Thursday, September 17, 2009

A Horse, Of Course! PFF #9


I'm hooked on horses this week, and I'm going to enter a Festival of Postcards, sponsored by A Canadian Family with a lot of other postcard folks who have images of animals that walk on four legs! I'm hoping to include my Big Top Tiger in the mix, as it was one of my favorite covers to do - Stamps flown in from Rochester, New York, then an eighty mile drive to the little town of Ringling, Montana, to get them canceled on the First Day of Issue. This issue featuring Jim Bridger was no different. We drove to Cody, Wyoming, to purchase the Legends of the West sheet of stamps, canceling Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley in Cody, then back to Bridger, Montana, to cancel the Jim Bridger and Western Wildlife stamp. It was an excellent adventure!

Marie Reed at Vintage Verve is just plain CHEESY this week, so if you'd like to see what others are contributing to Friendship Friday, pay her a visit. I've already been there with the horse I rode in on!
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  1. Evelyn Yvonne TheriaultSeptember 17, 2009 at 2:54 PM

    Hello again - yes I'll be sure to include everything in the Festival!
    Evelyn in Montreal

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  2. PostcardySeptember 17, 2009 at 3:08 PM

    Your artistic envelopes are great. That does sound like it was an excellent adventure (and a lot of work too).

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  3. maryt/theteachSeptember 17, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    Mr. Cachet, what fun! A postcard festival! Come see what I posted... :)

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  4. SnapSeptember 17, 2009 at 3:49 PM

    Your envelopes are wonderful. This was quite an adventure.

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  5. viridianSeptember 17, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    Happy PFF, and thanks for visiting my blog.

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  6. KateSeptember 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM

    A festival of postcards sounds like something rather enticing!

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  7. Bob of HollandSeptember 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM

    Beautiful design. AI like mail art like this. Thanks for sharing on PFF.

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  8. DebrinaSeptember 18, 2009 at 12:32 AM

    You guys in the States know how to celebrate all things festive. All I read these days in blogs written by US bloggers is art festival this, postcard festival that, festival festival this, festival festival that....
    Do you know of anyone rich who will sponsor me to come over to the States to par5ticipate in these festivals? I reckon I could do top to bottom States attending festivals. Saaweeet!

    PS. Great artwork Dave!
    PPS. My mail art is heading your way as I speak.
    PPPS. Thanks for your lovely, supportive comment re: B/W zine!

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  9. RobinSeptember 18, 2009 at 4:47 AM

    Wow....that's a lot of traveling about.....but I oh so love the whole idea of it.
    Great postal art!

    Have a beautiful weekend

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  10. WengSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:51 AM

    This festival sure sounds fun, we don't have 'em here in PI though. Love the postal art!

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  11. SherrieSeptember 18, 2009 at 7:24 AM

    Hi!
    That's a beautiful postcard! I like all the different colors on the card. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    http://splummer-aviewofmylife.blogspot.com/2009/09/postcard-friendship-fridays_18.html

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  12. IreneSeptember 18, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    Holy Smoke that was a lot of travelling. Great post.

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  13. UnknownSeptember 18, 2009 at 10:08 AM

    So, you're still on your high horse?
    Of course!!
    Artists in your position never seem to get saddle sore.
    "Hi-ho, Silver!" Ride 'im, Cowboy artist!

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  14. UnknownSeptember 18, 2009 at 10:10 AM

    P.S. I love seeing the wind-blown mane and tail. You're GOOD.

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  15. fortuitous faerySeptember 18, 2009 at 11:08 AM

    beautiful! and your old paper art collection is colorful indeed!

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  16. SheilaSeptember 18, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    That's a really beautiful illustration! Wonderful too, to be able to get the stamps cancelled in the right places.

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  17. DebrinaSeptember 18, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    See my new comments on your last post.

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  18. Kim PalmerSeptember 18, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    Have been ill for the last 10 days or so and bogged down with work but I'm feelin better and trying to catch up with everyone. Another fabulous piece Dave. Your illustrations really are beautiful. You should try to do an exhibition, I think it would do well. The festival sounds like a great place to showcase your talents. Good luck and enjoy!

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2009 at 4:11 AM

    I still have some old penny post cards. Amazing that they went from coast to coast for one penny.

    I spent one day restoring Patty's computer. She clicked on an email she had sent that could not be delivered and was returned. She was curious as to why it wasn't delivered and clicked on the notice. Well, it was a "worm" that locked her computer and wouldn't let her do anything. When I got up the next day, she came out in her PJs and said, "My computer won't come on."

    I had to reformat the hard drive and return it to the factory, new, condition. She lost everything on the computer. I feel sorry for her as it takes a lot of time to put her things back on the computer that she had saved on an external hard drive. Beware folks. If you send an email and it comes back, you should not open it.

    I have not been able to get around much of late.

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  20. Marie ReedSeptember 21, 2009 at 2:08 AM

    This is truly lovely! Who is the stampy lad in the upper right hand corner? Is that grizzly Adams?

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 7:01 AM

    Thank you very much for visiting Pick a Peck of Pixels and for the comment you left me there. Now I want to invite you to stop and look at my Canon camera photographs. They are some of the best I can or have taken. My Canon Blog

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