Well, I would like to thank the incredible generosity and thoughtfulness of JennieG, who not only sent me a 2011 calender of the "down under" New England, a bar of dark chocolate, a Tamworth bumper sticker (soon to grace our Ford van, aka the Land Boat, aka the tour-mobile), a fridge memo pad, a book of 70 chocolate recipes from the Australian Women's Monthly, and the Tamworth region official guidebook- in other words, local goodies that give a real sense and flavor (literally!) of her region, she also sent a sweet note telling me about the region and herself....

and the whole thing arrived 3 weeks before Christmas!!

...but I managed to restrain myself and wait until this morning. Thanks so much, JennieG!

Allison