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Spotlight interview: FairyFoot from the UK

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?

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?

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!

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:

toy voyager 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.

fairyfoot's mailboxfairyfoot's post office

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:

fairyfoot's box of postcards
Show and tell us about your favorite received postcard to date, and what makes it special.

I am not a serious postcard collector. One of my favourite postcards has to be JP-171165 The words say it all.

fairyfoot's favourite postcard
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.

imagine peace tower
What is it your favorite part of the Postcrossing process?

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?

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.


Posted by on 23 Feb, 2012
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31 comments so far

fifitrixiebellexx, Ireland
I love the Japanese postcard, it's so cute. Happy Postcrossing to you!
Posted by fifitrixiebellexx on 23 Feb, 2012


paradonym, Germany
geocaching is great... I'm a geocacher too :D
Posted by paradonym on 23 Feb, 2012


marica_t, United States of America
That is a very cute postcard from Japan :)

Nice to "meet" you! :)
Posted by marica_t on 23 Feb, 2012


LittleCableCars, United States of America
Hi Mia, nice to know you from three websites.
Posted by LittleCableCars on 23 Feb, 2012


SeaMaiden, Belgium
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
Posted by SeaMaiden on 23 Feb, 2012


HM, Netherlands
you selected two very beautiful postcards to share with us!

nice to read your interview.
Posted by HM on 23 Feb, 2012


fisherman, Ireland
Great to see you in the Spotlight Mia :)
Posted by fisherman on 23 Feb, 2012


ned44440, Ireland
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.
Posted by ned44440 on 23 Feb, 2012


Shaneez, South Africa
oh how wonderful to see someone I have crossed thrice with(ZA 2805;ZA 7142 & ZA 8125) in the spotlight!
Posted by Shaneez on 23 Feb, 2012


anagahan, Macedonia
So nice to see a familiar face in the spotlight, and another organic-food supporter! :)
Posted by anagahan on 23 Feb, 2012


lucymonty, United Kingdom
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!
Posted by lucymonty on 23 Feb, 2012


isagvproject, Germany
Maybe we can meet in London in May? I am looking forward to the postcrossing meet-up there.
Nice spotlight. :)
Posted by isagvproject on 23 Feb, 2012


Crizle, Australia
Wonderful to see you here Mia. You were a special host to my toys, and I love to Geocache too when I can.
Posted by Crizle on 23 Feb, 2012


ichabodhides, United Kingdom
So nice to see you here, Mia!
Posted by ichabodhides on 23 Feb, 2012


BrianRobson, United Kingdom
Love the card showing the National Library of Belarus coming through your letterbox! An amazing building :)
Posted by BrianRobson on 24 Feb, 2012


volvomom, United States of America
So wonderful to see you here, Mia! You're such a nice person! :)
Posted by volvomom on 24 Feb, 2012


dandilion, Netherlands
postcrossers and toy voyaging hosts have much in common :-)
happy to read you are in the spotlight.
Posted by dandilion on 24 Feb, 2012


FairyFoot, United Kingdom
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 ;)
Posted by FairyFoot on 24 Feb, 2012


LaMa1, Netherlands
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.
Posted by LaMa1 on 24 Feb, 2012


FairyFoot, United Kingdom
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.
Posted by FairyFoot on 24 Feb, 2012


emotis, United States of America
How wonderful to see a friend being spotlighted!! :)
Posted by emotis on 24 Feb, 2012


Duplevista, United Kingdom
Just popped in to say Hi :)
Posted by Duplevista on 25 Feb, 2012


mrcrizle, Australia
Good to see you here and thanks for hosting AlfieL for my missus.
Posted by mrcrizle on 25 Feb, 2012


youzhe, China
Nice to meet you
Posted by youzhe on 26 Feb, 2012


nboliveira, Brazil
The postcard of John Lennon Memorial is great. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by nboliveira on 26 Feb, 2012


Bluma, United States of America
It was nice to read about you here Mia- The card from Japan says it all! I will get some recipes to you ;)
Posted by Bluma on 26 Feb, 2012


acornishmaidinzelah, United Kingdom
Great interview Mia!
Posted by acornishmaidinzelah on 26 Feb, 2012


Maxie_510, Australia
Thanks for sharing your interview, i love both the postcards you linked. I am new to postcrossing and already love it
Posted by Maxie_510 on 27 Feb, 2012


Lu4ik, Russia
Very interesting interview. All the best to you!
Posted by Lu4ik on 28 Feb, 2012


bodrumlu, Turkey
very good interview! best wishes from Turkey.
Posted by bodrumlu on 1 Mar, 2012


DiannaMacau, Macau
Oh, I love that postcard from Japan too, so cute
Posted by DiannaMacau on 28 Mar, 2012


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