Before I took off for Chicago, I snapped photos of the October mail that had arrived. This is from Patty and those skulls are siblings of the ones that appeared on the nicho she built. She parted with a Day of the Dead stamp. Maybe they are still available. It's so hard keeping track of stamps. Once again, Patty enclosed a note suggesting that her design was *chaotic* - and to me, it is exuberant. It feels very inspired by all the work we did on the ofrenda. Hopefully, in 2026 I can ponder and post examples of how to do these kinds of designs and be happy with them. I love the back flap on Patty's envelope. The skeleton is a fun postcard.
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Ruth - whose work you may see if you do a search for Ruth - sent me a supportive email after I had my little rant about MrW offering to buy *generic stamps* after I was so hesitant to share some of my stamps. Ruth has been using up old stamps - pre-Forevers - where you have to do math to figure out how many to put on the envelope. Her husband decided that he didn't want to bother with math - and boldly bought some new Forevers. Maybe we need to establish a support group for spouses of envelope people. I'd start it under a faux-identity. Then I would be a mole - and see what they say about us - and report it all right here.
I'm surprised that I get away with all this talking smack about my family. If any of them ever find my blog and read what I say, I hope they can tell that none of it is mean spirited. I wouldn't expect any of them to have a glowing report about what it's like to have me in the little 420 tribe.
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