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In reply to the discussion: Do you collect anything as a hobby? [View all]mrmpa
(4,033 posts)sail boats (not ones that go to sea) but knick knacks, paper weights, etc. I also collect old post cards, I like giving them as gifts, e.g.
For my 83 year old mother's first birthday after my Dad died, she was 70 I gave her post cards of where they had lived, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, New Bedford and Camp Lejeune, where they had met Virginia Beach and where they were married near Parris Island. The one from Parris Island was a shock to her and to me, it was the hotel my Dad put her up in for the 3 days before they married. They are old post cards from the '50's, all linen. She has them framed together and it's on a wall in her bedroom.
I have done this for others and it is a treat for me to try and find the cards and a treat for those who receive them.