A little bit rushed perhaps, but here is my first entry for the current weekly photo challenge, “letters”. The carefully manicured letters pictured have been written by someone over 90 years of age, a style of handwriting that no font specialist can replicate with a computer. It is individual, personal and full of grace.
I wish my own handwriting was as neat and flowing and think it a shame for today’s electrical devices to be eroding such a noble art.
As for the photo challenge, surely to get in two meanings of the word “letters” in a single image is worthy of double points?
Meticulous Mick 
Beautifully presented! And I also wish my handwriting was as flowing as this!
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👍 thank you Laura, MM 🍀
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Well done MM!
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Thank you Bo, looks like it appealed to a few people…MM 🍀
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Great photo Mick and I agree, it is a shame that handwriting is being lost as an art giving way to electronics. I suppose that I am as guilty of this as the rest.
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And here is me tapping away at the keyboard, though I do love an ink pen. 🍀
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Thanks to computers, family actually get extensive letters from me now. Thanks to computers, they get the same letter! Ha! (I do add personal notes to them, and don’t hide the fact they all get the same letter. The computer-literate one does what I do; the older ones actually write letters in cursive. Whew!))
I have noticed how degraded my handwriting has become, though. On the other hand, while pathetic and atypical (not the Palmer method American kids used to learn from the earliest years), it’s still cursive. Many people today can’t manage that.
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The computer allows easier contact and enables people to stay in contact much more easily and that is great. Letters like the one featured place an extra personal stamp for me. Both are good and I like to write with pen, though everyday stuff is tapped! MM 🍀
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This is perfect John. The composition and lighting are beautiful and the handwriting – timeless and priceless. Something to be cherished!
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Thank you Robyn, there is certainly an eloquence to the writing to be treasured. 🍀
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And to think that handwriting (Cursive) is not taught in the schools anymore! Students learn to print and keep doing it throughout their school years! Don’t even get me started on EDUCATION in our schools today! Handwriting is an art form and BEAUTIFUL! Hang on to those LETTERS!
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Just think how this would look in an email by comparison. 😦
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Lovely…more of a personal type of calligraphy really 🙂
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exactly, thank you Cath. MM🍀
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A great handwriting and great picture.
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Wish the writing was mine, though I do try and use ink every now and then. MM 🍀
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Love this. I am a letter writer, a journal keeper (various kinds of journals: travel, gratitude) and I still write thank you notes. This picture is BRILLIANT! Definitely bonus points for the letters on letters!
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Thank you Dale, eloquence is the word I was looking for…🍀
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The handwriting reminds me a bit of my grandmother’s. Don’t see modern people writing like this.
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Well this lady is over 90, so that figures, Isn’t it wonderful though. MM 🍀
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You are not alone in wishing for such great handwriting. An imaginative post, as usual.
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Thank you Maria, I try 😐
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That is very clever of you. Letters on a letter. Very creative. Yes, agree that person has neat handwriting. Must have taken him or her a lot of time to pour his thoughts down on those pieces of paper. It would have taken longer if he or she had used an old-fashioned ink fountain pen 🙂
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Thank you for your comments, it is clear that such writing adds style and personality and meaning…
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I hereby anoint you double points…
I concur, technology is amazing, but beautiful handwriting is art 🙂
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Thank you Lee-Anne, this post is getting a great reaction and you have hit it on the head very nicely. 😃
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That is lovely handwriting – a handwritten letter does add to the character of what is being said, but it is easier to dash off an email! Maybe communication, however it is done, is a good thing.
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Good points, though for a personal touch and meaning I think nothing can beat the old fashioned ink pen. MM
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Great entry for the challenge, John. What a lovely piece!
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Thank you Dina, I tried to be a little imaginative….MM 🍀
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Yep, double points definitely deserved! I still keep a diary/sketchbook for one holiday a year – when we go sailing.You get some quite wobbly writing and drawing though.
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Sailing and writing with ink….grab the blotter. 😯
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MM, I agree that writing is a wonderful art form in itself. How I used to love watching my father form each letter with his fountain pen.
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well put Jean. MM 🍀
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Beautiful capture and thoughts..indeed nowadays with technology such as e-mail, tablets, smart phones, etc., time has changed..
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Don’t get me wrong, technology is brilliant, but there is a bit of that personal touch which is lost.
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Yup I agree with you. Personally I still write my travel diaries and my diving log (sort of dive report/journal) in handwriting. But during our trip, most of scuba-diver fellows whom we met, typed their diving log electronically via their tables. Sometimes I feel bit old fashioned 🙂
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You do what is good for you. Simple. 😃
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