Monet and Me

are admiring some of the happy mail that has arrived.

All the way from Scotland, Tiggy sent a beautiful card she printed on her Letterpress printer. It makes me want to go to her Wee Hoosie to learn how to use the printing press.

For those interested in stamps, Royal Mail issued a stamp with the Three Wisemen. Tiggy also added some fun stamps on the front: a Christmas tree with red mittens and a Gothic letter C, her first initial and mine

on the back, a cheery reindeer

Cardinals on the return address stamp was a dead giveaway to the card from blog buddy, Finnbadger from Envelope 100. 

Finnbadger used the Winter Landscapes stamps. Kudos to the post office where you mailed your cards, Finn. A very nice and clear Christmas tree postmark.

I just loved the postcard you sent me of the Nativity scene.

My Christmas pageant is more crowded and I don't have any alligators. To those wondering, Godzilla isn't immolating the scene. He's using his atomic ray to warm the stable.

Robin, another blogger bud, usually makes her own Christmas cards. She said when she showed her designs to her family, they told her the designs were "wildly un-PC or downright offensive". I would have liked to have judged for myself. I do love the card you chose. Just wait until you see what I wrote inside your card! 😹

Thank you all for brightening my mailbox.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Early morning moon through the trees

Martha bedazzled his walker

Red sky in the morning

Inside the hydroponics garden: cherry tomatoes

potential eggplants

lettuce and dill

This morning the red sky warning is snow.

How does your garden grow?

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

Line Rider - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky

The Friday Five Good Things

Five good things that happened this week.

1. I saw a red-headed woodpecker at the bird feeder

2. The Young One sent me a recipe for sausage and chickpea soup. So delicious

3. I visited Teague on Tuesday instead of Thursday because weather and being under the weather kept us away for two weeks. We had a fun day catching up, going out to lunch, and visiting a bakery.

4. I've been wondering where the cardinal pair has been. I saw the female cardinal in the Japanese maple tree so I'm glad the cardinals are still around.

5. A month or so ago, I bought an item for some Christmas presents, but couldn't for the life of me remember where I had put them. I looked all over. I looked 4 times in the place I thought I had put them, but the fifth time was a charm! Now I can finish packing up the box to send to the Young One and her SO

How was your week?

TBT Reprints from CJ's Whine and Cheeze

  In 2003, Ma had a stroke. Dad was her full time caregiver until he he had a car accident that totaled the car. So in 2006, I became their chauffeur among other jobs.

At the time, to deal with the stress of running two households and working, I kept a blog entitled CJ's Whine and Cheeze. Egged on by some friends who enjoyed the first read through, you'll see your part when it comes by.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Stamp of the Weeble

We had just dropped the Eldest off at work.

"I need to go to the post office."

Himself paused a the edge of the parking lot, tongue sticking out, brow furrowed in concentration as he tried to figure out which direction the post office was in.

"The Sutton post office."

He snorted.

"What?"

"You sound just like your mother! 'You have to take me to the Framingham post office,'" he mimicked.

"Hey! It's not like I'm mailing a sweepstakes entry or sending a request to Nostradamus! I have to make the 3pm truck." I had an oversized package to mail to a client.

He laughed .

"Jan will take care of me."

He laughed again.

"Shut up, and take me to the post office."

"Yes, your Weebleness."

Artist Christmas Trees

 

T Stands for Festively Cozy

 

Last year in a Christmas card,  I was gifted with a sachet of Twinings Gingerbread Joy tea. It's a black tea flavored with spices that taste like gingerbread. Ginger, cinnamon, cloves,  nutmeg. Festive, warm, and cozy all in a cup.

I was thrilled to find a couple of boxes of the tea at a discount store. Since the tea is only available for a limited time, I ordered a couple of boxes from Twinings.

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.