Monday Mail Out: Keeping it Real.

One of my favourite things about blogging is that it is a great way to meet a whole bunch of really fun, friendly, fantastic people who share similar interests, but sometimes it doesn't seem very real when so often we hide behind our internet masks.

Today, rather than write about mail I thought I'd just write it.

I'd like to write you, dear blog reader, if you will let me.

I won't keep you long, I promise; just a little note on a card that you can read over your morning or afternoon tea.

If you'd be so kind as to let me I would love to send you something real and tangible from my real and tangible world.

All you have to do is leave a comment with the means in which to contact you (an email address would be perfect) and I shall do the rest.

I require nothing in return.

Written correspondence has been a hobby of mine for a long time, & Monday Mail Out is a weekly feature whereby I can share my love for the lost art of letter writing. I hope my experiences will encourage others to send out letters on Monday too, and have them rediscover the joy of sending and receiving mail. If you have a blog, feel free to join in.

The Week in Pictures...

* Tried pruning. I lost confidence after the second branch.

* We have daffodils!

* Some liquid fertiliser, a bit of mulch, warm days followed by some gentle rain - all good for the garden.

* A slow week at work. A short week at work.

* Bailey-dog went to a new vet for his vaccinations and an ear infection. All good!

* Many postcards and a little mail art.

* Potted succulents.

Monday Mail Out: Postmarked.

When I was a kid I used to help my Nanna soak the postage stamps. She'd collect them for charity and we'd sit at the dining room table on the farm and spend an entire afternoon preparing them. I had a small stamp collection and I'd take the stamps I liked best and/or didn't already have and add them to my album. I still have that stamp collection, in storage somewhere. I was always fascinated by the postmarks and I'd get excited when mail had originated from a location I'd not heard of before. The majority of the stamps I'd soak as a child were Australian and it was mind-boggling to imagine they'd traveled so far, because as a kid Australia just seemed like an endless expanse. Those stamps were an early introduction to geography.

Today I soaked stamps to be used in a mail art project, but these days most of the stamps I receive come from other countries. I still love to read the postmarks, though, and marvel at the distance they've covered.

Written correspondence has been a hobby of mine for a long time, & Monday Mail Out is a weekly feature whereby I can share my love for the lost art of letter writing. I hope my experiences will encourage others to send out letters on Monday too, and have them rediscover the joy of sending and receiving mail. If you have a blog, feel free to join in.