Signs of Spring

We've had some very lovely days this past week.  I've been taking my camera with me more often, because it's probable that we will be leaving Boston at the end of the summer, and I realized how few photos I have of where we live!

This is Beacon Street.

I can't wait until the leaves sprout!

Here's a rather spring-y letter I received recently:

I've been collecting some bunny themed things for Easter letters.  I've gotten to the point now where I've divided my stationery into seasons... I have so much that I've put away the Christmas/Winter/Vday stuff in my closet. I'm getting more and more interested in theme-ing my letters around holidays... even ones like Pi-Day (March 14th!) and St. Patrick's Day (which is admittedly more important here in Boston). 

Happy mailing!!

Papa Mail

My dad sent me this amazing letter on birch bark.

He went out and harvested the bark without hurting the tree.  I love it. It is so special. Especially since I always wanted to do this myself.

He wrote some of the lyrics to a song called "Lightning Strikes the Postman" by the Flaming Lips, one of his favorite bands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfxX1i3ef-A


In an attempt to send him back something special I made this envelope out of tickets and things from my urban life in Boston.

I made a piece of stationery by taking colored printer paper and making a rubbing of one of the plates on the side walk outside my apartment that says "Don't dump, drains to the Charles River"
Like the one in this photo. The paper was a little bit too small to get the whole thing, and it didn't work out quite as I had imagined it. Maybe I'll try it again with a different type of crayon.