No Fooling--Just Art Athon April 1-4

[CynthiaSillitoe]

Glad you all had fun as did I. I'll have my trades out soon. And see you all in May when Somnia hosts!

[Cardamom Moon]

Just want to say, that I will be late with mailing my trades. Unfortunately, taking part in a Spring Atart doesn't mean it is spring ��
We are snowed in here today and there will come even more snow the next some days. I can't get to the post office until the snowplower is clearing the road to my house. But your cards are save and warm here. I will be able to send the letters by Monday at the latest.

Thanks to Cynthia for hosting!

[CynthiaSillitoe]

Whenever you can is fine. While we frequently get April snowstorms here in Utah, they're not like that--yikes! We get snow and it melts quickly.

[JustJayne]

Sorry to hear you are snowed in Esther. Not something that happens here in Texas -- if we see so much as one snowflake, the whole city grinds to a halt!

[sniisk]

Too much snow also here. And more coming all weekend long. I'm still waiting for to change the tires of my car but it's not possible yet. Normally we should do it on the first days of April.

[somnia]

My winter tires are still on,too. The snow is mostly melted, but the ground is still frozen. We have flooding warnings due to rain. Our house is on high ground, but it can happen that the main bridge connecting our island to the island of Montreal is not usable. Hopefully the water will find somewhere to go peacefully. On the plus side, the first few crocuses made a lovely purple appearance yesterday.
I plan to put my trades in Friday’s mail.

There are 6 weeks before the next scheduled athon. That’s the longest break since last year. 2022 has been an athon athon! Time to catch up with swaps and all the classes I’ve bookmarked

[Seascape131]

All my trades have been mailed

[LuAnnP]

Quoting Somnia:

"There are 6 weeks before the next scheduled athon. That’s the longest break since last year. 2022 has been an athon athon! "
LOVE IT!

I feel like a member of the "ATHON Club"

[CynthiaSillitoe]

It is kind of a long break!

My stamps finally came, so my trades will be in the mail.

By the way, non-Americans, there is a new design on global forever stamps. You'll still probably get more than you want, but still...a little variety is nice.

Also, here's your unofficial warning to buy extra stamps now if you're in the U.S. Rates go up in July again. I think it's 2 cents to first ounce, 4 cents to postcard (and I think 4 cent to second ounce, but maybe it's 2), and another 10 cents to global, so that will be $1.40 an ounce.

Still cheaper than most of our friends in the rest of the world, but I persist in my dream of a world where postage should be free and accessible to all, especially when one is mailing art.

[sniisk]

I will host a MayDay-a-thon on April 29 - May 3. I asked Carole to add it . This will be just a normal ATART.

[CynthiaSillitoe]

Oh, great! I'll add it to my calendar.

[JustJayne]

I had to go back and check to see what an ATART is, lol. Looking forward to joining in :-)

[CynthiaSillitoe]

My trades will go out tomorrow. I apologize for the delay. USPS took forever getting my forever stamps to me. On the other hand, that means you're getting title IX stamps, which are my new favorite stamps.

[sniisk]

I was hoping to mail y trades on weekend but I cannot walk. I have an infected nerve in my left foot and moving anywhere is causing too much pain. It may take some weeks to heal. And is has already been like this about three weeks. Sorry for the delay .

[CynthiaSillitoe]

Oh, no! Nerve pain is awful! I'm sure everyone understands. Take care of you.

[Cardamom Moon]

Oh, that's bad, Sniisk. I hope you get well soon!

I managed to mail my trades yesterday.

[somnia]

Foot pain in general is awful. I can't imagine mixing it with nerve pain. Hope you feel better soon, sniisk!

[KESagers]

Oh no Sanna - I'm so sorry. I hope it heals quickly with treatment.

[sniisk]

Oh no Sanna - I'm so sorry. I hope it heals quickly with treatment.

At least I can work remotely and I don't need to walk .