Well, today was depressing. I went out and checked on my two babies today.
While the little peoples box is safe and slowly filling up, it seems that
Alice lasted little more then a month.
I don't know if i will replace this box or not. The people who have stamped
in know that it was a very intricate stamp. It took me three weeks to make
and i just don't know if i have the heart to put that much energy into a
stamp that has disappeared once already. Until i make up my mind could the
web-masters simply mark it as missing?
While i didn't find the stamp(!!!) or box i did find parts of the logbook.
Luckily it seems that most of the stamped pages are a little wet but still
intact.
If you stamped in after September 28th then i don't have your entry.
Thank you to everyone who stamped in a left such nice notes. Its the little
things like this that make planting boxes worthwhile.
Lillis(AKA the lissell)
OR: Alice in wonderland MISSING
6 messages in this thread |
Started on 2002-10-06
OR: Alice in wonderland MISSING
From: Lillis Long (llong@lillislong.net) |
Date: 2002-10-06 14:44:59 UTC-07:00
Re: OR: Alice in wonderland MISSING
From: rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-10-07 01:34:16 UTC
I have heard so many wonderful things about the stamp in this
letterbox, and I'm sad I may never get a chance to find it! I'll
just have to cheat and actually look at somebody else who has an
image of the stamp.
If I could recarve it, would you like ME to do it for you? It's not
the same as it being YOUR stamp, but at least you wouldn't have to
put another three weeks into it! (Speaking from experience, it's
usually faster every time you carve it, though!)
I knew I should have gotten that box before I left Portland
again.... *frown*
-- Ryan
letterbox, and I'm sad I may never get a chance to find it! I'll
just have to cheat and actually look at somebody else who has an
image of the stamp.
If I could recarve it, would you like ME to do it for you? It's not
the same as it being YOUR stamp, but at least you wouldn't have to
put another three weeks into it! (Speaking from experience, it's
usually faster every time you carve it, though!)
I knew I should have gotten that box before I left Portland
again.... *frown*
-- Ryan
Re: [LbNA] Re: OR: Alice in wonderland MISSING
From: Lillis Long (llong@lillislong.net) |
Date: 2002-10-06 19:22:56 UTC-07:00
At 01:34 AM 10/7/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>If I could recarve it, would you like ME to do it for you? It's not
>the same as it being YOUR stamp, but at least you wouldn't have to
>put another three weeks into it! (Speaking from experience, it's
>usually faster every time you carve it, though!)
I will probably end up re-carving it if there are actually people who want
the stamp. Im just going to have to find a better spot since being 5 feet
up in the bowl of a tree was apparently too obvious.
Thanks for the offer though, ill let you know if im just not up to it.
>I knew I should have gotten that box before I left Portland
>again.... *frown*
See! people should come and find my boxes as soon as the can *grin*
Lillis
>If I could recarve it, would you like ME to do it for you? It's not
>the same as it being YOUR stamp, but at least you wouldn't have to
>put another three weeks into it! (Speaking from experience, it's
>usually faster every time you carve it, though!)
I will probably end up re-carving it if there are actually people who want
the stamp. Im just going to have to find a better spot since being 5 feet
up in the bowl of a tree was apparently too obvious.
Thanks for the offer though, ill let you know if im just not up to it.
>I knew I should have gotten that box before I left Portland
>again.... *frown*
See! people should come and find my boxes as soon as the can *grin*
Lillis
Re: [LbNA] Re: OR: Alice in wonderland MISSING
From: (ARoseLB@aol.com) |
Date: 2002-10-06 23:59:43 UTC-04:00
I put my vote in for a replacement. I just heard this weekend that your
Alice in Wonderland was a must find!
Happy carving!
Annette
(aka A.Rose)
In a message dated 10/6/2002 7:33:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
llong@lillislong.net writes:
<< At 01:34 AM 10/7/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>If I could re-carve it, would you like ME to do it for you? It's not
>the same as it being YOUR stamp, but at least you wouldn't have to
>put another three weeks into it! (Speaking from experience, it's
>usually faster every time you carve it, though!)
