Tuesday 28 September 2010

Love letters and other delights

Well, my PB friends, it seems that you all like a good love story! I promise the next instalment will follow later today. For the moment, I have a certain daughter (who shall remain unnamed) who seems to require her Mummy's attention a lot today, not allowing me to sit here and write to you. So, in the interim, I thought I'd share these lovelies with you.

Last night, Mr PB and I fossicked around in the shed by torchlight while the pixies were sleeping and retrieved our old love letters and photo albums for you. We then whiled away a few pleasant hours, reminiscing, picking out photos which captured the heady roller-coaster of emotion we rode back then. Here's a photo taken of us at dinner, the night before Mr PB left for the UK.
Here are some of the love letters we sent each other during that long year. 
Yes, lots of aerogrammes (do they exist anymore?!), postcards, letters and cards. Here are some more.

Ah, ardent declarations of love!

So, time to bundle up India and Sam and collect Joshie from school. I'll try to post again tonight.

Jane 

19 comments:

  1. Too sweet! Was there a 10 pack of cutesy bear cards on special at the time? x

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  2. Ah, yes, Bron, you eagle-eye! It does look like Mr PB stocked up (these are all his to me). J x

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  3. Oh, I can't wait until the second installment. My hubby and I met at Uni and it was also post-barrel (of the engineering kind, which were particularly messy)!

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  4. Awww!! So sweet and made me smile:) Can't wait to hear more Jane! Hope Miss India is having a wonderful day holding her Mum's attention, so cute!! ~ Tina xx

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  5. How cute is this?! Love reading all about your love story and seeing the letters and cards all laid out...ah the days of letter writing. I think you've inspired me!

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  6. Thanks, ladies! And Ange, I wonder if the 'barrel' thing is just a Hobart thing!

    I'm just holding out until Mr PB arrives and starts his 'shift' so I can continue the story ☺ J x

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  7. Ah, sweet!! I have love letters from when my husband first joined the Army, actually i had to send him an invitation to our wedding!! Love Posie

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  8. I can't wait to hear more! You two looked like babies in that photo! So sweet. When hubby and I were dating/courting it was all email and text which is all lost of course. It's a pity we don't have many actual love letters - so special!
    Jxx

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  9. Thanks, girls! Yes, Janette, I was quite taken by how baby-faced we looked in that photo when I saw it last night ☺. J x

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  10. how lovely that you have all those special memories...

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  11. That's gorgeous ...cant wait to hear more XX

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  12. Aww I love the look of aerogrammes... I hope they still do them.. we have ours stashed away somewhere... Lx

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  13. Hello, lovelies! The next instalment is being drafted...J x

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  14. It's really sweet that you kept lovely memories. This is even better than pictures. Have a beautiful day! Kellie xx

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  15. Oh wow, so many letters! How lovely you've kept them all and what a treasure for your kids and their kids to keep and read. :)

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  16. Thanks, Kellie and Alison! Our shed is a veritable treasure trove. My life in boxes - I might have to do a post on that...J x

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  17. Awesome, hand written letters are true ones with personal emotions..thanks for sharing and hope you will take of your daughter more then anything!

    Love letters

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  18. Oh dear, how Hobart- I was about 7 years behind you at school! Lovely story, by the bye!!

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  19. Thanks, ladies. And my, that is *very Hobart*! J x

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Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, you gorgeous soul. You've just made my day! J x

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