Mystery Ink No. 8

[Laura N]

It is hard to believe, but the time has arrived for another round of Mystery Ink, this one MI8.

I usually like a theme to enliven the MI threads, but I'm not feeling it right now, which means we're going bare bones for MI8. I'll think of this as taking MI on a camping trip, and just bringing the necessities: one Mystery Ink, which is ready and waiting, and approximately six volunteers to try it.

All that is required of our MI8 volunteers will be a willingness to try MI8 and post their impressions here. The idea is to have fun by trying an ink without any preconceptions, or even a clue as to what it might be. I will say that this one is going to be a springy ink, because it's spring where I live, finally.

If you’d like to volunteer, please post here and let us know why you’d like to get MI8.

And if it’s not in your profile, please tell us where you live (just the state or country). That helps us pick a diverse slate of participants and figure out mailing times.

People who've done it before are welcome again, as are people who are new to the exercise. Everyone is welcome in Mystery Ink.

If we have more than six who want to volunteer, participants will be chosen randomly.

We count on you to help us keep the identity of the ink secret. Because inks arrive at different locations at different times, ink will not be revealed until everyone has received his or her ink and had a chance to try it. So we ask people not to write guesses about the ink’s name directly in the thread. If you'd like to, you can PM me with a guess. If I receive a correct guess, I promise to shower you with plaudits and cover you with glory, and you will hereinafter be entitled to all the rights, privileges and benefits of MI Guesser Extraordinaire. If your guess is incorrect, that's actually fine, too. Those are often every bit as nice as the actual ink.

I've got no theme, but I'll share with you our beautiful day. Magnolia petals dropped off last week, but the viburnum are blooming and perfuming the air. The early daffodils are long gone but some of the later ones are especially gorgeous.