Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ An unusual old postcard from Townsville in Queensland, Australia has an interesting feature!
The postal bag opens and...
Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A series of mini scenes round Townsville pop out!
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Postcard Friendship Friday #19
(THIS PAIRS WITH MY WEEKEND MAILBOX MEME TOMORROW!)
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Echoes from Townsville
Days of pounds, shillings and pence
Postcard memories
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ The back of the card suggests that the writer is recuperating from an operation in Townsville.
Notice that the card cost a halfpenny - if just included address and sender's name only - and would have cost one penny if sent with a message!
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I measure out my life with haiku. My camera films my soul. ~ Gemma Wiseman
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Old Messages from Townsville
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- A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
- Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
- Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
- Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
- The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
- Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
- Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
- Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman
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3 comments:
Absolutely love this Gemma. Mine is posted too!
Fantastic Card! Love the way you photographed it, as well.
Clever design! Happy PFF.
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