A few days ago I received the most delightful New Year’s card from my blogging friend Ju-Lyn of Touring My Backyard. Tucked inside were three charming bookmarks.
Ju-Lyn wrote “sending along these quaint bookmarks (because readers/writers can’t have too many bookmarks, right?)
Absolutely right. Many thanks, Ju-Lyn!
Notes From the Hinterland 
What a useful gift from a kind friend.
A finest kind of gift as we would say in Maine.
How thoughtful! And Ju-Lyn is absolutely correct: readers can’t have too many bookmarks!
Never too many bookmarks!
How lovely! I continue to feel such grateful awe at the way we connect across oceans and continents. Your kindness to Laurie, Ju-Lyn, is kindness to us all!
What a lovely way of putting it!
Delightful!
A lovely treat!
What a beautiful gift Laurie! 🧡
Indeed they are!
Beautiful bookmarks!
So lovely!
She is right – we can never have too many bookmarks. These ones look lovely.
They certainly are!
How delightful! I esp. like the origami star. 🙂
Yes, pretty! Daughter Dee got that one.
So beautiful! What a lovely friend. ❤
Yes, yes! I have so many lovely blogging friends. The Liam card you sent is still on the bulletin board by my desk.
❤
That was a nice thought.
Yes, indeed!
So creative and pretty.
They surely are!
How wonderful and she’s right, it’s impossible to have too many bookmarks!🙂
Yes, yes!
She is right! Can’t have too many bookmarks, and the ones Ju-Lyn sent are beautiful!
So very lovely!
What a beautiful card and gift. Wishing you a very happy Chinese New Year!
Thanks so much!
How kind of her. Lovely.
It surely was!
You can NEVER have too many bookmarks!
You bet!
That is so right for me because I leave them in books
The more the merrier, then!
Nice and true. When I came south, I brought one of my all time favorite bookmarks from Mark Twain with “Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress, but I repeat myself” on it. I’ve lost it and can only think it got tucked into a library book I returned. Down the road, someone will have a chuckle when they check that book out. 🙂
Seems very likely that the bookmark went to the library. Yes, someone will have a chuckle.
A wonderful appreciation of a small act of kindness making a strong impact on the heart. Well done, Ju-Lyn! (assuming you see this) 🙂
What a lovely gift!
Indeed it was!
Did you like having a penpal as a kid? That was always a big deal for me. I had one from Cambodia. Now we have online penpals.
I did. And I loved it. Yes, online penpals.
How lovely! And no, you can’t have too many bookmarks. 🙂
The bookmarks are beautiful. How nice to receive happy greetings from around the world!
It certainly is!
How beautiful! Are those made from cloth? What a wonderful gift, Laurie. No, you can’t have enough!
Yes, those beauties are made from cloth.
What a wonderful idea. 🙂
How sweet!
They surely are!
What a nice surprise. I have a small drawer of bookmarks and always go there to choose one when I start reading a physical book. The ones I treasure are made of papyrus painted with various Egyptian gods, slipped inside a plastic sleeve with a tassel. There are others, too, but yours look fabulous.
What a great idea to keep the bookmarks in a drawer. Ours are scattered all over the house—on bookshelves and on nightstands.
It works because it’s a small drawer–on a little chest with three drawers across on the first row. I always know where to get my bookmarks. Of course, I keep a couple in the nightstand and some are scattered about in books…
Oh my goodness, Laurie! I am so tickled I am featured in your post!!!! Even more thrilled that the card & bookmarks made it to you in time for the Lunar New Year! even with all the snowstorms! Hurray, US Postal Service!
I hope Dee likes her shurakan bookmarks …. Older Child crafted it. The other 2 were store-bought – made from old kimonos (I thought it rather charming – hopefully, you do too!)
I will let Dee know that Older Child crafted the shurakan bookmark. And, yes, the two made from old kimonos are absolutely charming. Again, many thanks!
What a lovely gift .
Yes, indeed!