Greetings,

I take these few moments to share some glad tidings and appreciation from the studio towards the The Citizens of Markhozia for their fantastical shipment of goods recently arrived on our Washington shores.

A huge THANK YOU to Markof & Ermengarde, Countess of Vintland and all of the citizens involved for their generosity and lovely shipment of goodies we recently received.

In this first image, we see "a book/box of Turron which is a Spanish nougat, these particular ones are from Vicens. They have been creating Turron since 1775. As our benefactors were unable to choose which one to send - they picked one of each of those available at the store."

We are glad you did, they are amazing!

This second image, as described by Markof, is "A Lamali note book, who utilize Nepalese paper crafters in their construction. We had sent the studio some of their note books in the past and *Souzou had asked where he could buy one in the U.S. We searched far and wide, and unfortunately no one sells them in the States, so as we were preparing this shipment, Ermengarde decided to add this one for just for him."*

We are very grateful and appreciative of this!

The third and fourth images are "views of the entire contents of the package. Here we see the two large book boxes and the two small ones, the 3 cloth bags and the wrappings of the note book and the special smoked tea described below"

"In the cloth bags/purses are bags of tea. We have in the past tried to send mostly herbal tea, but for once we decided to try "real" tea, so we went to Mariage Frères, which is a tea house since 1854, and is known for high quality tea and for their little black metal tea boxes (that look like their tea bags). While we were picking the teas, they introduced a new line of theirs, smoked Japanese tea, and we were quite surprised by the scent! They took one to include in this shipment as a bit of a transition from the smoked salts of last time."

The tea lovers in the studio are excited to try these, thank you!

"This image focuses on the small boxes which are full of nougats, French-style. They are from the same artisan that made the caramels you got last time."

Also incredible, love them!

This final image is of "A box of Calison, a French candy, which are essentially flavored almond pastries. If I remember correctly, also well hidden somewhere inside are 2 or 3 Italian Torrones!"

Again, such generosity and effort should not go unappreciated, and I can tell you our team is very thankful for your kindness and gifts.

From all of us at the studio to all of you, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!