Everyday Mail, Frances Holliday Alford

Everyday Mail; Elephants go to the Zoo

 

    

  

Elephants Go to the Zoo

Stamps:  Guava, American Clock, Elephants, Clown, Audubon, Heart, Bicentennial, American Toleware, Migratory Birds.

Images:  Dragonfly, Flowers,Birds, ladybug, pinecones.

Size  4x6

Elephants go to the Zoo

Elephant families do not typically think that going to the zoo is an ideal outing.  But, this particular Sunday, Ermava and her husband Clotis thought that it would be a good activity for the whole group.  They invited the Dragonfly Family from down the street and also a number of Audubon Birds that had migrated from their Book Club.  The Dragonfly family also had a houseguest along, Lady Bug.  They packed a lunch and some food that they hoped they would be able to offer some of the zoo residents.  A guava was cut into small pieces for this purpose.  Ermava had really put her heart into the project.  When their big American Clock, placed on the shelf next to Clotis's American Toleware collection, struck 1:30, they were off on their way.  A Circus Clown was standing at the front of the Zoo holding a large bouquet of pinecones and flowers. 

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Everyday Mail; The Tiki Man and the Sunflowers

 

 

 

 

 

The Tiki Man and the Sunflowers

Stamps:  Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Rooseveldt, American Clock, Big Horned Ram, Starfruit, Sunflowers, Navajo Jewelry, Leif Erikson, Nutcracker, Hemisfair, James Cook, American Eagle, Black Performers Halleujah.

Images:  Tiki God, Dog Pawprints, Flowers, Gisha Girl, Flowers.

 

Tiki Man did not really know how he had gotten to the mainland of America.  He remembered lying flat on his back in a boat for a very long time.  But now he was lined up with statues of American heroes.  Next to him was Franklin D. Rooseveldt and beyond him was Woodrow Wilson.  Was this the dead president's row?  Perhaps not, since James Cook and Leif Erikson were both dead explorers.  He had started at an exhibit at Hemisfair, but that had been long ago.  Now he was stuck between the statues, the Navajo Jewelry, a Big Horned Ram,  and the Gisha Girls.  He remembered when he had resided in a field of sunflowers.  The man's dog had left his paw prints in the soft mud.  Now the sunflowers and the other flowers were a faint memory.  On the other side of the building the Black Ensemble was singing Hallaujah in a vigerous manner.  Would they notice him?  Stuck back there?  The American Pendulum Clock continued to move and he continued to stay very still.

 

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Everyday Mail; The Korean Kissing Swan's Anniversary

 

    

The Korean Kissing Swan's  Anniversary

Stamps:  Korean Kissing Swans, Flags.  American Jazz, Bette Davis.

Images:  Lollypop, Hard candy, Teacup, Flowers, Bow, Gold Doily, Marble Jar, Birthday Cake, Butterfly, Stars, hearts, yellow bird

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Mildred and Bogart had been married for twentyfive years.  Since swans mate for life, it was a blessing that they got along so well.  The Bette Davis Actors Guild threw a party for the Swan Couple that was a smashing success.  There were flowers arranged beautifully in gold doily bedecked vases, each tied with a bow. Lollypops and other hard candies were spread around the table in honor of their sweet reputation.   The cake for all appearances looked like a birthday cake due to the candles, but it was, in fact, a twentyfifth wedding anniversary cake.  It was decorated with hearts and stars.  There was a gag gift from one of the other swan couples.  A jar was filled with twenty five marbles for in case they lost theirs.  The couple toasted with tea cups.  A jazz band played in the background. Outside the building, the Korean flag waved proudly.    Yellow birds acted as hostesses for the swans.  There was love everywhere.  It was a wonderful celebration for the couple known as the Korean Kissing Swans.

 

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Everyday Mail; Austin,The Land of Glittering Objects

 

 

 

Title:  Austin,The Land of Glittering Objects

 

Stamps: Bette Davis, Navajo Jewelry, Star Fruit, Guava, American Clock, Sunflower, Tole Ware Coffee Pot.

Images:  Paisley, Sea Creature, Butterfly, Flower, Korean Calligraphy paper, Stars,

Images:Size:  4 x 6

 

 

Austin,The Land of Glittering Objects

 

The stars were out in Austin that night.  So were the Star Fruit and The Movie Stars.  Bette Davis was fondly remembered that night as the Sea Creature and the Butterfly reminisced about earlier days when they had sat in fields of Sunflowers and worn their Navajo Jewelry.  They drank their coffee from the Tole Ware Pot and ate the Guava cookies that had come wrapped in the special calligraphy paper from Korea.  The American Clock was ticking in the background as they folded up the paisley table cloth and walked into the glittering night.

