Travel by Postcard to the Far East!

These are some of my Asian postcards.

This postcard was mailed in 1910.  I bought it for $3.00.

This is a hand painted postcard and I love the colors the artist chose.

I didn't have to buy this one at all, I got it on the Internet for free! I just googled vintage Chinese postcard.

I can't read the date on this one, but I bought it for $3.00 at least 20 years ago

I bought this postcard for 50 cents at Webster, FL about 20 years ago.  It is dated Dec. 22, 1904 and it is hand painted!

Exquisite!

These are Japanese tea tags.

Anyone in There?

A conversation with Adam age 4--

Adam: "Mom, is there anyone else in there?
Me: "In where?"
Adam: "In your tummy.  I thought maybe my brother was in there."

...then later on he reflected on his past:

"Mom," he said, "when Rebecca was in your tummy, Janet and I used to play with her in there.  We all used to play together before we were born."

(Drawing by Chris)

Our Family

I should have introduced you to my family back at the beginning!  

This is my Mama, Helen Till, age 91.  She lives at home in Montgomery, Alabama

Frank and I live here in Orlando, FL

These are our two grandchildren:

Jack age 9

Ian age 4

Our daughter, Rebecca (39), lives in Austin, TX
with her two boys 
Jack and Ian.  She is a mortgage processor.

Our daughter, Janet (34), is married to Michael Caponi. She is an interior designer for an architecture firm. They live in
Charlotte, NC.  She is the one who taught me how to make a blog and encouraged (threatened) me to get going on it!

Our son, Adam (26), is married to Diana and they live in
Austin, TX.  They are in graduate school at the U. of TX
and are both working on PhD's in chemistry.

Medical update from our son, Adam

(Drawing by Chris)

Love Me, Love My Postcards!

I just love old postcards and I have a huge collection of them.  I am not really collecting them anymore because I figure I have enough (over 300).  Now I am scanning my favorites so I can share them.  I especially love postcards of Dutch children!

See the little word "Marken" at the top of the postcard?  Marken is a peninsula off the Northern coast of Holland.  It used to be an island but they made it into a peninsula--that sounds like a lot of work!  They are somewhat isolated from the mainland and still have the traditional clothing and customs of years ago. 

How is this for a great peek inside a vintage Dutch home?  I like the old Dutch bed closet!

I keep this card on a little stand in the living room.

This is an advertising postcard

This is a style of men's pants that just never caught on elsewhere.  I guess bellbottom pants would be the opposite of these.  Look closely and you will see the little girl is holding a bubble pipe.

This reminds me of the Disney movie,
"Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates".

Ernie dreams that he is a KING.

 (drawing by Adam, age 6)

Another Dose of Culture From Artist Adam Till Garland

Here are some more of Adam's drawings.  The first one is refers to when he dug himself under a big thing of playground equipment and got stuck.