New mailbox, new adventures

Hurray! We've got a new mailbox! Not yet "working", but still a new mailbox. A few days ago I mentioned that our new house is being built, and of course buying a new mailbox was a must. Unfortunately there are not many options out there (at least not here) so we had to decide between one of the plain black boring and dull options, or something more elaborate with a bit more design. There were no doubts on this point.

So here it is, our brand new mailbox. The design itself is not that special at all (you can see them regularly on the streets of Buenos Aires), and we were hoping to find something similar... but unique. Anyway, after several visits to the store, we are now totally pleased and happy with our purchase and I think it will look perfect. To be honest, I had always dreamed about having a beautiful big mailbox with a pigeon on it. For my non Spanish speaking readers, the words on the front mean "letters" (cartas) and "mail" (correo).

It will probably be put in it's place this week, but I still need to wait until early 2015 (hopefully) for us to move and start receiving my mail in this beautiful aluminum alloy piece of art.

Were you able to choose your mailbox? Are you happy with the one you have?

Bookworm

marja2006 | Finland | Jul. 2008

Wow... time has really passed since the last time I've been around. Again, I'm sorry but I've been busy. Really busy. My daughter was born (happiest day ever!) and although we really had it easy with her, being new parents is not easy. Besides, I really wanted to seize the moments I could spend with her before having to get back to work (which happened around two weeks ago). On top of that... our new house was being built, and that definitely brought us a LOT of work to do. And if I think about it, that was really the most stressful part of all these past months. 

Of course I'm still a mom, and my house is still being built (it seems this will take forever), but now I'm motivated enough to keep on writing. I don't know if I have already said this, but I love literature. I also find books to be really beautiful objects, and that's why I'm very keen on book-showing postcards like this one. Can you read the name of Jules Verne on these books? Don't you love that?

I've been thinking about a literature blog for quite a while. But it was always "what if...", "what about...". So now it's time to put all those second thoughts aside and give it a try. If you are interested and willing to share your thoughts on my new project, please visit www.comasycomillas.com (written in Spanish).

Do you have your own blog or website where you share you postcard passion?