All The Way From Australia~Mate~

Today

I want to share something

that someone from

Australia sent me..

Her name is Lisa...

and no...

I don't have a picture of her..

I'm guessing she is rather shy..

Well, she may not put her

face out there but

she sure shares her
heart.

She shares it in a blog

called

Informal Home.

Informal is defined by Webster

as

Charateristic of/or appropriate to

ordinary , casual or familiar use..

Lisa is

ANYTHING BUT

ordinary..

although she is casual enough

that you feel immediately

at home visiting her blog..

And she has quickly

become a familiar place

for me to visit.

She's another

old soul..this Lisa...

Here's her header...Those better be pictures

of Australia, mate!

Well, here is what came

ALL THE WAY

from Australia..

THIS is the OUTSIDE

of the mailing package.

Seriously!

Could it get any cuter?

Can you believe this is

a mailer?

Obviously she doesn't know

that I wrap everything I send

in brown paper sacks!

No...She picked this out special..

and I love it..

I carefully peeled all the

mailing tape off it so I can

use it again..

and then someone,

somewhere will think

WOW! Look at that box

Diana bought special for me!

Yeah-I'm like that~ So...

are you wondering now

what is IN the box?

Hmmmm...it's got a boat on it...And a ship in a bottle...

And this netted trap....And I think these are buoys..

No! Not BOYS- Buoys..

the floaty kind..And a Map screened on...Give up?

Do you?

Do you give up?

Can't guess?

Well....

It's a plate, you silly goose!

Did you EVER see a plate

like this one?

I never did!

I LOVE IT!

Truly love it!Here's the maker's mark... It is going to have a place of honor

in my china cabinet..

I will think of Lisa everytime

I pass by..

and it is joining this little

sailing ship teapot

that belonged to my mother~

one of the few pieces I have

that belonged to her...That's how precious the plate

is to me...

I will treasure it always..

and think of how someone

that lives

All The Way Down

in

Australia..

thinks I am worth

sending a plate to.....

and that

means the world to me~

Just a quick question for you though...

How is it that the people that

live

DOWN UNDER

don't just fall off?

SweetCheeks was just wondering.....