Mailbox Monday

An Art Deco beauty for you today. It conjures up old movie theatres, grand train stations and black tie affairs. Just a glance and I feel like I am in another era - a golden age perhaps. The details are so lovely and intricate - what a dream to find a special letter inside this beautiful mailbox (or letter box as it is labeled). Love.

Autumn has me thinking of my friends and family - near and far...more mail on the go soon.

424/1000 until I can get to the post office this week!

Oh Glorious Summer!

     We've been visiting a lot of places that we normally send mail too - so fun! I imagine I'm not the only one. We feel like we've had the one of the best summers of our lives over here - weather was great but really it was all about visiting friends and family and doing lots of things together - including camping with the kids for the first time!

Beautiful Summer Sunset in Wabasca, Alberta
One of our stops this summer - 16 hour drive (with kids - yikes!)

   
     My kids also had the chance to be in a wedding - flower girl (loved the dress and took her job very seriously) and ring bearer (at 18 months we weren't sure how this was going to go down - happy to say he nailed it).

Flower Girl

Ring Bearer

     And while we were enjoying summer (and trying not to be inside too much) the count has been working its way up with thank you letters, postcards, notes and a bunch of chain letters...wait, what? Okay, not a chain letter of old and not as nefarious as it sounds...it is a sticker chain letter - totally fun for kids (had it sent my way and passed it on). I've seen a similar one with books instead of stickers (again, fun mail for kids).

Hopefully this gives you the idea!

     And I'm finally getting to the computer on a cool, September morning. Yep, it seems Fall is here. It was an amazing summer but Fall brings a lot of fun too!  Love the smell of the cool air and how it makes me want to cozy up in a sweater and drink tea on my back deck. Oh yes Fall, you have a place in my heart too. A great time to send your favourite tea/hot chocolate/coffee to a friend in the mail or take some fall photos and send them off to family (you know the ones where you are jumping into the leaf pile).

424/1000 added 15 to the count!

Mailbox? Monday

Other

Okay, so this isn't exactly a mailbox but it is super cool and has a lot of the same attributes. 

Free Little Library - check out this page for an article all about it and lots of other cool examples of Free Little Libraries out there! I want to do this!

Mailbox Monday

8th Oldest Operating Post Office in Canada - Going Vintage Today!

This photo for Mailbox Monday comes from my friend Tracie! It's located in Barkerville and one of the oldest operating community mailboxes in Canada! Only 39 little boxes - a very exclusive club to be in. I love how there is a tiny little window in each box to see what treasures might lie inside. I love it!

Lots of mail going out - will tally it up in my next blog post! It's been a wonderful summer of travel, family, friends and life! More to come soon.

(late) Mailbox Monday

Found this beauty on Etsy at TheBusBox store - check out his cool mailboxes! He even has school bus ones (rad). I don't know who Jeff and Sonya are but they are lucky to get this mailbox.  I have a thing for VW buses and probably always will - Coolness on wheels...yep and that is your Mailbox Monday. Later skaters (yep, I went there).

409/1000 One very belated birthday package crossing the Atlantic!

P.S. And a big thank you to Branden for letting me post his pic/posting.

Mailbox Monday

Look at this lovely collection! 

Now alone, each of these would be a straightforward painted mailbox but someone took the time to do a little organizing with their neighbours (maybe, even volunteered to do the painting!) and it just makes me smile every single time I drive by them. Thought they might brighten your Monday too!

408/1000 - one going out this holiday Monday (which probably means it will really go out Tuesday).

Walking, Scavenging, Neighbouring...

I've been doing some walking lately (one of my fav forms of exercise) and I've been following the same route for the most part and really checking out the houses along the way. There are some really beautifully kept homes in my neighbourhood. And I was reminded of this house in Washington on the rural roads of Blaine/Birch Bay, that I used to drive by regularly, that was always decorated for the seasons/holidays (even the little ones...back to school for example).

One day (around Christmas time) I decided to write them a card and tell them how my friends and family and I would drive by their house with the excitement of anticipation...what would it look like? How would it be decorated? And it didn't ever disappoint. I stealthily left a card on their door step, after stopping my car just past their house and running like a madwoman (not wanting to get caught in the act - wanting it to be an anonymous kindness). Such a simple thing to decorate their house and I bet they had no idea the happiness it caused (and then they did). I'm feeling like I might have to get into this again and drop off a few cards along my walking route. Good Neighbouring (new verb?) - worth a try.

In other news, I received one of my scavenger hunts back on July 25th! In that particular one (to some writing students) I asked for 4 things (a book spine poem, a 6 word story, something that starts with G that makes them happy, and their best knock knock joke). Thank you Miss H for being first and for full documentation - you rock!

And then later that day, my nieces sent me a picture of one of their scavenger hunt tasks (write on a banana with a ball point pen).

 



And I did hear some complaints from them too, "My Mom keeps throwing out the striped rocks" and "Seriously there are no pennies from 2002" (the year my middle niece was born - she's looked everywhere). I love it! And now I may have to be on the hunt for a 2002 penny (which will be a bit harder now that we have outlawed the penny so to speak). I also received this very cool postcard (I believe all hand drawn) - thanks Sage!

4 pieces heading out!

407/1000