can someone please tell me where in the park we are gathering? How
will we know where to go once we are in the park? thanks.
Mystery Gathering
15 messages in this thread |
Started on 2002-09-22
Mystery Gathering
From: Alafair (ms_alafair@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-09-22 08:01:33 UTC-07:00
Hello Everyone,
The Mystery Gathering is now just a few weeks away!
I happened to come upon the original post and invitation from Tom Noone and noticed that contained therein was another invitation to bring carvings to share.
Many of us are interested in seeing what others are creating. I think it would be fun to share our carvings whether they are completed stamps or works in progress. Just a thought.
Linda a/k/a Alafair
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Mystery Gathering
From: Janet (moonstone_baby@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-10-08 12:19:20 UTC
Mystery Gathering
From: (Vitlaur@aol.com) |
Date: 2002-10-12 21:26:04 UTC-04:00
Wanted to say thanks to Tom No one for a great day of meeting friends and
sharing stories. Alot of thought and effort went to into the planning and
the oh so mysterious invitation. See you on the trails.
Laurette
sharing stories. Alot of thought and effort went to into the planning and
the oh so mysterious invitation. See you on the trails.
Laurette
Mystery Gathering
From: (mindizney@aol.com) |
Date: 2002-10-16 06:57:38 UTC-04:00
Thank you to Tom for putting together a wonderful mystery gathering. I too was surprised that so many people came out on a rainy day to get exchanges and boxes! It proved to be a very fruitful day:
36 exchanges (some of those at the party I already had)
Also was able to receive the Canonicus, Matrioshka, Letterboxing Northwest Stamp, Bosun's box, Flutterby, Letterbox Fairy, KMartha & Boo! We declined to find the other stamps since they were (hopefully) staying at Ninigret.
We left the party kind of early in hopes of find the Dancing Men, and I'm happy to report that we FINALLY got our diploma after weeks of looking in the wrong spot! We would have gone for Pine Barrens as well, but nighttime overtook us and we had to head for home.
On Sunday, after looking for a place to sit and have breakfast (Darrin FINALLY settled on a place in Mystic after I said ENOUGH DRIVING! I'm hungry!), we found the Avalonia Gate box which was a bonus box for another box in the area. We also tried to find Wanda and Pete's "Going Downhill" mystery letterbox. We were at the right place, but ran out of daylight, and were even up on top of the ski mountain in the dark, soaked with rain at about 6:30 looking for it! We ended up deciding that we should come back another day when the batteries in the flash light started to go dim. We finally got back down the hill after I slid down parts of the mountain twice in the mud! I was totally dirty! It was nice to finally get back to the house in CHarlestown and take a nice hot shower in the inside shower! Darrin for some reason decided to take one in the outside shower, doesn't that defeat the purpose of taking a shower to get warm?????
On Monday, we went back to Ninigret and found the Frosty Drew Observatory box, and tried to find the DiscGolf box, since we didn't stay long enough on Sat. to get the "official" word on if it was missing. Alas, it is indeed missing :-( So we ventured back home to CT by way of Southern CT (I live in Manchester, don't ask!!) to find the Summer Music box that we missed a couple of weeks ago, and get the Third Rock from the Sun box before it retired on Tuesday.
Thank you again to everyone who made the mystery gathering really fun! We hope to see you all soon! If you are going to the Rocky Neck gathering this weekend, we may or may not be there, depending on whether I get my graduate school work done for Monday!
Pam (and Darrin too!)
from CT
36 exchanges (some of those at the party I already had)
Also was able to receive the Canonicus, Matrioshka, Letterboxing Northwest Stamp, Bosun's box, Flutterby, Letterbox Fairy, KMartha & Boo! We declined to find the other stamps since they were (hopefully) staying at Ninigret.
We left the party kind of early in hopes of find the Dancing Men, and I'm happy to report that we FINALLY got our diploma after weeks of looking in the wrong spot! We would have gone for Pine Barrens as well, but nighttime overtook us and we had to head for home.
On Sunday, after looking for a place to sit and have breakfast (Darrin FINALLY settled on a place in Mystic after I said ENOUGH DRIVING! I'm hungry!), we found the Avalonia Gate box which was a bonus box for another box in the area. We also tried to find Wanda and Pete's "Going Downhill" mystery letterbox. We were at the right place, but ran out of daylight, and were even up on top of the ski mountain in the dark, soaked with rain at about 6:30 looking for it! We ended up deciding that we should come back another day when the batteries in the flash light started to go dim. We finally got back down the hill after I slid down parts of the mountain twice in the mud! I was totally dirty! It was nice to finally get back to the house in CHarlestown and take a nice hot shower in the inside shower! Darrin for some reason decided to take one in the outside shower, doesn't that defeat the purpose of taking a shower to get warm?????
