Belated Secret Santa Present

Earlier this month, there was a big concern about whether I'd receive a gift from my Australian Secret Santa.  You see, an Australia Post mail truck caught fire and the whole lot burnt to the ground!  And the whole truck was heading from Western Australia to here in Queensland.  A lot of people were not going to receive their presents over Christmas.  

When I heard about this, I filled out a form immediately online to Australia Post - however, they didn't keep track of the item I was looking for.  This was unfortunate.  To my amazement, I checked the mail yesterday and I found a blue parcel pick-up card... and what do you know?  It was my parcel from my Secret Santa!  Thank you so much Romy86 for sending this off to me... and now it's here where it belongs, I'm not letting it out of my sight!

A Vouch for World Peace!

Today, my day started off very early.  It had to so I could get my last shop for the year over and done with.  So, I was up at 7am, ate breakfast, fed the fish and Little Miss Stevie and out the door just before 9am... a good record.  The mail was collected; and my little PO Box was filled to capacity with not only my mail, but my parent's mail as well - as I take their mail while they're away on holidays.  So, I took out the bundle of Christmas Cards (theirs) and three pieces of mail (mine) and walked off to the bus stop down the road.  Once there, I opened my mail and found that Southernfrye had sent me a lovely collection of things for my HGG collection; including a bumper sticker promoting World Peace.  Yes, this year, I had asked for World Peace.  I know that sounds a little out in the left field, but really, if I can ask Santa Clause for it, why not ask for it as a HGG?  And today, I received an incentive - the bumper sticker suggests that we try for it before 2021.  Now, not only does that sound like a plan, but it also sounds like a goal too.

There were other things inside that envelope.  I found a recipe, some labels, a bookmark and a few other things as well.  Thank you so much Southernfrye.  I appreciate you thinking about me at this time of year.  I wish World Peace upon your part of the world as well.

Two HGG's From Across the Miles!

Today has been cold and wet; and so when I went and checked the mail, I was pleasantly surprised to find not only mail for Mum and Dad had arrived, but also mail for me for Christmas.  

There was a gorgeous scenic postcard of the Sleeping Bear Dunes at Frankfort, Michigin where it's snowing and cold and mnugirl made a snowman in her front yard the other day; and she's making sugar cookies from her Grandma's recipe soon too.  I'd love to have a white Christmas some day; it'd be so much fun!

The other item which showed up in the mail was a European Christmas card.  These are usually a single card front with gorgeously painted fronts and you write on the back; like postcards.  Anuluni1975, from Finland,sent one to me with two Robins flying and feeding off some flowering wheat.  Enclosed in the envelope were two teabags - in envelopes - of Rooibos and Vanilla tea.  Just lovely for cool days like today.  Thank you both for your lovely HGG's.  I'll display them around the house this year. 

From Romania!

Today, there was only one item in the PO Box of a blue pick-up card.  And the parcel came from Romania.  I opened it in the Post Office and found a lovely little book titled 'The Passport' by Herta Muller with two gorgeous postcards and a bookmark inside it!  This was from Oedde.

Thank you so much for sending me these lovely things from your country.  I love them!  I'll get into reading this lovely little book over the Christmas/NYE break and I'll write a review on it on My Reading List.