What a great success was the "SLO Stamping in the Meadow" gathering!
Over 30 letterboxers attended the festivitiesand this is CALIFORNIA,
not Maine; there ain't all that many letterboxers out here. We had
food, drawings for prizes, beautifully carved Event Stamps-and
twenty hidden letterboxes for us to find (goody-goody, love finding
letterboxes)!! The gracious hosts who put together this wonderful
event: Sir Balthazar, JugglerMouse, and Ash Raven. While I am not a
party planner myself, I know that taking on the responsibility of
throwing the first ever "Lower California" letterboxing event was
surely a daunting task, requiring many hours of work, planning, and
far too much stress. Alas, Ash Raven wasn't able to attend most of
the event since, unlike the rest of us, she was acting like a
responsible adult and attending classes-on a Saturday, no less!
Nonetheless, Ash was able to attend at the end of the event, and
helped to gather up letterboxes, and resurrect Sir B's shattered
multi-colored stamp pad; however, she carved and wrote clues for a
number of the event's planted letterboxes, including "The Coke
Bottle"one of the favorite stampbook images in my collection.
JugglerMouse manned the grill . . . ummm . . . I mean "womaned" the
grill, as well as welcoming guests. Of the 80-plus stamp images in
my book, each of which I love, I think that JugglerMouse's are the
most beautiful (apparently she makes good use of those micron-sized
gouges shown to me by Sir B.). Sir Balthazar was the letterboxing
equivalent of Jay Gatsbyeverywhere at once, graciously greeting
guests, conducting cheese races, exhibiting fake rocks and military
compasses, choreographing group photos, and generally making everyone
feel at home. Sir B., JugglerMouse, Ash Raven and their googled
friends set a very high standard for stamp carving, clue writing, and
producing letterbox events.
--Buzzard P8 F81 X15 E(is this the proper designation for Event
Stamps?) 2