Dear You

Upon reflection they may be a size too large...

April 29th, 1904

Dear you,

Not too sure where I am at the moment but the postage is cheap, domestic one cent, foreign two. Someone muttered something about Germany but I am not convinced; do they have white-bellied penguins there?

Missing our zoological discussions. My notebook is full with descriptions of animals I have sighted and know not their names.

You’ll be pleased to hear I have found you a fetching pair of what I believe to be Roman sandals. Upon reflection they may be a size too large.

Hugs and blue skies,
X

(Postcard collage title: A fine balancing act (I).)

I can be found with a crescent-shaped pîrâgi in hand...

April 10th, 1904

Dear you,

The Cathedrals of Riga are every bit as grand as I was lead to believe; the domed tops especially reminiscent of a pair of earrings I once owned.

When not looking upward, I can be found with a crescent-shaped pîrâgi in hand.

Sending Latvian kisses,
X

(Postcard collage title: Mind how you go in the capital.)

I suspect this would be a little easier were I smaller in stature...

April 8th, 1904

Dear you,

Trying to fit in in Imatra, Finland. I suspect this would be a little easier were I smaller in stature. Spending my days on the outside peering in, or so it feels.

Here I am looking in on a pair dining on Pickled Herring with potatoes at the Valtion Hotel. I am wishing they would roll one of their cabbage rolls (kaalikääryle) in my general direction for it’s cold by the River Vuoksi with only bird watchers for company.

Love and cabbage rolls,
X

(Postcard collage title: Looking for a way in.)

Forever hitting my head on the overhead power lines...

April 2nd, 1904

Dear you,

Change of pace, change of hotel address, here I am reporting in from Rue Foch, Beyrouth. Beirut proving a busy place and I am forever hitting my head on the overhead power lines.

Tonight I hope to head to the Grotte de Pigeons (the Pigeons' Cave) by way of the lighthouse. I hear they fashion beads from shells (or is that Taforalt, in Eastern Morocco?) and I am curious to find out more.

Wish me luck,
X

(Postcard collage title: Looking for delicacies in Lebanon.)