3890 - Dexter, Oregon, United States of America

A busy household. The sender says they have five children, five big dogs, five cats, and only four geckos.

Dexter is found in west central Oregon and is an unincorporated community of almost 900 people. The original post office named it Butte Disappointment in 1848. It was renamed Dexter in 1975, by the postmaster's family, after the Dexter brand cook stove in their house.

A claim to fame for Dexter is the nearby Dexter Lake Club was used in the filming of the road trip scene in the movie Animal House.

The card is a great photo of Mount Hood (Wy'east) and Trillium Lake. Mount Hood is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range and a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It attracts 10 000 climbers a year and there is a year-round life-served skiing area, the only one in North America.

The United States Geological Survey estimates there is a 3 - 7% chance that Mount Hood will erupt in the next 30 years.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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