This image and story caught my eye recently. A gent named Simon recently moved into a home with a built-in pond. Small children and other considerations taken, he went to remove the pond and found a letter. Read the original at the link for more information.

Which makes me wonder about messages left for others here and there. Not just the graffitto of taggers, or the initials of lovers, or the invariable “wash me” indicators. What have you left behind, to be found later on? Old love letters tucked into seats of busses or trains because you couldn’t bear to throw them away? Messages to future home remodel enthusiasts?

We did an experiment in grade school, both in message-sending and wind drafts. As part of a class fundraising project, postcards and balloons were sold to the students, with our message and school address affixed. We let them free all at once on a windy day, and shortly thereafter, started receiving the cards by return post. Mine was among those that went the furthest, about 250 miles, although I don’t know if it was due to the extra balloons I purchased to augment my card with or the kindness of a traveling stranger helping my card along that extra distance.

What messages have you left, sent, or found?