I will probably end up re-carving it if there are actually people who want
the stamp. Im just going to have to find a better spot since being 5 feet
up in the bowl of a tree was apparently too obvious.
Thanks for the offer though, ill let you know if im just not up to it.
>I knew I should have gotten that box before I left Portland
>again.... *frown*
See! people should come and find my boxes as soon as the can *grin*
Lillis >>
Alice in Wonderland was a must find!
Happy carving!
Annette
(aka A.Rose)
In a message dated 10/6/2002 7:33:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
llong@lillislong.net writes:
<< At 01:34 AM 10/7/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>If I could re-carve it, would you like ME to do it for you? It's not
>the same as it being YOUR stamp, but at least you wouldn't have to
>put another three weeks into it! (Speaking from experience, it's
>usually faster every time you carve it, though!)
I will probably end up re-carving it if there are actually people who want
the stamp. Im just going to have to find a better spot since being 5 feet
up in the bowl of a tree was apparently too obvious.
Thanks for the offer though, ill let you know if im just not up to it.
>I knew I should have gotten that box before I left Portland
>again.... *frown*
See! people should come and find my boxes as soon as the can *grin*
Lillis >>
Re: OR: Alice in wonderland MISSING
From: funhog1 (funhog@pacifier.com) |
Date: 2002-10-07 04:27:17 UTC
I'm so sorry that Alice has disappeared. I was lucky enough to have
stamped in last weekend and have to say that it is a terrifice stamp!
One of our group also left the Canadian Hitch Hiker in the box, so I
presume that it too is missing in action. Double Drag... The hiding
place was a bit risky and we all commented that we were surprised that
it hadn't been vandalized or soaked by a good rain. Those bowls in
trees make great hiding places as well as pools of water. By all
means, recarve your beautiful stamp and rehide it somewhere no
pinheads will ever find it by accident. Funhog
stamped in last weekend and have to say that it is a terrifice stamp!
One of our group also left the Canadian Hitch Hiker in the box, so I
presume that it too is missing in action. Double Drag... The hiding
place was a bit risky and we all commented that we were surprised that
it hadn't been vandalized or soaked by a good rain. Those bowls in
trees make great hiding places as well as pools of water. By all
means, recarve your beautiful stamp and rehide it somewhere no
pinheads will ever find it by accident. Funhog
Re: OR: Alice in wonderland MISSING
From: Mark Bendickson (nomad_pnw@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-10-07 05:12:13 UTC
Lillis,
Sorry to hear your box is gone. We've been through that a few times
ourselves, and if you remember you once found a box that belong to
us "empty". Sigh! Just think of it as joining in on the ever
growing list of "collectors stamps", that were retrieved before
sudden box dissappearance. ;o)
At any rate, I think the hiding place for the Alice stamp was good,
but the exposure of it to the rest-of-area was a bit high. Since
there was only one basic way to retrieve it, doing so would cause
natural curiosity by any nearby observers. Unfortunately, I guess it
got into bad hands from there.
But I'm sure you will carve many more great stamps in the future and
if you'd like to get together sometime, we can show you some methods
of stamp carving which will speed up your output time by loads. Send
me a private email if you'd like to do this.
Looking fwd to your future boxes and fun clues.
Mark Bendickson
nomad_pnw@hotmail.com
Sorry to hear your box is gone. We've been through that a few times
ourselves, and if you remember you once found a box that belong to
us "empty". Sigh! Just think of it as joining in on the ever
growing list of "collectors stamps", that were retrieved before
sudden box dissappearance. ;o)
At any rate, I think the hiding place for the Alice stamp was good,
but the exposure of it to the rest-of-area was a bit high. Since
there was only one basic way to retrieve it, doing so would cause
natural curiosity by any nearby observers. Unfortunately, I guess it
got into bad hands from there.
But I'm sure you will carve many more great stamps in the future and
if you'd like to get together sometime, we can show you some methods
of stamp carving which will speed up your output time by loads. Send
me a private email if you'd like to do this.
Looking fwd to your future boxes and fun clues.
Mark Bendickson
nomad_pnw@hotmail.com