Mailbox Happiness

Mail arrival has come again
makes my day, happiness sets in.
Cards and letters are fantastic to me,
they keep me in touch with friends I can't see!


Beautiful card from my penpal in Germany.  She always has the prettiest cards.


This water color pink and blue envelope is on the way to California.  It contains a postcard that was sent to a couple in California but arrived with my mail here in Texas.  I'm sure their friend or family who is visiting the Netherlands wanted them to have it so it's on the way...with a slight delay in flight.


Sapa Vietnam in Spring-Dreamy isn't it.


Vietnam Postage Stamps


Victoria Kirdy Cat Illustration


Russia Postage Stamps


Yummy orange heart


Malta Postage Stamp


Ladybird Book Cover-The Adventures of Wonk
Arrived from France


France Postage Stamps-Beautiful


It's never, ever too early or too late...however you choose to look at it for a Christmas card, never I say! ;) This one had been on it's way since November 2012, arrived in perfect condition after 4 months travel time.


Belarus New Year Postage Stamp

My day is better
when I'm sending letters!

Colds are miserable!  Thankfully, Mer and I didn't get them until we came home from Disney World.  Last weeks activities included being best friends with the tissue box (many tissue boxes), a lot of coughing, my voice sounding like a man, laying on the sofa and sleep!

We did make it to see, Oz the Great and Powerful, loved it!  Do you see many movies?

I wrote three penpal letters, only managed pictures of two this time around.  Better than none, right. ;)





Postcard Arrival at Mailbox Happiness!


Beautiful Grey Cat
Arrived from Russia


Russia Postage Stamps


Fun Cat & Elephant
Arrived from Russia


Russia QR Reader Postage Stamp


Heart & Starfish among the sand and pebbles.
Arrived from Germany

Waving Hello & Hugs to You!

We just returned from a fantastic trip to Disney World!  Weather was perfect, parks weren't crowded and we had the best time!

I came home to a lot of mail...Yay!  I have a lot of mail yet to answer...Yay!  If you are waiting on a letter or postcard from me, I hope you'll understand my delay in replying.


Let's go on an Easter egg hunt!  Made by a wonderful postcrossing member and sent to Meredith.
Arrived from USA


Moomin cards are adorable, always make me smile!
Arrived from Finland


Finland Postage Stamp


Whoop!  A Mountain Goat card!  Mountain goats are seldom seen since they prefer rugged rocky terrain above 2,000 metres (6,500 ft.).  Ideally suited for this harsh and unforgiving environment, these animals have a thick shaggy coat which has 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in) long guard hairs with a 10 cm (4 in) inner layer of wool to keep them warm.  Their hooves, split, sharp-edged, flexible and rubbery, enable them to climb effortlessly along sheer rock faces even when covered with snow or ice.


Malaysia Mount Everest Postage Stamp


A very beautiful cat by the artist Loes Botman who specializes in pastels.  Another reason I love postcards, the exposure to many different artists and styles of art.
Arrived from Belgium


Belgium Postage Stamp


With Love!
Arrived from Russia


Russia Postage Stamps

Oh Happy Day!
I hope every little
thing is going your way!


I haven't had a lot of time to write penpal letters this week but I did manage to get another one off to Malaysia.


I'm loving the Lancy Cat series of postcards. This one is Happy Time-Thinking of you and wishing you all of life's best today and always.  Looks like the sweet kitty is all ready for tea and muffins.
Arrived from China.


China Start Here Postage Stamp


Contentment by Valerie Baines.  I'm going to assume this is a female cat because she's so beautiful and posing so gracefully!  My female cat often poses like this!
Arrived from Germany


Germany Postage Stamp


Joyeux Noel-Merry Christmas Postcard!  Love Christmas any day of the year, this is a cute Santa with his very full toy sack!
Arrived from Japan



Japan Postage Stamps including an adorable Christmas Kitty Stamp


Still working on completing my State Capitol Postcard Collection-Columbus Ohio State Capitol!


USA Postage Stamps-Bobcat & Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

Penpal letters on the way today!    Hopefully they travel safely and quickly. ;)

Yoohoo, do you make your own envelopes too?  Is it hard for you to resist picking up things here and there to decorate your envelopes with?  Do you tend to lean toward bright and happy, vintage or some other style of envelope?

It's a fact that I have enough paper to make a million envelopes but when I see new papers that I love, I can't keep from bringing them home and it's generally bright and happy colors.  How about you, what do you lean towards?

Letters to write, cards to send.
Time to get busy now, where's my pen?


I love cats, Meredith loves cats, cats are the cats meow. ;)  My very favorite type of cat postcard to receive are painted, drawn or illustrated for a couple of reasons: I love cats but especially because I get to experience different artists and how they see cats.  This beautiful little girl and her cat arrived from Russia and are by Elena Pimonova, you can see more of her work on her website.  



Russia Postage Stamp


I have very few postcards on the subject of letter writing or pens and it's a category I love.  This postcard arrived from Poland and the title is, "Greetings from Vacation".  It shows a letter written in Polish and sea shells from the Baltic Sea.


Yay, it's a Christmas Diddl postcard from Germany!  Diddl is a cute mouse with big pink ears hugging a lovely, fluffy snowman!  I smile every time I look at it!


Germany Postage Stamp

Good Day
how are you?
feeling happy?
feeling blue?
write a little mail
no matter your mood.

Oh dear, I'm behind on my mail...at least to me.  It seems that after not sleeping for several nights in a row, my brain wasn't really that interested in writing anything on paper (who knows what it would have been).  Last night was amazing, I slept all night which means I'm ready to get back to writing!  Yay!


Incoming Mail-the beautifully decorated envelope is from my wonderful penpal JarieLyn.  The Valentine card and other letter are both from Lettermo participants.


It was thrilling to receive this wonderful sheep card and letter from Jan, love the envelope too!


Mariska knows how much I love Christmas cards so she wrote her last letter to me on the adorable Pooh and Piglet Christmas card.


Cute new return address labels I just received, love that they are mail related!