Gifts in the Mail

The most incredible gift just arrived from Teri, the Cheeky Librarian, who came to Seattle in July for the Cancer Bloggers Reunion.

It is a spiral-bound book of photos that Teri took while she was here, complete with text.

The cover is a shot taken in my front garden of blueberries, lots of greenery, and a tin candle holder. It captures the spirit of my cancer garden perfectly.

Inside are more shots of my garden, plus Pioneer Square, restaurants (me eating!), friends who came to help out during the reunion by cooking meals, and some really cute photos taken at Seattle Center with Deanna and her son Eddie, including Eddie and me on the bumper cars--my favorite amusement park ride.

Thanks, Teri, for this fantastic gift.

Another Gift
Another gift arrived during the Cancer Bloggers Reunion--a bouquet made of cut fruit, some of it dipped in chocolate. I had never seen such a thing. (It didn't arrive in the mail, of course, a delivery person brought it.)

It arrived with a card, but no signature, and I was trying to figure out who sent it, and asking everyone, but didn't figure it out.

Then a couple of weeks later, Jessica, one of my oldest readers, e-mailed to ask if I had ever received it. She hadn't meant to send it without a card, so when she didn't get a thank you from me she figured it had gone astray.

Thank you, Jessica. The bloggers made pretty good inroads into it, and then my two sons finished off the rest. It was a hit.

@ Jeanne Sather 2008.

Comments

[jessica]

you're certainly welcome! i just have to say one last time how pleased and relieved i was to find out that you actually received it. i wanted to 'do' something, but struggled with what that could be from so far away. glad you enjoyed it!

[Teri]

You are so welcome, Jeanne. Your life is full of beauty, so catching photos of the small part that I witnessed was easy. I am so glad you liked it! I kept a pdf version of the book, so I can look at it and remember with you!