This post today is for my bookcrossing friends from "It's A Total Surprise" RABCK" hosted by nattabee.
Today I received a parcel. It was delivered to my doorstep. I was so excited as I had entered the "It's a Total Surprise" RABCK in bookcrossing and thought it would be ages before I received my parcel. Imagine my delight on opening it to find a bevy of gifts from "grovalskii", my bookcrossing partner in this RABCK.
It contained a book from my wishlist genre, "Billy Bathgate", a cute box of matches, a notebook and fridge magnet from "Berlin" and a lovely bookmark. There was also a Berlin postcard with scenes from there on it & a note from grovalskii written on the back. Thank you very much.

Today has been sooooo hot and humid.
This morning I received a surprise phone call from my sister-in-law in New York. My brother and her are visiting their daughter and son-in-law who have just had a baby girl. They named her Arabella, their first child.
It is quite cold in New York at present, -18deg C wind chill factor. However, they have managed to see all the usual touristy places despite the cold.
I am involved with 365 Project at present and am enjoying it very much. You take a photo every day of the year and post it on your calendar. It is wonderful to see everyone's beautiful photos.
This is one of the ones I took late this afternoon, just before a storm.
Well I'm off to bed now as it is getting late.

Well it's been some time since I've been in here and written anything.
This morning I received a surprise phone call from my brother and siser-in-law in New York. They are visiting their daughter who just had her first child, a daughter, Arabella Kristina.
A lovely name and beautiful photos too on facebook.
They were just about to celebrate their Australia Day with hamburgers and beers - good stuff. They are about 15 hours behind us.
The weather there is about 7 deg today, but the chill factor is much lower, as they have discovered when they have ventured out of their building.
We were there in 2006 and we loved it. There is so much to see and do in New York, I want to go back soon.
I've spent a bit of time on the computer today, doing a bit it of email housekeeping as one does.
It's a beautiful sunny day here - 32 deg C inside, don't want to know what it is outside.