I love my mailbox!
No, it's not a pretty one with flowers planted around it or covered in ivy, but it's functional. Our locked neighborhood boxes are over a half mile from our house and protect our newspaper, bills, catalogs, packages, and a rare personal letter every now and then. (I love personal letters!)
But sometimes bad things happen to mailboxes!
When the phone rang early Sunday morning, I knew it couldn't be good news. We were told vandals had hit the boxes in the wee hours and had probably taken any mail not picked up.
Tom immediately headed out to check our box and found ours wasn't one of the ones damaged, and our mail was securely inside. That was a huge blessing! New boxes have been ordered, but in the meantime we have to pick up all mail at the post office.
I am so glad and so thankful that I had just retrieved a package from our box that included this beautiful purple fabric. (I love fabric!)
My blogging friend, Diane over at Life Scraps, found out that I've been collecting purple scraps and mailed me some yardage..from Texas! Don't you love the second one from the left--those little red polka-dot mushrooms are beautiful...and she purchased it special and stuck it in the package at the last minute before mailing! Thank you so much, Diane!
In other news, today we're digging out from 8 inches of snow we received yesterday...we couldn't get to the mailbox anyway even if the mail could be delivered. Unfortunately, we can't get to the post office either!
Here's a picture of our garden in winter, and I know I've shown this snowy scene other years and other snows, but I never tire of it. Plus, I wanted to show Granny what she's missing by not being here in January...that little garden shed (aka basket shed) looks mighty lonely down there.
Snowy days when you can't get out and no one else can get in are great sewing days. I'm almost finished with my Postage Stamp quilt top, and this afternoon I'll start on Block 2 for the Block-A-Palooza. Pictures of these projects coming soon.
~Deb
Oh my! I cannot believe someone would vandalize your mailboxes like that. Glad your box and mail were intact.
The snow is beautiful...but I'm glad we didn't get any this go round. Granny says to tell you all hello. She made a basket today. It is beautiful!
Posted by: Bet | Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 07:06 PM
Glad that your mail is safe.One day when we were living in Ohio I heard a big kaboom.Looked out at first and didn't see anything.A little bit later I opened the garage door and saw crime tape in front of my drive way.Turned out a neighborhood teen decided to blow up mailboxes and had done our next door neighbors.We think he did our neighbors because it had no mail in it.The teen bought a new box for our neighbor and spent time in a juvenile detention center for his crime.
Posted by: Tammy | Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 07:18 PM
Oh dear, I am glad your mail is safe and hope that a stronger box will be forthcoming. Lovely material Deb.
Posted by: Rose | Friday, January 28, 2011 at 02:19 AM