i guess the USPS is gearing up to slow down for election time. i sent these cards out over 3 weeks ago, and many are only just getting delivered. not just overseas, but stateside as well. i always take note of when the cards start to be received, and none have taken this long before.
curious. 
October card will go out next week. let’s see how long it will take to deliver.
Mine arrived two days ago - as always, thank you so much!
I was thinking about how I first became aware of the Keys and their railway, and in the back of my mind I remembered a Donald Duck story about them I must have read as a kid. Here is a short description (in German) - it is part of a series invented by the German publishing house for Disney, whose stories were based on true events.
The last two never arrived 
One did show up on my daily report that the sorting center sends but didn’t make it to me from there. My local PO is in such disarray, according to my regular carrier, who I haven’t seen in a couple weeks now, come to think of it .
Maybe this one is still in the system… I hope so.
thank you, @gero !
i must now search for this comic book treatment of the Key West Extension story! it sounds delightful!
@Wayward ,i am sorry you have missed some cards issues. i will PM you, shortly (if that is ok).
i do understand that the USPS treats post cards as second class (even with first class postage affixed) and we are coming in to a hightened activity season for the PO, with the election mailings, mail ballots and the holiday season approaching (have you received all the catalogs from those purveyors of nearly useless crap, enticing you to buy, buy, buy for everyone on your shopping list?)
so, i get it, busy time for our diminished postal service (thanks, Louis DeJoy), and i apologize if my Very Important Junk Mail™ does not arrive in a most timely manner. i do try.
that said, i thank you all for continuing to allow me to share my silly pastime with you.
Your cards are lovely and the late delivery and non-delivery aren’t your fault. Simply disappointing.
My latest one arrived a week and a half ago? We are not always good about checking the mail!
I appreciate the time and care you’ve put into the cards! They’ve been going into my memory box
I got mine right away. My post about it ^^^ was 19 days ago…
I was intrigued as well from my returning memories and just ordered a used copy of the story (it’s out of print AFAIK). I’ll make some photographs and would be honoured to send it your ways.
I got mine a week or 10 days ago, but was uhm … indisposed.
I’m working on trying to sell a graphic novel I made that’s a courtroom sketch comedy about the Trump Hush Money Trial. It’s been a heck of a time trying to market a wacky niche book like this.
This is not the place to do that.
if you posted here to tell us of your travails in marketing your project, welcome.
if you are seeking advice from other users on how they may have made way in publishing their own masterpieces, welcome. some here might be willing to share.
if you are here, as a first-time poster, looking for a buyer, may i suggest a marketplace forum of a different sort, as @anon67050589 said above, this is not the place.
best of luck in your venture. please share your successful or otherwise attempts, as i feel certain there are many of us who have tried to varying degrees to “break in” to a market for our creations!
Sorry I was just letting my angst with being a first time self publisher and dealing with trying to get a book out into the world get in the way of making a better post. I should have written more about the morass of scams and gatekeepers that self published writers face and then sought advice on how to approach this impossible task of getting traction for one’s work.
On the puls side of this experience I have learned that using Ingram is a much better option than using Amazon when it comes to self-publishing. Real world book sellers appreciate and respect you as an author a heck of lot more. Hopefully that bit of info help others out there.
Big day tomorrow, we spent the day doing all the set up and getting the food organized so we can visit more than cater.
The centerpieces were all my wife’s doing, I did the heavy lifting.
I’m getting nervous about the 45 people, I enjoy the company but I haven’t been around that many people since covid.
It’s gonna be a beautiful fall day tomorrow so we have the Solo firepit, that way I can spread people out. The Detroit Tigers game will also be on a big screen to spread out even more.
new Conch Republic stamp issue commemorates the coral reef.
Number One: Nurse Shark
coming to your post box soon!
I like it lots, reminds me of the nurse shark I ran into in the water around Pensacola. Nearly 40 years ago, the sand was white, the water was clear, and I thought it was a log submerged in the water, until I got close enough for it to get spooked…
that is awesome. i like that it stirred memories for you!
these cards are a different approach in my printmaking. these will be using color in two ways: multi-inked, one-pass prints (like this one) and hand-tinted, watercolor applied after print. the nurse shark is printed as a drypoint etching in two colors - a custom mix brown, with a stripe of ocher. the letterpress title is text burned - in reverse - on 6mm basswood plate, then printed in a prussian blue ink.
nurse sharks are super cool creatures! we had a juvenile female living under our bayside dock. i called her CeCe, after a favorite bartender here. we would fish off the dock in the evenings, chumming the water with frozen shrimp and squid. CeCe would come out and nibble on the chum bag and make slurpy noises. i found it funny, until she kept biting our hooks. i don’t remember just how many times i unhooked that poor shark, but she always hung out under the dock. we never hurt that shark. respect them too much!
anyway, nursies got the first treatment because i just love 'em! next one features one of the yummiest and most abundant fish on the local reef - the yellowtail snapper! should be fun. y’all stay tuned!
ETA: that black smudge in the upper left is definitely from the handling at the post office! ha! that would never make it out of my studio! but that is an element of mail art that i love! it is the post marks and evidence of the handling that can alter my card in the process, and i always love to see what becomes of the work after it leaves my hands.
Mine arrived today too!!! 
Love nurse sharks! Your CeCe had a spirit sister at an easy to snorkel or dive reef where I grew up. She would regularly be snoozing under a particular coral head and tended to ignore the humans.
And now here is that thing in action
Working on a calendar to better manage my planting and pruning timing. Currently in Google Sheets, but I think I’ll transfer it over to an excel sheet - The same but slightly better template is available in excel too.
Cross-post Gardening, Part 2 - #1128 by chgoliz
Template source: Content Calendar Template - Marketing Calendar for Excel
These are two of my favorite running threads here. Even if I see some of you over beyond the paywall, I’ll miss these little corners of the BBS!
Take Care everyone!
