ablotial

==What does my user name mean?==
Actually, it doesn't mean anything at all, it is not a real word. It is something I made up in high school and has stuck with me ever since.

Help me welcome our new family member, our first child born August 29, 2015!

I am grateful for any postcard you are willing to send :) But as for my favorite things to see on your postcard:
- Views reflected in water
- A skyline or aerial view of your town or city, or an important landmark in your city (tell me about it on back!)
- Windmills
- Landscapes and nature
- Sunsets/Sunrises/beautiful skies
- Closeup views of flowers, birds and animals from your area
- Cats and mice :)
- realistic looking maps (not cartoony)
- Ice hockey!
- Math, computers, or technology
- cards with calendars on them
- Text on the FRONT that is in a different writing system than English, except Cyrillic or Chinese (because I have a lot of those already). Examples would be: Thai, Japanese, Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, Hebrew, etc.

Preferences (Not required, but GREATLY appreciated)
- Written and stamped! Soooo much better than in an envelope.
- 4x6 (~10.5x15cm) or 5x7 (~12.5x18cm) cards so they fit in my album
- Photograph, not art, drawing, painting, etc
- Single view
- NO Ad cards UNLESS they match one of the favorite items above.
- NO Homemade cards UNLESS you have printed them as "real" postcards, with the place for the stamp and lines for address, etc, or if you use the sticky "postcard back" that has these things.
I use moo.com for my homemade cards and like the results. If you want 10% off your first order (and to help me get cheaper orders, too!) click this link: http://www.moo.com/share/yjkzk7

My Favorites. I love all the cards I receive, but I only mark as favorites cards that I do not have yet, so that others will know if they can send me a special favorite card.
If you have one of these, I'd love to receive it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ablotial/favorites/
http://www.postcrossing.com/user/ablotial/gallery/favourites

SPECIAL REQUEST: I already own BLANK copies of these cards (mostly I bought them myself), but I really want a written and stamped version! Can you help?
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=specialrequest&m=tags&w=58984576%40N00

My received cards, in case you don't want to send duplicates:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=received&m=tags&w=58984576%40N00
http://www.postcrossing.com/user/ablotial/gallery

I also collect stamps from all around the world and would love to see some beautiful ones from your country!

Thank you for anything you send me! It is wonderful people like you who make this site a great place to be.