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Lettermo Day #5

It’s a handmade postcard! (Also, I mailed out a bill, but that probably doesn’t count.)

This is a postcard to California via swap-bot, particularly for this swap.  I took this picture back in…2006ish.  This is WB91 right before the SR271 interchange.  There was heavy traffic because Anaheim Hills was on fire again.  This was during the time when it was quite fashionable for Anaheim Hills to be on fire.  I remember there were quite a few number of years where Anaheim Hills would have wildfire issues every fire season.  It made commuting through the area pretty painful.  More painful than it is normally.

Why did I send a postcard of some place that’s on fire?  Well, I’ve actually always liked this photo.  I’m not really sure why.  I guess I like the contrast between the blue sky and all that orange smokiness right below it.  It’s not that I want Anaheim Hills to catch on fire again.  It really would be nicer if it didn’t.

Stamp watch!

Look!  Exact postage!  I found that I had several sheets of 0.01$ stamps so I was able to use exact postage this time.  It is now 0.32$ to send normal, first-class postcards through the mail.  It is 0.45$ if you’re sending oversize postcards.  Just fyi.

Lettermo Day #3

Another postcard!  I will actually be writing normal letters during this time.  I just happen to have a lot of projects that needed to get done all at once; one of them showcased the post before this one.  Well, half of the project is showcased.  Postcards don’t require as much commitment as a letter, so that’s why I’m writing postcards for the present.

This is a postcard to Poland via postcrossing.  This one is out of my random stash collection.  I believe this particular one was given to me (in multiples) by a a swap-bot user in a private swap.  She got a lot of Disney/Pixar postcards in exchange, as I remember.  The recipient requested a postcard of the capital city of my country.  Well, I didn’t have any.  Neither did I have any of my own state.  I did, however, have postcards of the capital city of Wisconsin.  So that’s what she got.

Stamp watch!

Not as ridiculous as the first postcard.  I probably have enough stamps of different denominations to make up the 1.05$ exactly that it costs to send this postcard to Poland, but I’m a bit pressed for time and I don’t want to dig up all my loose stamps.  Besides, the USPS could use a little extra support.