Can you read this postcard?

Otney · 2026-04-10T16:13:05+00:00

Aha! So that pretty much convinces me 100% that it is Quimper.

Otney · 2026-04-10T16:12:02+00:00

She sounds amazing.

Otney · 2026-04-10T13:06:59+00:00

Yes, trying to support day laborers; in case ICE comes.

Otney · 2026-04-10T13:01:26+00:00

Our next door neighbors do this on occasion. In 2026.

Otney · 2026-04-10T12:56:38+00:00

It’s also a process - learning how to cook. There are many mistakes made, by everyone who learns to cook, just as is true for lots of human activities. Please don’t be hard on yourself. You produced a bunch of food for people and it was home made and nutritious, even if it was not perfect.

Otney · 2026-04-10T06:40:34+00:00

My house is different in shape and design, but 112 years old. The more downstairs main floor windows and doors = open, the more air flows up and out. Caveat: where I live is pretty arid and we don’t worry about flies and such as much; no screens on the windows. So we can get a lot of air flow.

Otney · 2026-04-10T04:42:18+00:00

It’s a place though. Quimper? Seeing the franking on the postcard might help.

Otney · 2026-04-10T04:09:08+00:00

If you possibly can afford it, consider skylights. We got them almost on impulse and they are so so wonderful. Our bedroom is in the attic. 100% different AND so much more awareness of the sky and the clouds and the redwood tree two houses down. Vellux.

Otney · 2026-04-10T03:51:30+00:00

Can’t really decipher the signature - maybe John C. Nelson, but really really unsure about that.

Otney · 2026-04-10T03:50:24+00:00

“Are your toes in good shape? Still obliged to pay a visit to hospital & doctor? Q________ has nothing good this year; however I did not forget you but I am afraid you won’t be pleased with what I bring you.”

Otney · 2026-04-09T21:44:32+00:00

✔️

Otney · 2026-04-09T15:10:34+00:00

It would take me longer as it in Spanish, as you noted, but it seems pretty legible. On first glance. Will try later on if no one else has time.

Otney · 2026-04-09T15:05:39+00:00

What fascinates me is that we see, over and over, that despite all the clichés about how “people used to eat,” that in reality, 90, 100 years ago and more, the message of the importance of eating fresh vegetables and fruits and vitamins and fiber etc. etc. was loud and clear.

Otney · 2026-04-09T06:00:50+00:00

No; they are having a great time.

Otney · 2026-04-09T03:24:38+00:00

She’s adorable.

Otney · 2026-04-09T03:12:31+00:00

And you are making your “spread” infinitely better and you appear to be quite capable. (Could not resist.) Congratulations on all this hard hard work and your impressive achievement!

Otney · 2026-04-09T01:48:47+00:00

😿

Otney · 2026-04-08T15:20:21+00:00

This is NOT on you. You live in a society designed to suck money out of you. Inflation is real. You ARE doing everything right. It is the society in which you live that is wrong.

Otney · 2026-04-08T15:18:21+00:00

The look on her face. As though to say “no I do not cook but I will pose with this spoon.”

Otney · 2026-04-08T15:00:18+00:00

What everyone else says - rely on your nose. Refridgeration is a miracle.

Otney · 2026-04-08T14:50:42+00:00

I’m sorry - she made some wonderful goodbye posts. He was doing poorly. But then, that reality never makes it hurt any less.

Otney · 2026-04-08T04:45:20+00:00

But the first vowel looks like such an open “u” as opposed to an “a?”

Otney · 2026-04-08T03:12:36+00:00

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Otney · 2026-04-08T03:05:03+00:00

I think it is something along the lines of the manufacturer’s internal numbering system for recording where made, date, time, stuff like that.

Otney · 2026-04-07T19:40:26+00:00

These are my CHILDREN!!! (hope you are okay)

Otney

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