Strange thing just happened!
I was trying to load my farm and just getting a blank page...hate it when that happens. So I tried going in a different route - instead of "play" I clicked on "free gifts". There were a few new things (probably the update that was affecting me being unable to load) soooo I thought cool...sent the first item I saw to as many friends as it would let me...24 was my max...it was a Dragonfly - highlighted in a blue box and marked collectible. Now I've gone back in to see what the other new things were, I thought I saw a peace flag, and they're gone! Can't find them! Weird! Now I'm hoping 24 neighbours actually got this gift - I want to see it! And hopefully they'll send a few back!