 

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Everyday Mail; Wonders of Creation

 

 

 

Wonders of Creation"

Stamps:Clock, Kiwi, Starfruit, Papaya, Pomagranite,Bell, Heart, Botanical,Disney, Vintage,

Images:  Butterfly, footprints, gold filigree,Hearts, Text

 

The gold filigree clock struck six AM.  There were footprints outside the door where the servants had harvested the pomagantes, starfruit and Papaya for the morning breakfast.  The kiwi was not quite ripe, so it was left for another time.  From a botanical standpoint, it was remarkable that there were the first three in full  peak ripeness at the same time.  Her heart was set on her butterfly book which which she enjoyed reading both for the text and for the pictures. 

 

 

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Everyday Mail; Hello Kitty almost gets made into a Quilt

 

 

   

Hello Kitty almost gets made into a Quilt.

 

Stamps:  Korean Flag, Korean Swans, Korean Birds, Korean Berry Branch, American Celebrate, American Kiwi, American Papaya, American Albert Bierstadt, Breast Cancer

Images: Flowers. Hello Kitty, Pandas, Butterflies,

 

Hello Kitty almost gets made into a Quilt

 

Josephine's mother was going to make a quilt.  She put all the pieces that she thought she would use on the floor in the living room.  It looked like a big jumble to Josephine, but she thought maybe her mother had a vision of what she would do.  Hello Kitty had been on the floor all night and her mother did not move her when she started her job.  So Hello Kitty was worried that she would get sewed into the larger piece.

 

Josephine's mother was going to use the things she brought home from Korea.  She had some flag material, some flowers, birds and some berries.  She was thinking about the kissing swans but thought that more of a flower theme would be good.  She liked the colors of Kiwi and Papaya.  She would use a lot of that.  The panda that had spent the night with Hello Kitty was starting to get nervous too.   But they would celebrate later when Josephine took them back to her room. 

 

The rug below the quilt materials was the color of an Albert Bierstadt painting.  Once again, they were all grateful for the recovery of her aunt with the breast cancer. 

 

There were all kinds of activities going on.  Josephine took Hello Kitty and Panda and went to her room.

 

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Everyday Mail; The Dominating Butterfly

 

 

 

Title: The Dominating Butterfly

 

 

Stamps:  Big Horned Sheep, Clock, Tole Tinware Coffeepot, Black Entertainers, 13c Vintage Stamp, Vintage Red Stamp, Papaya.

 

Images:  Butterfly, Christmas Seals, Fish, Rose,

 

Size:  $"x 6

 

 

 

After the Red Butterfly won the Prom Queen title she became very dominating.  She had been part of a troupe of Black Entertainers, but she was asked to leave due to her attitude.  So, this was not something new.  She was very pretty, to be sure.  She had wings almost the color of papaya and the markings resembled a Tole Ware Coffee Pot's design that we all remember well from the store that sold the red stamp, the Christmas Seals and the Fish Sandwiches.  Her 13 c did not get her far, but she enjoyed the ride. 

 

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Everyday Mail; Giant Butterflies Land in Korea

 

 

 

 

Title: Giant Butterflies Land in Korea

Stamps , Korean stamps:  Kissing Swans, Korean Flag, Floral, Red Bug.  American Stamps:   Breast Cancer, Celebrate,

Images .Gold Doily, Butterflies, Heart, Flower, Text

Size:  4"x 6"

 

The country of Korea was swarmed with giant butterflies when Josephine and her parents landed in the Land of the Morning Calm.  The Korean Flag was proudly hung in the airport and the hotel where they were to stay.  Josephine had been worried about a neighbor who had been recovering from breast cancer.  But there was cause to celebrate because the friend was in complete remission. 

 

As they road the miles in to Seoul, they saw swans in a lake along the road.  They were kissing.  The flowers were different from the ones she had back home in the USA. Some red bugs were flying above them.  

 

 She smoothed the gold doily she had gotten from the flight attendant before deboarding the plane.  So far, she liked Korea.  Would she get used to the country?  Would she be able to stay long enough to learn some of the language? 

 

 

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Everyday Mail; Flying to Washington, DC With All the Other Fish

 

 

 

 

Title: Flying to Washington, DC With All the Other Fish

Stamps  Year of the Monkey, Sunflower, World's Greatest. Albert Bierstadt,

Images Fish, Butterflies, map fragments,heart, paper clips, Asian Arch, Pansy, planets.

Size:  4"x 6"

 

While Frank and Kitty were in Washington, there was a very strange delegation of people and fish that seemed to have flown into town in a very strange way.  They used maps, or at least parts of maps, but it appeared that the fish were flying and the people were swimming.  What a strange happening for the the Year of the Monkey.  Once again, Kitty did not have her heart in this.  She was enjoying dating Frank and this occupied most of her waking time.  She had butterflies in her stomach a great deal of the time. 

 

Frank's Pansy Blue eyes were flashing as he walked through the Asian Arch.  He had been viewing an Albert Bierstadt painting which he found astounding.  It almost eclipsed the trip he was planning to the Planetarium to see Jupiter with all the rings.  He had paper clipped his maps and schedules together and felt like the World's Greatest something.  Lover?  Singer?  Explorer?

 

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