“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven
The package felt rather heavy.
According to the experience of previous participants over the years is that ‘you don’t know what to expect” is part of the anticipation of #silvergoldstacker’s #secretsanta initiative.
Without further adieu let’s open her up and let unboxing begin. I’ll keep the commentary down and let the photos do the talking. And, it has a story to tell.
Santa is known to have a calligraphy style done with 19th century elegance and flourish using an ostrich quill. With many children of all ages populating his list I wouldn't doubt him going down to quick jots with a BIC pen nowadays.
The cute little owl didn’t have a tag so I will name him Hootie. As I work nights, it makes me a professional ‘Night owl’ having to be more active in the nights. And I did have an extensive stuffy toy collection up to my teen years.
The delicious looking popcorn comes from the Chocolate Moose Fudge Factory, a business located in Moosejaw Saskatchewan. I tell you that this is evidence that jolly Santa lives in Saskatchewan and not in Greece.
Why it’s Capitan Juan Perez and the Santigo.
The 1999 225 year commemorating the Discovery of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
And another silver ship added to my fleet. I have written a post on the Santiago, but it is the accompanying the 10 Cent sized matching pin is seldom seen. I don’t know the quantity of these pins that were made for this Commemorative set but there just can’t be many.
I wonder if this mint produced pin is legal tender considering it having “CANADA DOLLAR” on it.
What do you think?
Mmmm Chocolate. I don’t think this chocolate mix is related to the Chocolate Moose Fudge factory, but should I care. Sweet Cheat, I can work it off before my A1Cs climb too high.
Okay, so my Chocolate strategy for this yummy 110g Chocolate Moose Rocky Road bar is not to eat this in one sitting. 40g is the suggested serving. Reducing serving size to 25g portions will do leaving a 10g remainder as the weaning off piece.
And what my eye spy next is…
Santa sure doesn't disappoint with this uncirculated beauty.
My favorite Franklin paraphrase is; "An after tax Dollar saved is an after tax Dollar earned!" I don't think he took account of Inflation.
It’d bonnie be if Keptin @joshuaslane had these served aboard the Silverton rather than plains on weekends. For the morale of the crew of course.
This makes me look forward to Christmas 2023.
If you haven’t participated, please consider joining this festive community building initiative for next year.
Why didn’t join this sooner? You see, I’m rather shy, a loner for so many years so it took time for me to warm up. But I’ve been a good girl, most of the time.
Adding Christmas Silver to my Stack for that big Stormy day!
The #piratesunday tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain @stokjockey for #silvergoldstackers pirates to proudly showcase their shiny booty and plunder for all to see. Landlubbers arrrh… welcomed to participate and be a Pirate at heart so open yer treasure chests an’ show us what booty yea got!
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