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Puzzling Things ticking, we opened it. Our surname pick showed up in the flower pot.

was misspelled and the package was A week or two after that, we came
sent from Middletown. Inside the home and found a sweet little frog
by Valerie Nusbaum
box, we found a roll of toilet tissue riding a snail in our flowerbed.
wrapped in bubble wrap. Written What lovely surprises those were,
on the tissue were the words “I and they had nothing at all to do
Randy has a nemesis. It’s the back empty-handed. Randy stands hear you like pi,” and when Randy with our mail. Randy and I both
mailman. Oh, I know the correct at our front window and hurls began unrolling the roll (because want to send our warmest thanks
term is “letter carrier,” but my hubby insults as the truck passes our house, at this point, why wouldn’t you?), to our mystery friend(s) for these
refers to the person who delivers our and I swear that a time or two I’ve we found a large portion of the pi thoughtful gifts. You’ve brightened
mail as “the mailman” when he isn’t heard laughter coming from outside. sequence written on the paper at our days and our home.
referring to him as “@#*$%.” I don’t Now, our letter carrier absolutely intervals, such as 3. 1 4, etc. Was We haven’t received any new
know our current letter carrier, and can’t be blamed for this…but this connected to the banana? My puzzling items in the mail, and those
I can’t say for sure if it’s a man or a one day not too long ago, Randy guess is that the same person or are mysteries we may never solve.
woman because I haven’t seen or met went after the mail and came back persons sent both. How does pi I’m sure the person(s) behind all
him/her. Our former letter carrier, looking shell-shocked. He said to relate to a banana? I have no idea. of these things have had nearly as
Steve Geer, is a very nice man, but he me, “I’ve really seen it all now,” and I figure that there’s no connection, much fun with it as we have. I’m
retired a while back. he held up the day’s mail. Someone but the sender(s) got really tickled also sure that one day in the not too
Our current letter carrier is likely had sent us a banana. Seriously. It thinking about us trying to puzzle it distant future, Randy will be lying
a very nice person as well, but was a real banana with a postage out. Maybe we’ll receive a banana in wait for our letter carrier, and I
Randy swears that “the mailman” sticker and a mailing label attached. crème pie next. I really don’t know. want to be there with a camera. It’s
is playing games with him. You see, No return address. Who knew that A while back, I told you about not so much that I want to record
Randy’s job is to fetch the mail from fruit could be mailed that way? the beautiful flower pot that showed the moment of their meeting for
the mailbox every day. He enjoys The banana wasn’t in a box or an up on our porch. Well, around posterity; it’s more that I may be
it, I think. I don’t mind doing it, envelope, and I must say it was in the same time as the pi/banana able to use the photos and video in
and sometimes I do, but whenever I pretty sad shape by the time we incidents, a cute metal turtle flower court at Randy’s trial.
do walk down to our mailbox, our got it. We don’t know who sent it
neighbor Steve Fulmer tells me that or what the significance is, but I’m
I’m going to get in trouble for taking sure that someone had a lot of fun
away Randy’s job. dreaming it up. It cost $3.75 to ship
Mail delivery usually happens a 25¢ banana. I made Randy peel
around 4:00 p.m. on our street, it just to make sure that the sender
and Randy gets home from work hadn’t put something inside, but we
around 4:30 p.m., so he picks up didn’t find anything. The banana
the mail on his way into the house. was postmarked “Frederick.” Deer Run Farm
Oftentimes, though, the mailbox About two weeks later, we came
is empty when Randy goes to it. home and found a cardboard box on LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
He comes in the front door and our porch. Again, the package was OF YOUR LOCAL FARMERS’ MARKETS
announces, “No mail,” and then sent through the mail, and again, UNTIL NEXT YEAR!
we hear the mail truck rounding the I don’t blame our mailman for it. Fridays, 10-2:
corner. This has happened enough In fact, he or she had to get out of Key City Food & Farm Market, Frederick.
times that Randy is quite sure the the truck to put the package on the Saturdays, 9-12:
mailman is hiding somewhere and porch, and I believe it was raining Thurmont Main Street Market, Thurmont.
watching for Randy to make his that day. We took the box inside 15131 Sixes Rd., Emmitsburg
journey to the mailbox and come and, after making sure it wasn’t www.deerrunfarmmd.com