Treasure trove…
One of the intesting things about life in the bush is our communications.
We get no mobile phone service out here (it is around rural towns, but patchy beyond town limits), use two-way radios a lot, and get mail twice a week.
You heard me. Twice. A week. Which is painful if you need something urgently but kinda nice in that envelopes asking for money (aka bills) don’t arrive every single day. Heh.
This week I checked our mail shed (we have a mailbox for letters, but a shed beside it for bigger items – keeping parcels out of the weather) and saw this.
Ooooh.
A BIG parcel that DIDN’t look like a bill.
From the U. S of A. Ex-cit-ing!!!
(Please ignore my mong thumb. I know it looks like a toe. I have no doubt I will be apologising for it again before this post is over.)
I couldn’t wait to get home to open it.
(Photo shot en route home – thought you’d like to see the view to put everything in context.)
Tearing open the box, I found a plethora of goodies and a note in fabulous loopy writing…
And some caps from this place…
Regular readers will be getting a clue here…
Some goodies for Mr Incredible – perfect size too!! Come on colder weather, so he can wear it…
And then…
A pair of delicate, dangly earrings…
How gorgeous is this little green bird?
(Yes I know, I MUST clean those fingernails today…)
Apparently the sender has EXACTLY the same pair. So we will be matching from opposite sides of the world (we already are really, despite a few minor difference). Cool.
There were other goodies, which I WOULD photograph for you, except they were for Dash and Violet who appear to have taken them ALL to school to show their friends. Apparently Show and Tell takes place continously in our little one-teacher school. Suffice to say they are both in love with their new toys – the toy fluffy squirrel is already an essential bed-friend for my daughter. (Seriously, there won’t be room for HER in the bed soon!).
There were also offerings for Jeanie, her daughters Salina and Paris, her husband V, our mother and father, and part-time jackaroo, Lachy. I know. (Axel’s feelings are only slightly hurt!)
So have you all guessed who so generously thought of the Granite Glen crew (and sponsored something major in the US Postal Service)??
Yar.
Thanks Deb.
You rock.
And make us all smile.
Blog friends are amazing, no?
🙂
BB
12 Comments
Nancy in Iowa
Wow!!! What a glorious surprise – so much fun for all of you. Deb rocks!!!
Margie from New York
How nice, I love the hummingbird earrings. Do you have hummers in the outback? I know I should google it but I’m being lazy. lol We have one type here in NY. The Ruby Throated,of course they are seasonal, only in the summer months, the nest here and go south in the winter. They are such little brats, chasing each other from the feeders. lol http://www.hummingbirds.net/rubythroated.html
jeanie
Awww – how exciting!!!
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debby
That tickles me that the toys have gone to school. I really have to know: what do the ‘snake eggs’ do? They appeared just to be hematite to me, but they were suppose to ‘sing’, if I remember properly. (It took all my self control not to tear into the package to find out for myself.) I’m glad that Violet enjoyed her squirrel, because I thought of her as soon as I saw it. So is it too warm for alpaca socks?
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debby
I never thought that you might not know what hummingbirds are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=VnJui1XSQkI&NR=1
They’re a great deal of fun. The only kind we have hear are the ruby throated hummingbirds, which are an iridescent green color. They are so tiny that four of their eggs fit into a nest about the size of a teaspoon. They used to be quite fond of our blueberry bushes at the old house.
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Leenie
And that is just ONE of the great things about blogging.
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Mikey
Awww, she’s the best!!!
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Lynda M O
A great day is one that comes with parcels in the mail and friends remembering from all across the world. Amazing what the Innerwebs have done for us as humanity reaches out for humanity.
Kelly
What fun!!!
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Kate
I just loved reading this, and seeing the photos – even of your ride home. This really puts into perspective the fact that you really do live out in the bush!
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JENNY TALIA
Prezzies are the best. Unexpected, ‘just because’ prezzies, have the ability to make your day.
What a lovely friend you have BB xx
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Theresa in Alberta
Oh how much fun is this eh!!! and those earrings are just too cute!