Vicki Archer from French Essence did a little shopping while in Paris at the beginning of November. The shopping included buying something special for her readers.....forty vintage post cards with various scene's from Paris.
It was HERE that Vicki generously offered to share the post cards and send them out to readers of French Essence.
I was very happy to receive an email from Vicki asking for my mailing address so that a card could be sent out to me. Today the carefully inked envelope arrived in the mail, inside was a pretty linen paper card with a watercolour painting of a home {Mas de Berard} that looks remarkably like Sharon Santoni's home on My French Country Home.
Inside is a quick note from Vicki {doesn't she have the prettiest handwriting?} and the vintage post card. The post card is marked PARIS - Parc des Buttes-Chaumont - La Passerelle - Le Lac - Le Belvedere - P. P. C. Paris and it has a 10 cent stamp.
I will need to have the assistance of one of my friends to read the message written in French, but I love the tightly scripted handwriting on the back of the card.
When I look at something like this with age, I can't help but envision someone sitting down to carefully write a note to a friend and then wandering across the cobbled streets of Paris to post it.
It will take a few more months until Cardinal House is ready for move in, but this little treasure already has a special spot waiting in our new home.
Vicki : Thank you for the lovely gift.
Katherine.... Thank you for writing such a lovely post about the card... It was such a pleasure to find them and pick them out... I do love the art of letter writing and I am sad to say that I don't send as many as I should!
ReplyDeleteI think this might be a new resolution for 2014... more handwriting... :)
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