A friend of mine shared with me that his son (10 years old) is completely fascinated with Maps.  He came up with the wonderfully creative idea of asking his friends from around the world to send a city map to his son for Christmas. 

He lives in New Zealand, so clear across the world from me.  I think it is a wonderfully creative idea!  I’m going to send him one of Calgary, and a few other places near me in Alberta.

Then I thought about it.  I have so many wonderful friends and acquaintances around this beautiful blue marble we call Earth.  Wouldn’t it be fun for this young man to receive maps from many locations?

If you have the time, and this sounds like a fun idea to you too, please send your city or town map to:

c/o Piers Le Sueur
Unit 7/35 Riccarton Road
Riccarton
Christchurch 8011
New Zealand

If you do, please comment here!  I’d love to see where the maps are coming from too!

Happy Holidays!

Velma Gallant
The Queen of JOY!

PS ~ Piers does some pretty awesome graphic design work.  His website is http://www.artnsoulgraphicdesign.com/.  He has another website on the way, and I’ll put it up here when it’s ready. He’s doing graphic art – fine art images from photos. That would make an awesome Christmas Present I think!