This is a really thoughtful gift, another one of time that I know Marie must have spent looking for the right images.
Marie said in her accompanying note with this gift that she could tell I enjoy writing from my blog. She's right, I do enjoy writing. The only problem is I don't enjoy posting! I am terrible at writing letters and then having to go out to the post box, especially in Winter. In recent years with the advent of the Internet, Facebook, Emails and texting I do most of my writing via a keyboard. The temptation for to email is made much greater by having done a secretarial course in my year out and learning to touch type. Typing paid my way through university and helped me into the job market after graduation. I type much much faster than I can hand write letters, so my letter writing has withered away. I tend to limit myself to cards on birthdays or when someone is sick or struggling. I don't post a letter just to say "hello".
This last gift is one that has hopefully given me a kick up the backside to actually write to the people I care about, especially as so many of them are far away, up the motorway.
Marie has done a couple of blog posts about her part in the swap, which I hope you read. They are interesting and shows the farmer's market where she got a lot of my gifts. This has been a wonderful experience and it has prompted me to try new things and look in different areas of the Internet. I've learnt more about about New York State and I have loved having presents to open every day. Thank you so much Marie, you have been an incredibly thoughtful and interesting swapper! I've enjoyed it so much.
Now I shall have to live vicariously through Paula's delight as she opens her gifts from me! I will hopefully share a little about my selection process over the coming days as she opens more of the gifts.
