Letter No. 8: Anmore, British Columbia

Yes, Yes. I'm being slow about updating this. But then, my family did just go through about three weeks' worth of colds and bugs and viruses and everything else. So I'm just fairly thrilled to be able to type these few lines without having to pause and cough for five minutes.

Today's letter brings us our first bit of mail from our neighbors to the north, Canada!

This may be the first time I ever caught an "Oooooh!" on camera.

The card comes from my friend, Kay, and her daughter, Eirene, who live in Anmore, British Columbia. They sent a whole packet that included the gorgeous card pictured above, along with a drawing from Eirene, a letter, and several pictures.

One of the pictures was from the Okanagan Valley, where Eirene and her family sometimes go hiking and camping. They also sent pictures of downtown Vancouver, and of fireworks on Canada Day!

Freja insisted on sending a picture back, and so set to work on her rainbow.

Alas, I forgot to copy down what Freja put in her letter (or told me to put down in her letter, which means that I copied it down... and then forgot to copy it down). So here's her finished rainbow picture instead.

I don't know why all of her rainbows are shaped like mountain peaks. Unless she's actually drawing rainbow mountains and I'm totally thinking along a different wavelength. Also, the small patch of blue sky to the left of the rainbow tells me it must have been cloudy that day.

So thank you Kay and Eirene for your wonderful packet of pictures and cards! We learned a lot about Canada and British Columbia, especially that it's absolutely gorgeous there and that it's now been added onto our ever-growing list of places to visit (which may be one of the great curses of this project).