My first Postcross postcard was received from Finland today!!! Yeah!!! This post card is of the national flower of Finland - the Kielo. It is illegal to collect it. It has an intense fragrance so it is used in perfumes. The entire plant is poisonous. This was written on the back of the card.

I joined up back in April and finally sent my first postcards in mid-May . . . you must have one received by a person you sent it too, LOL, before you will have your name put on a list to receive a postcard! It has been almost 2 weeks since my first postcard made a landing in France. So far a total of 4 have been received (and one has gone astray somewhere) which I sent. I have picked 3 more names (well, you just ask and they send you the name and address).

If anyone is interested in signing up, go to this website: http://www.postcrossing.com .

Funny thing, the woman in France that received my first postcard has emailed me a couple of times . . . she wants to practice her English! Turns out we have a few things in common too . . . one thing is that she lives in Dijon, which is where I spent 2 months in a French language program. Her English is much better than my French . . . but I should practice too . . . now where are my French books???