On Monday, we went back to Ninigret and found the Frosty Drew Observatory box, and tried to find the DiscGolf box, since we didn't stay long enough on Sat. to get the "official" word on if it was missing. Alas, it is indeed missing :-( So we ventured back home to CT by way of Southern CT (I live in Manchester, don't ask!!) to find the Summer Music box that we missed a couple of weeks ago, and get the Third Rock from the Sun box before it retired on Tuesday.
Thank you again to everyone who made the mystery gathering really fun! We hope to see you all soon! If you are going to the Rocky Neck gathering this weekend, we may or may not be there, depending on whether I get my graduate school work done for Monday!
Pam (and Darrin too!)
from CT
Mystery Gathering
From: Kstar (kstar1200@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-09-17 14:05:52 UTC
Hi all! While I was at the Molly/Ginger gathering some fellow
boxers expressed interest in the letterboxing t-shirt I was wearing.
While it is certainly not my intention to "market" anything to the
group, I did want to let interested parties know that I plan to
attend the mystery gathering and will bring some extras if there is
interest. Just email me off site with any questions or specific
requests. Now back to our regularly scheduled program.....
See you on the trail:) Kim "Kstar"
boxers expressed interest in the letterboxing t-shirt I was wearing.
While it is certainly not my intention to "market" anything to the
group, I did want to let interested parties know that I plan to
attend the mystery gathering and will bring some extras if there is
interest. Just email me off site with any questions or specific
requests. Now back to our regularly scheduled program.....
See you on the trail:) Kim "Kstar"
Mystery Gathering
From: Lenny/Kathy (needeeps@webtv.net) |
Date: 2003-09-20 02:16:41 UTC
It won't be the same without Molly! But count us it,The NeeDeeps will be hopping over there around noon with some food and a Hitch Hicker to share.See you all then.Lenny/Kathy the NeeDeeps.
Mystery Gathering
From: Lenny/Kathy (needeeps@webtv.net) |
Date: 2003-09-21 01:21:35 UTC
Hello, Kathy and I had fun today at the mystery gathering and meeting new people plus letterboxing around the area.With the help of the gathering,we hit over a 1000 PFX today.Thanks to all who helped putting this event together we had a great time.Lenny/Kathy The NeeDeeps.
P-76 F-793 X-161.
P-76 F-793 X-161.
Mystery Gathering
From: Alafair (lkazel@mindspring.com) |
Date: 2003-09-21 18:35:00 UTC
I'd like to add my thanks to everyone who joined us in Wickford, RI
yesterday for the Mystery Gathering. There was good cheer all 'round
and the bounty was, as always, varied and delicious. It was nice
meeting so many of you for the first time and seeing boxers I've met
before once again.
Thanks to all of you who participated in learning how to make hand-
bound books. Even though it was a somewhat abbreviated version, I
hope you all got bitten by the bug to make your own logbooks,
journals or what have you. If anyone has any questions about what we
did, please feel free to contact me anytime and I'll try to help. The
kids who participated did very well! Thanks too to Turtle McQ and
Judi of the Psychokiwi's for bringing samples of books they have
made. What an inspiration!
Since my "thing" is carving, several of the attendees shared some of
their work with me that blew me away. We have some real talent here
in Southern New England. SNE Letterboxers, go out and find TGD's in
MA and RTRW's/Cherieph's boxes, mostly in CT, I believe. You'll be
rewarded with incomparable art hidden inside that Rubbermaid!
Thanks Trish for arranging such a great place for the gathering. We
talked about about a cold-weather gather here. Stay tuned. And your
daughter really carved that cool stamp in the car while waiting for
me to get un-lost???? AMAZING!
WarriorWoman, we're glad you made it and it seems you've made a young
convert to letterboxing! It'll be hard to keep her off the trails!
Chuck and Chickabirdie, glad to see that both of you and Molly joined
us, though I felt badly she was unable to participate in learning how
to make books due to her having two more paws than the Community
Center regulations allowed inside. Apparently, the powers-that-be
have never heard of the famous "Molly!"
Lastly and sadly, we bid farewell to our good friends,the
Psychokiwi's. Best of luck on your journey back to New Zealand and we
hope to hear from you about letterboxing adventures there. Remember
SIX letterboxes there is not an acceptable number. You know what your
mission is! ;-)
Again, thanks to all.
