Pen Pal Swap and my Spot.

I thought I would show you my little blog spot.

My thrifted $20 orange metal desk...

Loved it the minute I saw it..

Apron thrift girl had a pen pal swap which

I entered,

I sat down this morning

with my first cup of coffee

the most important part of my day

to write this letter to karalea.

when I realized I don't think I

have written a letter by hand for 20 years.

I really think texting and computers have made this a

lost art...

Look at how beautiful this is and with email these days

we are losing out on the fun of

going back and reading letters of our past.

History

My dad went to look at some property in remote part of Alaska

and in this old cabin since abandoned

years before left for the animals

in it were old letters

from the sister of the woman

who lived in this cabin with her

husband and children.

the sister was writing from Victoria ,BC

about her love life and how

she was hoping this young man was going to kiss her.

How sweet is that.

I would have loved to have read them all.

there they sat for some 60 years.

I wonder if they are still there.

and the young lady has I'm sure passed on

and little did she know that her sweet story

would be passed on by a stranger.

With technology we wont find beautiful letters

stored away!

any who Karalea sent me this amazing letter

where I got to know her and her family.

with this lovely gift.

I had to share this detail she embroidered my name.

I'm off to mail her my hen scratch letter !!