It’s sunny today but very cold. A cursory glance at the forecast shows nighttime temps at below freezing for at least the next ten days.
I’m reading There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak. I’m about 150 pages in and it’s extraordinary. In the meantime, I’m headed for trouble as all four books that I had on hold at the library have arrived at my local branch. Two of them are new, which means a limited checkout time, and the book I’m currently reading is over 400 pages long. I will most definitely be reading a lot in the coming week. Isn’t it funny when every book, even books that appeared to have lots of people waiting in the queue, appear within a couple of days of each other?
Obviously, I will be stopping by the library today.
The tour continues:
A sweet little Scottie dog holding up an egg cup. It’s another cup that I found in the first few years of collecting. He’s in perfect condition. I love the blue collar. Marked Japan.
A wooden egg cup which comes from Italy and a company called Sevi. These egg cups are adorable and I want more of them. It’s rare when you find both the egg cup and the knit cap that came with it. I have a reader of the blog to thank for that as it was a gift from her. The knit cap functions as a cozy.
My wooden sailor egg cup. Don found this one in an antique shop and Scout decided to give it to me for my birthday. I researched this one. He was part of a series of egg cups that were sold by Woolworth’s in the 40s. Like the Sevi egg cup, he came with a white sailor cap. Alas, I don’t have it, but I’d sure love to find one.
I found this egg cup during one of my middle of the night bidding wars on eBay. We lived in our first rental cottage then and I had just discovered the world of figural egg cups and – you won’t be surprised by this – I was obsessed. A chicken and a duck and/or chick are on either side of an egg cup. The chicken is eating and the chick seems to be playing. Marked Japan.
The center cup is one of my favorites and I rarely, if ever, see it these days. An artistic rabbit is painting an egg. He’s even holding a palette. Marked Japan.
On the right is an egg cup given to me by Linda, a longtime reader of the blog. It’s absolutely adorable. What you can’t see is the tail, which is removable. It functions as a salter and has holes for salting and a cork to keep the salt in.
You know this little tour is good for me, too. It reminds me of what I have and how much I treasure these little beauties. It’s all too easy to walk by the cabinet and take no notice of what’s inside.
Stay safe.
Happy Saturday.
You really do have some delightful finds in your collection, and I do appreciate seeing them every year.
We are in for rain, thunderstorms, freezing rain, and then 6-8 inches of heavy wet snow in that order, starting tonight through Monday. Happy joy joy. I really hope that’ll be the end of it. So much for Jimmy the Groundhog’s prediction of an early Spring.
Sounds like you will be busy reading this weekend. Enjoy your day! ;)
I fear we are dealing with rain and a line of strong thunderstorms today, as well. Maybe some snow at the end of it.
Come on, Spring!
Stay safe, Donnamae.
I’m reading The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak and it’s so different from what I usually read but I am enjoying it. She gives feelings to a fig tree throughout this story and it makes the reader think twice about trees! She explains things in such a beautiful way.
That’s on my list of books to read, Ellen. This book by Shafak is about water. Beautifully written.
Thanks so much, Ellen.
Stay safe.
such sweet egg-cups! i like them all and am glad you have them. i especially like that last paragraph you wrote today and am going to think about it and express gratitude as i sort through still more boxes of papers, books, household things …
thanks very much for that, claudia.
happy, safe weekend to you, don and everyone else.
kathy
You’re most welcome, Kathy.
Thank you.
Stay safe.
I had four books on my hold list come available at the same time. I put two on pause which holds my place in line and checked out two. Still lots of reading this week. I always enjoy seeing the egg cups. The little bird one I found for you is one of my ‘best’ thrift store scores! Hugs!
I don’t think we can pause in our system. I like the challenge, I guess. I’m doing a lot of reading now and that’s a good thing!
Thanks so much, Linda.
Stay safe.
Love your little artist rabbit. I have one, too. My husband is an artist so when I saw it, I knew I needed to have it. Enjoy your reading weekend. Stay warm. Hugs, Elaine
Isn’t that a lovely egg cup? One of my favorites.
Stay safe, Elaine.
I always love your egg cup tour … I’ve enjoyed it for many years! So I’m quite surprised that I have zero memory of the scottie dog egg cup. I believe he might be my current favorite.
He’s pretty darned cute, Debbie.
Thanks so much.
Stay safe.
I like all of these egg cups, particularly the one with the toque, and the one Linda sent you is adorable. Nice collection.
The farmers almanac was correct as usual, our winter would be in March. Its been snowing quite a lot. Its just lightly coming down right now. And its cold.
I’d better get back to my housework. Im so easily distracted…
I hope you’re enjoying the snow after such a dry winter, Irene.
Stay safe.
They are so cute!
Stay warm and have fun reading. :)
Thank you, Betsy. I plan to stay inside and read, all tucked into my afghan.
Stay safe.
I’m enjoying the egg cups! I don’t find many figural egg cups anymore when I am out antique shopping.
I understand, they are very hard to find these days. Sometimes I think I started collecting at just the right time. I found a lot of cups that we don’t see anymore.
Stay safe, Judy.
That Sevi cup — wow. That’s so clever and so lovely. I like the idea of a cozy!
Happy reading week!
I think I’ll be searching for a couple more of the Sevis, Jeanie.
Stay safe.
Egg cup season! The best!
Thank you, Roxie!
I’m glad you enjoy seeing them.
Stay safe.
That happens to me quite often, all of the books on hold are ready all at once!
Great collection!
Thanks so much, Sher.
Stay safe.