Linda
yesterday for the Mystery Gathering. There was good cheer all 'round
and the bounty was, as always, varied and delicious. It was nice
meeting so many of you for the first time and seeing boxers I've met
before once again.
Thanks to all of you who participated in learning how to make hand-
bound books. Even though it was a somewhat abbreviated version, I
hope you all got bitten by the bug to make your own logbooks,
journals or what have you. If anyone has any questions about what we
did, please feel free to contact me anytime and I'll try to help. The
kids who participated did very well! Thanks too to Turtle McQ and
Judi of the Psychokiwi's for bringing samples of books they have
made. What an inspiration!
Since my "thing" is carving, several of the attendees shared some of
their work with me that blew me away. We have some real talent here
in Southern New England. SNE Letterboxers, go out and find TGD's in
MA and RTRW's/Cherieph's boxes, mostly in CT, I believe. You'll be
rewarded with incomparable art hidden inside that Rubbermaid!
Thanks Trish for arranging such a great place for the gathering. We
talked about about a cold-weather gather here. Stay tuned. And your
daughter really carved that cool stamp in the car while waiting for
me to get un-lost???? AMAZING!
WarriorWoman, we're glad you made it and it seems you've made a young
convert to letterboxing! It'll be hard to keep her off the trails!
Chuck and Chickabirdie, glad to see that both of you and Molly joined
us, though I felt badly she was unable to participate in learning how
to make books due to her having two more paws than the Community
Center regulations allowed inside. Apparently, the powers-that-be
have never heard of the famous "Molly!"
Lastly and sadly, we bid farewell to our good friends,the
Psychokiwi's. Best of luck on your journey back to New Zealand and we
hope to hear from you about letterboxing adventures there. Remember
SIX letterboxes there is not an acceptable number. You know what your
mission is! ;-)
Again, thanks to all.
Linda
Re: Mystery Gathering
From: trishkri (trishkri@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-09-21 22:41:15 UTC
Hmmm, maybe mid-March if there is interest...
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Alafair" wrote:
> Thanks Trish for arranging such a great place for the gathering. We
> talked about about a cold-weather gather here. Stay tuned. >
> Again, thanks to all.
>
> Linda
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Alafair"
> Thanks Trish for arranging such a great place for the gathering. We
> talked about about a cold-weather gather here. Stay tuned. >
> Again, thanks to all.
>
> Linda
Re: Mystery Gathering
From: Brian, Ryan & Lori (bconnoll@marksonrosenthal.com) |
Date: 2003-09-22 14:51:42 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Alafair" wrote:
Since my "thing" is carving, several of the attendees shared some of
their work with me that blew me away. We have some real talent here
in Southern New England. SNE Letterboxers, go out and find TGD's in
MA and RTRW's/Cherieph's boxes, mostly in CT, I believe. You'll be
rewarded with incomparable art hidden inside that Rubbermaid!
Thank you so very much Alafair ! A plug from you like this is going
to have me smiling ( and happily carving ) for days .
Ryan greatly enjoyed your class and he had a wonderful time filling
his new logbook with exchanges from all the fine letterboxers
who attended . We also went out after and he picked up the Faces of
Wickford . He also managed to stamp the Dancing Men image into it
yesterday ! YAY !!
I want to thank Tom for putting this together , and Yes there is
interest in a gathering for mid March .
Judy and Linton ( PsychoKiwi's ) we where glad to get to see you
again , and you will be missed .
Thanks to all who attended , we really had a great time . We hope we
will see some of you again on the Cape in a couple weeks .
Brian
TeamGreenDragon
Since my "thing" is carving, several of the attendees shared some of
their work with me that blew me away. We have some real talent here
in Southern New England. SNE Letterboxers, go out and find TGD's in
MA and RTRW's/Cherieph's boxes, mostly in CT, I believe. You'll be
rewarded with incomparable art hidden inside that Rubbermaid!
Thank you so very much Alafair ! A plug from you like this is going
to have me smiling ( and happily carving ) for days .
Ryan greatly enjoyed your class and he had a wonderful time filling
his new logbook with exchanges from all the fine letterboxers
who attended . We also went out after and he picked up the Faces of
Wickford . He also managed to stamp the Dancing Men image into it
yesterday ! YAY !!
I want to thank Tom for putting this together , and Yes there is
interest in a gathering for mid March .
Judy and Linton ( PsychoKiwi's ) we where glad to get to see you
again , and you will be missed .
Thanks to all who attended , we really had a great time . We hope we
will see some of you again on the Cape in a couple weeks .
