Today’s Spotlight interview comes from North Wales. FairyFoot, or Mia is a mother and a gardener, and has interesting hobbies such as Geogaching or hosting Toy Voyagers. Here is what she had to say to our interview questions:
- How did you come across Postcrossing? What got you hooked?
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I was looking for penpals via various websites when I saw Postcrossing mentioned in many profiles I read. I decided to have a look at what Postcrossing was all about and joined immediately. I like the idea of having nice post come through my letterbox and postcards kept my mailbox happy while I was waiting for penpal letters.
- Do you have any other interesting hobbies?
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I like coastal and forest walks, photographing nature.. I am a penpaller and have made many new penfriends via Postcrossing. I also discovered Geocaching, the GPS treasure hunt, but I haven’t placed any caches of my own out there. I also came across Travelling Toys/ToyVoyagers too and host many soft toy visitors here.
- Show us your mailbox, your mailman/mailwoman, your postoffice or the place where you post or keep your postcards!
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Being a ToyVoyager host, I take the toys down to town and take that opportunity to send postcards on their way. This is Frankie Blue:
Below on the left is the letterbox I have in the front door. My nice postman suggested to cover the bottom window in the door to prevent people from seeing mail that may build up if we are away.
Above, on the right, is the little post office I visit out of town to buy the special issue stamps from the nice sub-postmaster. I store my postcards in boxes, and only recently organised by country after seeing toucans in a television interview:
- Show and tell us about your favorite received postcard to date, and what makes it special.
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I am not a serious postcard collector. One of my favourite postcards has to be JP-171165 The words say it all.
Another favourite is IS-8935 the Imagine Peace Tower memorial to John Lennon, in Iceland, the base has “imagine peace” carved in 25 different languages.
- What is it your favorite part of the Postcrossing process?
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I think perhaps my favourite part of the Postcrossing process is the sending. I usually have a decent range of postcards to choose from at home (and am always on the look out for postcards I think will make someone happy).
- Is there anything that you are passionate about?
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I love growing my own vegetables and fruit down the allotment or in the garden. Anyone got any recipes for pumpkins, marrows, beetroot, redcurrants, whitecurrants…?! I try to grow organically and have stopped buying composts containing peat.
28 comments so far
geocaching is great... I'm a geocacher too :D
That is a very cute postcard from Japan :)
Nice to "meet" you! :)
Hi Mia, nice to know you from three websites.
How nice you made the spotlight, Mia! I received such a pretty postcard from you :)
I didn't know about that memorial in Iceland - one more reason to visit my second favourite country :D
you selected two very beautiful postcards to share with us!
nice to read your interview.
Great to see you in the Spotlight Mia :)
Loved the interview. I just favourtied the two cards you shared. They certainly are great. I sent you IE-19305 some time ago. Nice to 'meet you here.
oh how wonderful to see someone I have crossed thrice with(ZA 2805;ZA 7142 & ZA 8125) in the spotlight!
So nice to see a familiar face in the spotlight, and another organic-food supporter! :)
Nice to 'meet' you! The Iceland card is great! I'd like to grow my own fruit and veg... Well we do have a blueberry bush- that's a start!
Maybe we can meet in London in May? I am looking forward to the postcrossing meet-up there.
Nice spotlight. :)
So nice to see you here, Mia!
Love the card showing the National Library of Belarus coming through your letterbox! An amazing building :)
So wonderful to see you here, Mia! You're such a nice person! :)
postcrossers and toy voyaging hosts have much in common :-)
happy to read you are in the spotlight.
Thank you for the lovely comments.
As for the two cards I selected, they were among the 6 I chose for Postcrossing's 6th Birthday video ;)
Hi there. I also like to grow my own fruit and vegetables and eat them (when the snails and birds won't eat all befor me). Love to make beetroot salad: 2 or 3 cooked beetroots, big white beans, 4 spoons of olive oil, 2 spoons red wine vinegar (I use one which also has added red fruits), 1 teaspoon dry basil (of more fresh ones) and 1/2 tbs dry Thyme and some finely chopped garlic. I then often add some lettice leaves or edible flowers from my garden to this salad. Mia, got lots of pumpkin recipes so let me know when you want some.
Used the last pumpkin (OK, pumpkin puree is in the freezer!), but still have some squash things to use over the next few weeks. Thinking of casserole/stew with sausages/chorizo, or maybe stuffed, roasted, or maybe yet another soup.
How wonderful to see a friend being spotlighted!! :)
Good to see you here and thanks for hosting AlfieL for my missus.
Nice to meet you
The postcard of John Lennon Memorial is great. Thanks for sharing!
It was nice to read about you here Mia- The card from Japan says it all! I will get some recipes to you ;)
Great interview Mia!
Thanks for sharing your interview, i love both the postcards you linked. I am new to postcrossing and already love it
Very interesting interview. All the best to you!
very good interview! best wishes from Turkey.
Oh, I love that postcard from Japan too, so cute
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