's Parthenon is a full-scale replica of the original in Athens, as it looked upon completion in 438 B.C. The building reinforces Nashville's nickname, "Athens of the South," and includes a re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue, which stands 41' 10" tall.


Dear Dees,

Good luck in San Marcos & send your cousins cards if you have time.

yr. uncle Dees

Loverboy?

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

The Village of Schaumburg's Septemberfest celebration takes place over Labor Day weekend and features a 250+ exhibitor arts and crafts fair, live music, a parade, a carnival, and 'Taste of Schaumburg,' featuring over 20 of the village's top restaurants.


Dear Martha,

Septemberfest also features third-string, has-been music acts -- the year Loverboy, I think. We ate food & the kids rode rides, but we missed the music. The fireworks were good, too.

Dees

S-burg Schoolhouse

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

Schaumburg Centre School, built in 1872, is the original schoolhouse for the Village of Schaumburg. Located on the grounds of Saint Peter Lutheran Church and School at 208 East Schaumburg Road, the building has been restored and is now a museum and is open for tours by appointment. For more information: www.stpeterlcms.org


Dear Robert,

Ann wanted to send a pic -- (of her at the beach)

[Drawing of Ann at the beach]

Ann

はまち

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はまち

[ha ma chi]

Yellowtail Nigiri

Yellowtail is very dense but tender. It has a mild, sweet aftertaste.


Dear Bill,

Why didn't we eat sushi in college? Were we callow lads, or hadn't it been imported yet?

Dees

とびこ

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とびこ

[to bi ko]

Flying Fish Roe

Tobiko are small, crunchy orange beads of roe. Mild in flavor, tobiko look very similar in size and color to masago, a roe from the shishamo fish.


Dear Jay & Deb,

Thanks for the NYC cards -- I will use a few soon.

Dees