April in Boston

April lived in Boston, Massachusetts, for more than 16 years. She has lived in New Zealand for four years, but misses Boston every day. I know the feeling. I've lived in Pittsburgh for seven years now, and though I really like this city, I miss Boston. Especially the postcards stores. We don't have many places to buy postcards in Pittsburgh. Just not that kind of town.

A few years ago, April and her kiwi boyfriend (she isn't dating a bird ... folk from New Zealand are called "kiwi," which I think is quite charming) visited Boston and walked down this street in the Beacon Hill section of town. This neighborhood is one of my very favorite neighborhoods ... it is a very expensive neighborhood and I used to walk through it, trying to imagine living in one of the brownstones. For April, this particular street has special meaning .... her nickname is Acorn. I couldn't help thinking she and her boyfriend should start a business and call it Kiwi Likes Acorn. I don't know what their business would do, but sometimes just coming up with a name is all it takes to come up with an idea.

And I love this series of postage. There are so many different images for KiwiStamps, all rather ordinary scenes but when combined, almost tell a story. Here we have a man out for a drive on Route 1 ... he encounters a very windy storm and his umbrella is whisked away ... but he recalls the lawnmower waiting at home and decides the windy storm is a better option.

I don't know if the sticker is an official postal sticker, but it is quite funny. What would be under the sticker to indicate the mail isn't a letter? Postcards are obviously not letters. Perhaps advertisements?