Do you have a bucket list?  Is it full of ambitious goals like going sky diving, sailing around the world or going to the birthplace of someone you idolise?  I do and it’s not.  Something I’ve always wanted to do is to deliver a hand written letter on foot.  In this age of emails and messaging apps, corresponding with a friend via a handwritten note or card is in danger of become extinct.  But not redundant.  Cards and letters are such special things to receive.  Not only for their contents but also because it’s hard not to imagine the sender going through the whole process of selecting paper and pen before composing their sentences and then writing them down.  I used to have actual pen pals back in the day which might explain all this passion and emotion.

Back to the bucket list.  I happened to receive a card by mistake this week.  All the way from New Zealand and intended for someone who lives down the road from me.  I put my detective trainers on and took along my detective take away coffee this morning and dropped the card off into its rightful letterbox.

La Esmerelda

It’s going to be a weekend spent in the great outdoors.  I hope the weather gets the memo.  On Saturday, Preschooler SSG and I are going to visit the Esmeralda, a four masted tall ship that belongs the Chilean Navy.  It sailed into Sydney Thursday morning via Vaucluse.  La Esmeralda is going to be in Sydney for a few days and will be docked at Garden Island.  I’ve managed to get tickets for a tour on board for tomorrow afternoon.  It’s going to be amazing.  Even as someone who’s not exactly an avid sailor or maritime history buff, the boat is a breathtaking sight to behold and I understand that only a few of these ships still remain in existence throughout the world.

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