Site Rep: Commerce Tx

My wonderful husband took me to find a letterbox the other day. It was a bit of a surprise for me. He ended up taking me to Commerce. There are three boxes listed on AQ. One in a coffee shop (found), one next to a library (missing) and one that has a 1.5 mile hike (not attempted - too dang hot!).

I thought it was really sweet of him to think of me in this little way. He doesn't do letterboxing anymore.

Woohoo!

Austin Boxin' July 9

While I was in Austin two weeks ago, I took my mom to the capitol building. The entire time I was running around, I kept thinking "wish I had my boxing supplies with me!"

I brought my supplies with me to Austin but only carried it around on one day. My birthday. I found Lone Star State and License Plate Series (1) TEXAS.

Ryan and Ivy and I will be going back to Austin next week. Maybe I can sneak in some more boxing!

Had to share

Site Rep: Dallas Arboretum

March 28th was the Scottish Society of Dallas' Tardan Day Ceilidh. We went just because. I had intended to plant my letterbox but we left home later than intended.

A boxer who found my Twilight Saga boxes (but missing the third stamp as the box needs replacing) met us there. We exchanged sig stamps and I let her stamp the missing stamp that I re-carved. It was nice to meet another boxer. She (and her husband) are very outgoing, friendly people. Of course, what letterboxer isn't?

Yesterday, we went to the Dallas Arboretum to take some pictures. While there, I attempted another find. I had a feeling that it was missing since the last record was labeled as attempted and that was a year ago but figured I'd give it a try anyway. Yup, missing.

Maybe in the upcoming weekends when the weather is a bit warmer, we'll have another picnic at White Rock Lake to plant my latest box.

Site Rep: White Rock Lake; Introducing boxing.

Found the Lady of the Lake box.
Attempted All Things Great and Small #4 - was I in the right spot? I don't know.
Intended to plant my Tartan box but I didn't have time.

And, I introduced boxing to one of my students. I wanted to place above mentioned box today for a Scottish celebration at the lake tomorrow. And I didn't know that Ryan would be working. So I asked a student to tag-along babysit. Mostly, her job was to stay in the car with the baby while I hunted down/placed boxes. I thought boxing would be something she'd be into so I got her to carve a stamp yesterday and hooked her up with a logbook. Seems like she may enjoy this hobby. And I might take her boxing again at a later date.

My Letterboxing History

How I got into letterboxing: In May of 2005 someone told Ryan about letterboxing. He, in turn, told me. We instantly got into it. We carved our personal stamps, purchased log books and went to find our local boxes. There weren't many at the time and there are even less now. We even planted 3. Two of which instantly went missing. The third was pulled because the area was being renovated. Then we moved to DFW. After we got settled, we started boxing again.

After a while, Ryan stopped boxing and so did I. But I got back into it again for a little while then stopped again. Then I introduced boxing to my BFF. This got me permanently back into the hobby. She, in turn, told her sister and mother about it.

My habits: I box mostly in spring. By the time summer arrives, I don't box as much because of the heat. When fall picks back up, it's difficult for me to box because I focus on work so I haven't got much time.

My trail name: My current trail name comes from a screen name that I've been using since 2003: Strawberry6703. The first part (strawberry) is pretty obvious. I love strawberries. The 6703 is the day of Ryan's and my wedding anniversary. My previous trail name, Tiny Dancer, came from the fact that I'm ridiculously short and was in dance classes at the time. Since the move to DFW, I no longer took dance classes and decided to let that trail name go. Tiny Dancer is now a personal traveler.