Teachable Moments from Around the Globe Via Postcard

This was by far an interesting assortment of postcards we received at once from Brenda P in Florida, USA. The very first one I noticed was the postcard of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Our daughter is beginning to wonder about what is beyond earth. So this is a great postcard we will for sure be picking up a space book at the library this week. We love flowers too so the Dogwood was interesting and when we looked it up we discovered that it is our state flower. I knew what our state bird and other things where but interesting to find this out from a postcard swap. On March 15, 1941, the North Carolina Legislature approved the dogwood as the state's official flower. The two Egypt like postcards are actually from The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and the Florida International Museum. We love Egypt and are so excited about these 2 postcards. The three coast postcards are of Costa Rica, Brazil, and Napoli,Italy we must get info on Napoli since this is our 3rd postcard from there. The cute church postcard is of the Cedar First Ward Chapel in Cedar City, Utah. The Winslow sign card is from Arizona. Yearly in late August visitors from all over the world travel to Winslow on to the Hopi Villages to witness the most spectacular religious rite in the world, the Hopi Snake Dance. This ceremony is a prayer for rain and is performed with live rattle snakes! A caravan sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce leaves Winslow on the morning of each dance. Anyone interested in traveling with this caravan (for which there is no charge) may write to the Chamber of Commerce, Winslow, Arizona and will be notified of the exact dates. This leads us into The Family of God postcard which shows it is wonderful to share knowledge and do spiritual things together. And finally the NOISE is actually a postcard of a painting by Ed Ruscha in the 1960's. This painting is oil on canvas, with the word NOISE in bold letter filling the width of the canvas against a dark background forms an arresting image which seems to appeal impossibly to one of senses that the painting cannot reach. We enjoyed every single one of these in different way thanks again Brenda P for sending us many teachable moments!

MCO is the airport code for Orlando and today we got a postcard from Grandma & Grandpa. It reads: Hello from sunny Orlando, FL. Not far from Disney World (Mickey Mouse Kingdom.) Happy Geography! They are very supportive of this project we are doing and have sent along a world map with this postcard and on the reverse there is a large map of just these United States of America (North America).

The postcard has photos of The Old Train Depot (top left), which was once a major stop on the South Florida Railroad and now houses and great shopping. The Exchange offering unique shops and dinning is the pic on the top right. Bottom left - "Old Duke", a 140 tonne steam engine.

Just when we thought the project was not reaching people... a burst of sunshine came our way from familiar faces (Titi Payal & Family) in the Sunshine state of Florida. Auntie Payal came to the rescue and mailed us not one but TWO postcards from the sunny state of Florida with some interesting facts about the area each postcard originates from.

Daytona Beach, FL : This city was founded in 1870 and is also known as one of the worlds most famous beaches. The first car race was held on the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1936. In fact people can still drive on the beach today! Daytona is also home to NASCAR headquarters... <<<<<<>>>> We hope you enjoy the postcard and can visit each location you receive them from someday.

St. Augustine, FL: This is the oldest established city in the United States. It was founded in 1565, explored in 1513 by Ponce De Leon who at the time was Governor of Puerto Rico. We can't wait for you to visit us in FL so we can explore a few of these wonderful and historic places.

Post Card # 3 Arrived also from PMer Sarah M. This time it is from Florida. Not a particular place in Florida but still a new place to show our little girl on her globe. Florida as we all lovingly know to be America's sunshine state. The postcard reminds us of the many perfect sunsets that can be seen there. We will soon be seeing more post cards from that area because we have family members there. Thanks again Sarah M ;-)