A well decorated special new year dropbox at a post office on a quest with my buddy Mac
“Good news” is over 300 pieces of postal mail dispatched the last 4-5 weeks. Mostly postcards but also bunch of special packets (some were far overdue) + typed (poorly) a few long letters – still a few more on my list and then have to pause / slow down for a while.
One of the batches, heading out internationally with some fantastic (specially ordered) 70¥ stamps, celebrating an anniversary of Japan and France, postal relations, along with air mail seals (and a CD received from a friend in Fukushima)
The “proofs” from the festive card from this year / yes, less analogue than usual and yes, some clipart, but still, rather awesome
The new year stamp station at the local post officeOn a drive to visit an arborist colleague, in another town, spotted a couple post boxes from the car, and just couldn’t resist myself since we were at a red light, seemed like fate
As the cards rolled in, they were pinned to the string of honor, now there are too many to fit, but since these were snapped, here are a few that started us off… so many more, thanks to everyone, eventually more documentation, probably
Just for fun – and to remind myself that I repeat myself – here are similar snaps from previous years. It’s all the same except entirely different, except for the parts are the same.There was a lot of red ink, stamping, because well of course we have our own “year of the rabbit” stamps, so wore out the previous red ink pad (which I really really liked) and ordered a new one, yeah it’s really the big timeHave acquired at least a dozen free calendars and placed each appropriately throughout the house, and in this case, in the kura (to be clear, there’s also one in the carport/workshop)Of course, this dude was helping out with the stampingAlong with the “usual” high volume of standard New Year’s cards, were a few special dossiers, sent to folks needing a little spark, due to being shut, ins, hospitalized, suffering, loss, or otherwise did something very special. an opportunity to share some of my little arts and crafts to maybe inspire others.Though our dear rabbit Maru-chan is featured on the new year card – because of course it is “year of the rabbit” – sadly, my design skills squished him in and he was often covered by a stamp required for postal delivery. I attempted to apologize and explain the situation – he just wants to sit by the fire. I think we’ll both be all right.
A very special packet to a very special human, who, possibly vaguely knows I exist due to a meeting in 1997, mailed to the Shasta, bioregion with admiration and affectionThank you to all our wonderful correspondents, both sending and receiving is a pleasure
The next “big project” is getting ready for a trip #BCInvasion in April/May. Focus is “family, friends, parks, and gardens” 1st time for my darlings, and I’m a little intimidated to deal with lack of public toilets, tax/tips and other social connections, but will get through it. And yes, of course I’ve made a Google doc plan and “poster art”.
