to be mailed

Old photo test strips, loose leaf tea put into little cheesecloth satchels, and many unpictured treasures—don't want to spoil the surprise!—packaged up and sent to a few penpals today. Each one is a little different, but I hope to be more prompt and personal in the future.

My friend Hermine now has an entire site dedicated to these little treats: Journal de Jours - Letter Project.

a very pleasant surprise

I haven't been spending much time at home lately. So, I was very pleasantly surprised to find that a pumpkin seedling pushed its way through the soil I planted it in two weeks ago. The seed made it across the Atlantic, from Hermine in Belgium, and now it's sprouting on my balcony. I just can't believe it.

(I'm soon to be without a deck—can I grow a pumpkin indoors? I'll Google it.)