Brian
TeamGreenDragon
Re: Mystery Gathering
From: (jena@bluejena.net) |
Date: 2003-09-22 07:57:02 UTC-07:00
Just so you know, Ryan is a great kid! I enjoyed meeting him, as well as
hearing his bad jokes. :)
Congratulations on Dancing Men, as well!
-Jena
blue dragonfly
hearing his bad jokes. :)
Congratulations on Dancing Men, as well!
-Jena
blue dragonfly
Re: Mystery Gathering
From: warrioringilead (warrioringilead@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-09-22 17:01:44 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Alafair" wrote:
> I'd like to add my thanks to everyone who joined us in Wickford, RI
> yesterday for the Mystery Gathering.
> WarriorWoman, we're glad you made it and it seems you've made a
young
> convert to letterboxing! It'll be hard to keep her off the trails!
Every find, every event, is a cherished victory for me (you know
why). And yes, Nutty Buddy has caught the "bug". Pretty Kitty's
other friend, "Too Tweet" was very sad that she could not come.
It looks like I'll be revisiting previously found boxes to get her
caught up. Don't be surprised if you see my numbers read something
like this "P15, HH40, F66(x2)"
;-)
Warrior Woman
> I'd like to add my thanks to everyone who joined us in Wickford, RI
> yesterday for the Mystery Gathering.
> WarriorWoman, we're glad you made it and it seems you've made a
young
> convert to letterboxing! It'll be hard to keep her off the trails!
Every find, every event, is a cherished victory for me (you know
why). And yes, Nutty Buddy has caught the "bug". Pretty Kitty's
other friend, "Too Tweet" was very sad that she could not come.
It looks like I'll be revisiting previously found boxes to get her
caught up. Don't be surprised if you see my numbers read something
like this "P15, HH40, F66(x2)"
;-)
Warrior Woman
Mystery Gathering
From: Kstar (kstar1200@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-09-22 22:52:45 UTC
Subject: Gatherings
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Wow, I went to the Molly/Ginger gathering last weekend, and the
Mystery Gathering this weekend and, talk about overwhelming!
Everyone is SO nice.. and Alafair's bookbinding class was way cool.
Get this... for JUST these two events I stamped into 20 HH, amassed
12 new finds +2 event stamps and gained 73 exchanges/friends. Not to
metion the boxing on the way to and from each event has brought me to
98 boxes. I'm SO excited about hitting 100 that I'm running out right
now to find 2! I realizing I'm "tooting" a horn here, but who else
can I share with? Anyways, While I truly felt awkward attending a
gathering of people I'd never met (who wouldn't?) I encourage anyone
who has thought about it.. but not had the courage to go... GO!
There is so much more to gain and NOTHING to lose. Call someone and
partner up.. whatever you have to do. Have fun.. and "just do it" to
quote a famous slogan:) And thank-you to everyone who made me feel
welcome. You are all very special people!
Happy Boxing, and see you on the trail! Kim "Kstar"
ADVERTISEMENT
Wow, I went to the Molly/Ginger gathering last weekend, and the
Mystery Gathering this weekend and, talk about overwhelming!
Everyone is SO nice.. and Alafair's bookbinding class was way cool.
Get this... for JUST these two events I stamped into 20 HH, amassed
12 new finds +2 event stamps and gained 73 exchanges/friends. Not to
metion the boxing on the way to and from each event has brought me to
98 boxes. I'm SO excited about hitting 100 that I'm running out right
now to find 2! I realizing I'm "tooting" a horn here, but who else
can I share with? Anyways, While I truly felt awkward attending a
gathering of people I'd never met (who wouldn't?) I encourage anyone
who has thought about it.. but not had the courage to go... GO!
There is so much more to gain and NOTHING to lose. Call someone and
partner up.. whatever you have to do. Have fun.. and "just do it" to
quote a famous slogan:) And thank-you to everyone who made me feel
welcome. You are all very special people!
Happy Boxing, and see you on the trail! Kim "Kstar"
Mystery Gathering
From: Tom Noone (mntnlover@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2004-07-21 14:44:39 UTC-04:00
I wait in hiding, fearing for my safety. I cannot speak but the hour to
make my plans known is near. Work your fields and tend your animals.
Continue your pursuit of the elusive containers. After harvest when your
fields lie fallow we shall meet.
Tom Noone
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Continue your pursuit of the elusive containers. After harvest when your
fields lie fallow we shall meet.
Tom Noone
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From: k2xcthcxnep (k2xcthcxnep@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-10-29 01:28:43 UTC
Are there boxes posted for the gathering somewhere?Or do you get them
when you arrive?