I'm not going to lie, this past week has been pretty awful. I've been cooped up inside with bronchitis and have been spending a lot of time in my room with my asthma nebuliser. Oh, isn't that sorry image! But then, on Friday afternoon Mr LG came over like a knight in shining armour carrying in his arms some parcels that had never looked more exciting after a week of seeing only the inside of my bedroom walls!
The first parcel was some of the most vibrant and lovely miniature roses I have ever seen. Yellow, orange, and a wonderful combination of yellow and red in the one rose! Tell me, have you ever seen red and yellow roses like these before? I sure haven't, apparently they're from South Africa!
The next two packages were my first pen pal letters! So exciting! Both of my lovely friends from New Zealand (
Jess and
Hayley) came to my rescue and helped brighten my week. This first package is from
Jess and contains some wonderful things all made in New Zealand - red licorice, butterscotch chocolate, a recycled notebook, a New Zealand pencil, sunflower seeds (which I can't wait to grow in my garden!), stickers and a letter! I can't wait to send a package back to her!
The second letter came from
Hayley. We met through the
Dear Darlings pen pal swap. It was written on the prettiest of paper (and she has the coolest hand writing!) and the shimmery green envelope was right up my alley! I can't wait to write back to her!
I have some mail outgoings too, but I can't show you them just yet for risk of spoiling it for the lovely recipients!
I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend!
Much love.
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I'm so glad the parcel brightened your week, I hope you are feeling better now! I had a great time picking the goodies out for you lol sometimes the sending is as good as the receiving!
ReplyDeleteI hope you're feeling much better now. Those roses are lovely. And the goodies from your pen pals are really sweet. I hope you have a lovely weekend
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry you've been cooped up so long! Hopefully you'll be feeling right as rain soon! Wish I was nearby, I'd bring you chicken gluten free noodle soup.
ReplyDeletesorry to hear you are feeling ill. Oh no! I sent a back to Hayley but I didn't send her anything! I feel really bad now. Her writing was so neat wasn't it? hope you feel better soon, I love the pictures.
ReplyDeleteaw i hope you feel better soon!!! and mail and flowers is like the perfect gift for being sick. (go mr. lg!)
ReplyDeleteoh no. hope you are feeling a bit better today. the flowers are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThe miniature roses are gorgeous, and I'm super excited to see some Dear Darlings letters in there too! Hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteOh yay for the pretty miniature roses. They are such a lovely colour.
ReplyDeleteAnd mail makes anyone feel great! The excitement of opening up a package is the best part. Ahh I've got one letter from my Dear Darlings group. I hope to get more.
Mail is the absolute best!!
Hi! Thanks for the comments. Always love to hear from a fellow Brisbane blogger. Will be interested to read about your renovation progress too. xx
ReplyDeleteVery pretty flowers! Mr LG has good taste. I think every Friday should be Flower Friday!
ReplyDeleteenjoyed reading your writing.
ReplyDeletefollowing your blog now.
xoxo
poisepolish.
so glad the parcel brightened your week! :)
ReplyDeleteXOXO, BECCA
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Oh the whole break into the house while I was home alone has sort of scarred me and I do think it's one of the reasons I don't like being alone at night (well I can be alone just not all night).
ReplyDeleteI love my little mail carrier. I wasn't quite sure when I first bought it but I love it now.
And I'm sort of looking forward to Christmas which is the scary part :p
this amazing package arrived last night!!! wow, it was fantastic and I am sitting at my computer listening to Australia - john farnham, the whitlams, yothu yindi, shannon noll, guy sebastien - it has just taken me back and it is brilliant and I can't thank you enough. I loved your letter and am going to write a long letter back soon, the pens and stickers were great, oh it's made my day!! I am so homesick for australia though, thankyou thankyou
ReplyDeleteJimmy barnes has just come on!!!!!whoa!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet surprise, those roses are so pretty!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better!
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How did I miss this one? I love the pics!! Thanks for your letter and goodies - I received it today! You'll hear from me soon!
ReplyDeleteI'm part of the Dear Darlings group too! just received a couple of letters from my pen pal and i too have to agree that this is such a fabulous idea! like you, the letters put a smile to my face:)
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