December 11th, 2009
Lovely, or Should that be Practical Letterboxes?
After reading Rhonda’s blog, I came up with a brilliant idea. Why not have everybody email in their lovely – ahem, functional letterboxes? Our letterbox is anything but lovely, but it is very practical. Our school books come in a HUGE box that simply wouldn’t fit into our previous letterbox, so they used to be just placed beside the letterbox on the ground, and that was quite OK except during the winter months, when we would have to be rather vigilant about being there when the mail arrived (three days a week). It is a three kilometre drive to our mailbox, too.
Homeschooling in the bush entails being very creative with our solutions, and this “letterbox” is just one of those creative solutions – it didn’t cost much, but is very practical as all of our books fit into it easily. It is a 200 litre freezer, and the only cost was the catch used to hold it shut. My husband did have to modify it, though, as it used to build up condensation inside it, so he drilled holes into the bottom and sides of it and placed flyscreen over the holes to keep any unwanted visitors out.
If you would like to participate in the Lovely or Practical Letterbox theme, could you please email me a photo of your Lovely Letterbox? The email address for this is: – homeschoolmum4christ(at)designflame(dot)com(dot)au
Come on – what do you say? There must be lots of different letterboxes out there, and it would be interesting to see the variation between country and city homeschoolers, and you don’t even need to be a homeschooler to participate.
I am a daughter of the King of Kings, seeking to live a godly life and mirror the love of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
