three 2022 Japanese stamps from a series on flowers in daily life

[id: three long rectangular postage stamps with softly stylized illustrations of flowers. the left depicts lilies of the valley, the middle depicts a chameleon plant, and the right depicts a rose. end id]

Fiona Apple stamps

U.S. Postage stamp. Prevent drug abuse - 1970.

inspired by an old Finnish postage stamp. to be honest, I really love postage stamps. small pictures, small stories about little but important things…

"H-hello?" he called in the cavernous darkness of the hall. "Is there anyone there?"

There was, fortunately, no reply, but there was some scrabbling up near the roof.

"We're closed, you know," he quavered. "But we're open again at seven in the morning for a range of stamps and a wonderful deal on mail to Pseudopolis." His voice slowed and his brow creased as he tried to remember everything Mr. Lipwig had told them earlier. "Remember, we may not be the fastest but we always get there. Why not write your old granny?"

"I ate my grandmother," growled the voice from high in the darkness. "I gnawed her bones."

Stanley coughed. He had not been trained in the art of salesmanship.

"Ah," he said. "Er...perhaps an aunt, then?"

Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

HEY LOOK.

The final production test of stamps came out WITH FLYING COLORS.

Oh look at that the sheets even fit conveniently into our envelopes for easy storage and/or gifting a sheet to someone.

HAHA!!!

US postage stamp, 1990 "Sea Creatures" Scott #2508 - #2511

Issued: October 3, 1990 - Baltimore, MD Quantity: 69,566,000 Designer: Peter Cocci & Vladimir Beilin Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Lithographed and engraved)

This block of four was a joint issue between the U.S Postal Service and the Soviet Union’s Ministry of Posts. The issue focused worldwide attention on marine mammals inhabiting the earth’s oceans. The historic issue is an example of the U.S. and the Soviet Union working together for the world’s common good.

Palestinian Postage Stamps with Hebrew & Arabic.

FI 2018 Rati Riti Ralla

two Palestinian stamps from a series on fruits and flowers

[id: two square postage stamps with botanical illustrations. the left depicts a flowering thyme plant while the right depicts hibiscus flowers. the face value of the left stamp is 100 Jordanian fils. the face value of the right stamp is 25 Jordanian fils. end id]

2022 Ellie for a cover of Square (2017) by Yerin Baek 🤍

suffrage postage stamps found on the smithsonian institution website

guys this survey company from Washington DC keeps mailing me little boxes with surveys written in Spanish and varied amounts of crumpled dollar bills stuffed inside. They aren't addressed to me specifically and I do live behind a corporate barn, so sometimes I get weird mail.

Is this happening to anyone else?

They've sent me about $15 so far and the gimmick seems to be that if I send in the survey they'll... send me back more money? Their loss because I don't trust like that and $15 in the hand is 3 of those sale priced oven ready steak dinners from HEB. I saved the stamps from the return envelopes too. Gonna send my buddy in PA a free postcard of a cat or something.

It makes me a little sad I'm planning to move soon honestly. I wonder if USPS will forward these mysterious cash money boxes to me.

5 February, 2024

All my life, I've felt things more intensely than is probably deemed "normal". I've struggled, for years, to come to terms with this, with a heart that feels so fiercely.

It's almost as if each person's soul is dug like a well. Some, more shallow than others. And, for some reason, the well of my soul is dug *just* a little deeper. It may only be a few meters more, but that extra yardage taps into a pocket of passion, deep beneath the earth, that makes the tenderness coursing through my veins *that* much more potent. An injection of emotion, that thickens my heart juices. I feel deeply. I experience deeply. My senses pick up so much.

It's almost a curse, like Sherlock Holmes has, to notice that depth of detail. The subtones of emotion, conflict, charged situations - I feel them all. As an introvert, this means that the simplest of interactions can drain me. Constantly assessing, constantly noticing little social cues, changes in mood, changes in a person's stance, tones, vibes.

It's for these very reasons that my social battery is so much smaller than most. Put me in a situation with lots of sensory stimuli, and I find energy draining by the minute. I can only handle so much. It's a constant juggling of social commitments, trying to not become a total hermit, but also allowing myself enough "rest days" to recharge. You can only imagine how conflicted I am about Christmas - simultaneously my FAVORITE time of the year (due to the general increase in jolliness, and how much more relaxed everyone seems to be, in those weeks surrounding the holiday), but also a dreaded time, since it undoubtedly means a spike in social engagements.

But as much as I struggle with the immense energy it takes me to BE, to FEEL, to EXIST, to get through my day, the blessing is that I get to experience everything with a heightened sense of depth and profoundness. My feelings hold a *weight*. An intenseness of the heart that is unrivalled. My lows are lower, but my highs are higher, and I relish those moments where my heart engulfs my soul in emotions, so that every fibre in my being is overwhelmed to a point of euphoria. Where I feel at once grounded, but also soaring. Where I feel lost, but also so in tune with everything around me.

It is a feeling unlike no other.

And I am thankful to get to live this life I live, and to feel the way I feel. Each day anew, I learn more about myself, and each day anew, I strive to THRIVE, exactly how I am.

My social (and general capacity) battery may be smaller than most, but I feel each ounce of energy twice or thrice as strongly as others.

I am thankful for the way I am🙏🏻