We had 10 glorious days during which we opened a few matchboxes every day ... We'd take a couple to breakfast, we'd pop a few in our bag before we went to the river or out for the day... it was wonderful! and what a variety! Thank you for pouring your creativity into that.Beautiful words and wishes were written in all shapes and sizes on many different types of paper, rolled and scribbled, in English, Dutch, Frisian & Irish (still need to get that translated ;). Then there were words in the form of games, puzzles, poems, advice, newspaper clippings, mini-cards & books.
Shells from places near and far, flower seeds, stones, wool, a little dove and candles... Symbols of great virtues and qualities. Too many gifts to mention individually but always personal, often in two's, chosen with care & chosen to fit.
Also some surprising things you wouldn't think would come in a matchbox like:
a kitchen counter (ok it didn't actually fit in the matchbox); an African princess' bracelet (which feels like it could be used for magic -we've been reading Harry Potter); a pair of sheep; a Scottish quaich for each of us; a pretty spectacular type of match (firestarter) which can be used for up to 3000 times; Holy water from the Jordan river & fireworks which we enjoyed with many on our last night in France.
This was all about the contents and and we haven't even started describing the ways in which the boxes were decorated. One included a geology lesson of the Hebrides, one was a geography lesson of the gevoels wereld... if ever you're in the neighbourhood you're welcome to come and admire them. This weekend we went through them all again and they are truly a great impression of the talents of our friends and family.
Home again.
P&S
