I'm not great with winter and this winter seems o have dragged on right the way through spring. not really sure that my little Vietnamese body is really built for this sort of thing.

Today the clocks finally went forward and I dared to venture outside, where I put up the first outdoor REAL wall since getting here to Kingston. And what a wall it is!

If you look closely enough you'll see contributions from some established mailart legends like JJAltheway, with her final piece from mailart 365! What an adventure it's been JJ! I too feel kinda gutted that you're not posting everyday and I can only imagine the sense of emptiness (I'm still stuck on 140/365) There's a Valentines day card from Laura Podob and Mrs Thundercat appears on there all the way from Holland too.

As well as the established mailartists, there is also one piece I'm REALLY proud of, and that's the very first appearance of a new mailartist called Stripeygoose, who is now on #25/365 over at mailart 365. The reason I'm really proud of this particular artist is because I work with her and we've worked together on all sorts of projects. There's her work in the bottom right had corner, reminiscing of Wimbledons Big Draw. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that Stripeygoose had signed up for MA365, and am still reeling that, 3 years on my REAL wall still inspires new artists to make and send post!

The sun is shining in Kingston and I'm smiling broadly :-D

Full write-up now on the new and improved (alright it's new and glitchy) my REAL wall at www.myrealwall.com

These are the second lot of postcards produced by students for the 5 picture story lesson I taught at the unviersity I work at. Some awesome stories lie behind every one of them, but I can't for the life of me remember them all!

I'm sure I've mentioned this before but have I told you how fabulous I think Heleen de Vaan is? Well if you didn't already know, me and Elena think she's GREAT!

Already a firm favourite since putting together some wonderful pimped photos some years back, Heleen has made us smile month after month, with her wonderful drawings and at Christmas we received a surprise package with her unmistakable writing and drawings on.

Imagine our delight when we found it covered in Postcrossing stamps and filled with...5 bars of chocolate! So to those of you wondering how to get a full feature here on my REAL wall, watch and learn!

Elena saw immediately what the letters meant, but when I laid them out it actualy took me a few days to decipher. Can you mailartists guess what it is yet?

Chuck Scalin's REAL wall in Paris continues to expand with contributions. This wall is particularly exciting for me as me and Elena are going to see it in a few weeks time! We'll add to it in person.

Here's what Chuck has to say...

Just wanted to update all of you who've been so supportive on my quest to start a wall of my own during our stay in Paris.

Thanks so much for all the mail I've received the past few weeks! As you can see from the photo below, My Wall has grown

considerably since I received my first mail art from Katerina who started it all for me.

Thanks again and I look forward to meeting some of you soon!

Chuck (aka Charles-Benoit)