Today I received some surprises in the mail! From my "not so secret stitcher" (the program through Shakespeare's Peddler). I got a copy of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. This has been on my Amazon wishlist for absolutely ages! My friend was on vacation in Maine, and she also sent me a lovely notepad and postcard with a lighthouse on each as well. Rachel Carson was a marine biologist and my friend stayed very near her salt pond in Maine. This is great timing as a book I recently finished, The Highest Tide, talked about Carson in great detail, so my curiosity has really been piqued! I am really looking forward to starting this book!
I also received some glass head pins from Mercedes in Spain! I had mentioned that I was having a hard time finding any nice ones here (just very bright yellow ones, or boxes that have bright multicolored pins), and she very kindly has sent me a wonderful selection of them! I thought she was only going to send over some nice white ones, but she surprised me by sending lots of different colors--including some that are more oval in shape--that I have never seen here locally!! I can't wait to use them. I have been spoiled today! This has certainly been a nice way to start the week!