Postcard #8: Winnie the Pooh

Caption: Friendship Forever / L'amitie pour la vie
© Disney
Based on the "Winnie the Pooh" works, by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard.
Postmarked: Sept 23, 2008

This adorable postcard is from my friend Jaidi in Canada (notice the bilingual English/ French on the card). It's got the major Winnie the Pooh favorites chilling by the river on a Hunny picnic - though I have no idea where Kanga is...

It's worth mentioning that even Eeyore looks happy.

Who's your favorite Winnie the Pooh character???

Note: The glaring scrape on the card is done by some sort of postal machines. Unfortunately it happens often, and the scrape is usually around that same area. Kind of makes you wonder just what kind of paper-shredding monster they're using to sort mail...

Postcard #7: Elvis Presley

Caption: Elvis Presley, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1956
Photograph: Roger Marshutz

Even thought this iconic picture of Elvis was taken in Mississippi, the postcard was actually purchased at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

For those of you who have never been to the Hall of Fame, I highly recommend it; I am by no means an expert in Rock & Roll - frankly, I'm not that much of an expert in any type of American classics - but I still enjoyed it immensely. They had a diverse enough genres of music - from Gospels, R&B, to Heavy Metal, and some stuff that I didn't even think would be featured - that I knew more names than I thought I would. It's pretty fun to just walk through all the memorabilia, or sit and listen to all the biggest hits from the biggest stars. If you're into American music at all, it's worth going to.