The snow was so pretty last night. We got several inches, but it's so dry that it seems like sugar. It's impossible to make snowmen out of, which is quite disappointing. The sun was out for a little while this morning, but the clouds are coming back.
I read a very funny blog regarding rural mail carriers this morning. Living out here, the post office doesn't quite work the way it does in more populated areas. We get mail 3 times a week. There's no special time for it to arrive and sometimes the mail carrier forgets us completely. How, I don't know since we get more mail than anyone else on the route. In fact, our mail is deposited into one of the plastic bins they use for sorting, and that is put in our mail box. Steve had to build an extra large gorgeous mailbox complete with flag to accomodate these bins.
Out here our mail boxes aren't just for mail. For example, if we borrow a book or DVD from someone, we return it to their mailbox. If someone buys eggs from us, they put the egg cartons back in our mailbox. Christmas gifts are left in mailboxes, advertisements of new businesses or notes of community gatherings are all left in the mailboxes. They're part of our community connection. Our post office will even accept things like groceries from town to send up with the mail carrier, or deliveries from other services such as UPS or FedEx. Some of the other carriers can't find where someone lives, although our UPS delivery person knows everyone, he often can't get to people's homes in the winter. His truck isn't equipped with 4-wheel drive. Since we're closest to the highway, we are often the main delivery point. Once, 24 boxes were delivered here for a neighbor, who came the next day, when he was able to plow himself out, to retrieve them. Anywhere else, they wouldn't even bother trying, I don't think.
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