Venturing Outside Is Hazardous: But It Had To Be Done Today
I didn't want to but I had to. I had to venture out in this sub-zero day and gather my mail. The last time I walked to the mailbox was last Friday... and I had to go. I was waiting for something that could have frozen in these unbelievably cold temperatures; and it was delivered. An app told me the package was waiting for me.
So I bundled up... grabbed the car keys (instead of the usual walk, I drove down to the mailbox) and scooped up all the letters and two packages.
Let's see what I got...
First Package...
@powellx5 had a giveaway three weeks ago and I was randomly chosen for this prize...
Now people who know me, know I am OCD with a touch of abnormal organizational tendencies.
It’s full of wonderful things. After an excellent intro on choosing a good location for your garden and a bit on readying your soil, the book is broken down into sections of time
A huge THANK YOU to @powellx5 for hosting this contest!
Second Package...
I actually received this giveaway last week and just haven't had the time to sit down and post a proper thank you to @carrieallen and @transientflowers for this GREAT gift!
THANKS TO @carrieallen and @transientflowers for this wonderful contest and giveaway! I was chosen randomly to win these cannabis leggings! Plus when she sent the package she tossed in some stickers and a lanyard!
THANK YOU both for this awesome package and giveaway!
And FINALLY....
Every gardeners' dream mail delivery!
The 2018 Seed Catalogs!
Oh yeah, with the temperatures remaining below zero until mid-week next week, I will have my nose buried in these two catalogs. I will be daydreaming, drooling and probably expanding my current seed buy list.. shhh, don't tell hubby!
Look at you winning all the things! 😍
That lanyard is for the Kaviar brand of ... caviar. Which just happens to be the most delicious thing eva. It's cannabis flowers, drenched (maybe not drenched) in oil (of cannabis) and then rolled in hash.
We normally just get joints of it and sprinkle a little on each bowl. It's like magic.
🌟Happy New Year! 🌟
That’s a gardening book I’ll have to get. Have to start building up my library. Cool looking leggings.
I have a BIG homesteading and gardening library here; books I have purchased as well as binders I have put together myself from posts and articles, how-to's, etc that I have found online.
Love the leggings... and the stickers.. your friend must live in Colorado... I recognize the weed maps sticker and the Kaviar lanyard... in fact I might need to go get a Kaviar cone later today...
Really? I don't recall the return address on the package.. but I love them!
I have the lanyard already on my key ring and will be donning the leggings on New Year's Eve.. seems like a good time to make their debut!
That does sound like good timing..
Just seems appropriate to me
I DO live in Colorado... Crestone (if you're wanting to google something fun 😎).
LOL! I just explained what Kaviar is in a comment below.
Oh that is the best!! Love the leggings too:):)
SEED CATALOGS!😁 aaaahhhhh that makes my day. That planting guide looks really cool as well. Looks like its going to be a great day:)
Yes, I love all my packages and contest winnings! It was definitely a blessed day at the mailbox... luckily NO BILLS showed up, so I was doubly HAPPY!
No bills!! It IS a happy day:)
NICE!!!! I'm going to have to find my own copy of that book. The pages you showed us really caught my eye. Those leggings!!! LOVE!!! Pretty dang sweet, if you ask me. ;) Congrats!
You know I've had my nose buried in a seed catalog for weeks already. Haha!
Dang! You're ahead of me!
I just got these in the mail... well, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday... not sure of the day. I don't get mail every day; as you can tell! lol
Ahh! Seed catalogs. I look forward to them more than the new calendars with their pretty pictures.
I will look... look.. dog-ear this page and that page.. Look some more... Circle a few things on every page... get out a notebook and write things down. Oh man!!! LOVE my seed catalogs.. they're like the Christmas Toy Catalog to me!
You did it: you made me soooo jealous!! 😉 All I got in the mail were bills. (I should admit I’ve received several packages containing seeds because of an online seedswap these last few weeks. They all made me happy like a kid that gets a new toy for Christmas, so I can relate to how you feel) Wishing you loads of joy with your packages 😁
I know.. some days going to the mailbox can be fun!!
Others.. not so much.
but yesterday was a good day to go and I was rewarded with all my goodies!
Sorry about the bills... but yeah, welcome to being a responsible adult
Love the leggings and the book where can I purchase amazon i'm in the UK but I have just started lasagna layer gardening as I want to grow my own food this spring summer
Lasagna layering? That sounds interesting..., have you made a post about it yet on steemit?
I'd love to hear more about it.
That book looks awesome and very informative. We could all use one of those.. lol I had to go to my mailbox too and get my seeds out before they froze. Time to plan who goes where in the garden. Such Fun!
OMGosh! I know, right!?
The planning part is SOOO addictive! Then the planting of the seeds. The seedlings start to sprout... OHHHH! I get so excited just thinking about it all!
Awesommme haul from the mailbox!!! ALL of those things look amazing :) I'm trying not to look at seed catalogs, I have so many seeds saved that I really don't need to buy any more, haha
How can you NOT look!! Oh man.. that takes some GREAT will power!
As soon as I saw them in my hand yesterday I zoomed the car up the drive... practically squealing the tires! lol
Hahaha, it's not that i don't wan't to that's for sure!
It finally made it! Gosh, Christmas must have really slowed the mail down.
I'm still waiting on my seed catalog....
lol- well it could have been sitting there since last week as I haven't been to the mailbox in a few.. days!
I LOVE it! I was thumbing through it all last night!
i have that garden planner, too! i was leafing through it for the millionth time last night ... it's almost too pretty to start writing in.
i'm right there with you too on the daydreaming & buying list. i'm constantly bombarding the mister with questions, though - what about this? ooh, this one's purple! how many carrots do you think we'd actually eat?
it's easy to get carried away, isn't it?!
I know... I flipped through it again last night. I was down for the count and was just flipping pages. I did get some ideas though; so that's great!
Oh my goodness, I could have written the opening to your post! No one here has bothered to check the mail for several days now, due to the cold. I finally braved it today because my Amazon app told me I had a delivery. I opened our huge rural mailbox to find it absolutely packed to the gills. :D Late gifts, little eBay baubles, my new mortar and pestle, a supplement, and a postal scale ... but no seed catalogs. They must still be on the way. Like you, I'm expecting them from Annie's and Baker Creek!
lol- yeah... it's been that kind of winter. I think the postal lady despises non-mail fetchers like us! She had our box SOOOO crammed with stuff. I bet she was cussing me!