Postcards Jog Memory
Vintage Florida Postcards
As a shopkeeper I gain so much knowledge from the people I meet on a daily basis. All the little tidbits of information I hear really broadens my horizons. I’ll share with you something that J. McKenzie and I talked about today. We were talking about souvenir Christmas Ornaments and how she’s decorating her 5th Wheel for Christmas this year. (She lives here in Florida part of the year and is down now from up North to visit her Daughter) She’s unpacking the small package of ornaments and remembering each one. Our conversation continued, one thing led to another and we started talking about postcards. This is what J. M. does….
She buys postcards during her vacations and the places she has visited over the years and writes on the back of the postcards notes about her trip, things she’s seen on the trip, dates them and then keeps the postcards in a stack to look at another day. A friend of hers told her that “when she gets old” she can sit back in her easy chair and look through all the postcards and remember all the fun times she spent on those trips. J. M. wants to some day put all the postcards in a scrapbook so they’re all nice and neat!
I think too that sometimes those postcards have a much prettier picture than the ones we take ourselves! Great idea J.M.!!!
~Donna Kiehl~
Thank you Lydia! You’re a pleasure to have as a dealer in the shop!
Love the “homey” notes that Donna has posted on Quaint Essential Thymes, just wonderful…… “love the shop and the owners too!” Thanks for making the shop GREAT! A blessed Christmas to one and ALL…. and a healthy & happy 2010, as well!