Sue & I have not been doing much as far as letterboxing is concerned - we're putting away Christmas decorations! Don't even get me started - that's a story for another post!
Anyway, before I get in trouble . . . at least some of our letterboxing pals have been busy and we thought we'd bring a few of their latest accomplishments to your attention:
1) First and foremost - it seems prayers have been answered since Tony & Veronica have had a 5 month baby girl placed with them for adoption! Those of you who follow this blog will remember that their first attempt ended in heartbreak but we now have good news to report!
Jayden is an adorable little girl. Not sure how Tony & Veronica are sleeping but, as those of you with children know, it goes with the territory. Our best wishes to the new parents and the lucky little girl who chose such great parents!
2) Silver Eagle from TX has been up to some very clever clue-writing and computer programming! Not sure if you've noticed his latest clues posted to the LBNA. It's a series called "20 Questions." The unique thing about the clues is that you have to solve the riddle before the clues are revealed to you. He helps you out with a series of hints that enable you to keep guessing. When, and only when, you solve the riddle are the clues revealed in the bottom portion of the page. Here's one to whet your appetite called Game 6 - Person.
It looks like he's posted 7 of what will be a 20 clue series. For those of you dice players, the silver one has also just posted a new clue in the same vein but this time you have to roll the dice multiple times until you reach at least 10 points before the clues are revealed. This clever box is called Dice Poker Game.
3) Choi, of LBNA fame, has just posted 2 clues featuring old lunettes. Lunette is a French word that means "little moon" (not the boxer from Maine!) or "eyeglasses." Lunettes are also the top, half round portion of old gravestones. Choi has just planted 2 lunette boxes called Bolton Lunette and Lancaster Lunette. Both of these clues employ pictures that we assume Choi took while planting the boxes.
One of our hobbies, while boxing, is to take photos of old gravestones. I bet we have over 100 in our photo collection. Choi might have given me a new reason to dig out some of these digital files from the corners of our computer!
4) Amanda from Seattle, one of our friends from the Pacific Northwest, just returned from Rome - the eternal city! Her blog has a wonderful story of her short stay there with some great stories of how the Italians celebrate the coming of Christmas. Thanks for sharing your adventures, Amanda!
5) Sue & I are headed to St. Augustine the first week in February and hope to spend some time relaxing and boxing in that part of Florida. We're staying at a condo on the shore and hope to have some new Pinecone Productions to post once we return.
While there, we decided to throw a little mini meet on the Friday we are there. If you can make it, we'd love to meet and exchange with you while we all have some of those wonderful shrimp and chowder at O'Steen's Restaurant. Thanks to pal, Sits N Knits, who told us about this well-known seafood haven. And special thanks to Stone Mountain man, T REX, who will join us for a long weekend while we're there and will also attend the mini meet. At last count, we were at 13 boxers to join Sue & I.
I think that just about brings us up to date except for our long overdue Bed & Boxing Redux report. Suffice it to say this was the best one ever. There will be a report coming soon with pictures that will show the guilty parties!! You never know what will happen on a Pinecone Adventure!
6) Speaking of Pinecone Adventures, we're putting the finishing touches on our April 23 - 25 New Boxers Gathering Weekend in West Dover, VT, where our Back to Our Roots gathering took place last June. It will be a time to learn a little more about boxing including some new techniques in all of the letterboxing disciplines like clue-writing, carving, etc. We have a group of "experts" lined up who will be presenting the various demonstrations. Day trippers are welcomed but, while the rates aren't finalized, a couple could come for the weekend and stay 2 nights, have 2 breakfasts and Saturday lunch for about $200! That is for 2 people in a room so some of you singles that want to share a room with a buddy, you will notice several multi-bed rooms. Some rooms have 3 beds. More on that to come in the very near future.
There are 2 other Pinecone Adventures on which we've just started to plan - another Bed & Boxing weekend in October of this year to possibly be held in the Killington, VT area and our Second Letterboxing Cruise which will take us to Alaska in June/July of 2011. This cruise will include an optional 4 day land component as well as a 7 day cruise from Anchorage, Alaska to most likely Vancouver, Canada that features glaciers and wildlife galore. More on both of these boxing adventures to come!
Sue & I hope your New Year is an ongoing adventure; filled with boxes and great times with new and old boxing buddies!!!
