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Daffodils and Egg Cups

March 25, 2024 at 8:54 am by Claudia

Our first fully opened daffodil. Unfortunately, I’m sure it got pummeled by the torrential rain we had all day on Saturday. We got at least two inches, maybe more. My activities that day were accompanied by the sound of the sump pump turning off and on every 3 minutes. It’s still cold, but I think, as of today, there will be no more lows in the 20s. I’ve missed the sound of the peepers, as they hide when it’s too cold. Hopefully, they’ll come out to play in the next couple of days.

We are winding down on our egg cup tour. It will end either on Wednesday or Friday.

I love these so much. They are new cups and were a gift from dear friend and reader, Judy. Aren’t they delightful? They are displayed on the top of the egg cup cubby, along with the next egg cups that I’ll show you.

These are double egg cups in the Harlequin line by Homer Laughlin pottery, the manufacturer who also made Fiesta. For some reason, the turquoise and yellow cups aren’t showing the same band of lines as the other two cups, but they’re there. Something to do with lighting. Anyway, small cup on the bottom, bigger cup on the top. I found two of these cups locally, and reader and friend Margaret sent me the other two when she was remodeling her kitchen.

I truly love that so many of these cups were gifts from readers, my mom, friends, and Scoutie/her dad. They all have a story, either of how I found the cup or how the cup came to me via a gift that arrived in the mail. (You know I love everything having a story.) The egg cup cubby is pretty full, but there’s still some room there and I do keep an eye open for anything that really interests me. But, at this point, it has to REALLY interest me. I have two coming sometime next month from my cousin. I have a few bookmarked on eBay. And I’ve been fighting the urge to take a look around the local shops, but I may give into it this week. Easter is the time when every antique dealer pulls out the egg cups.

It’s sunny today. I’m in the midst of rediscovering the spy novels of Daniel Silva. I read many of them several years ago, but I stopped at some point – I don’t know why. I read about his newest and it happened to be on the shelf at my local library. I forgot how fun they are to read and, most importantly, how engrossing. Right now, I need books that really capture my attention, where the words flow easily and I’m taken along for the ride. I’m working my way backwards to wherever I was when I stopped reading them.

I didn’t get around to answering Saturday’s comments. I hardly ever do that, but I’ve decided that’s okay every once in a long while.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

Ice, Car Problems, & The Tour

March 23, 2024 at 8:17 am by Claudia

We had some snow falling overnight, which turned into freezing rain. Don had a gig that was north of here – over an hour and a half away – so the trip home was dangerous and took him twice as long, Visibility was bad, he was worried about black ice…just dreadful. I warned him about it when he called to tell me he was leaving the venue. The whole evening started off wrong. He had just left the house and was about a mile away when his car jerked and started making terrible noises. He called me to tell me that he was turning around. I gave him my car keys and we loaded all of his equipment into my car and off he went.

His car sounded terrible. This is not what we need right now.

Anyway, he’s safe. My car is safe. And the rain continues.

More egg cups:

On the left: a sweet little egg cup that a reader sent to me. Love the colors.

Center: an egg cup from Prague – a gift from Don.

Right: an egg cup from Holland. It’s marked on the bottom. I believe this one is also from my mom.

Two double egg cups made of glass.

On the left, a jadeite egg cup. I believe I found this one locally.

On the right, a glass egg cup in white and orange. I found this one locally, as well. I was taken by the color combination and the fact that it was made of glass. No mark. Would this technically be milk glass? I’m thinking it is.

And, in case you’ve been missing them, here’s a photo of Chloe and Derek (the bear.)

It’s a miserable day out there, so we’re staying home. Reading and starting a puzzle sounds good to me.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

A Finished Puzzle and More Egg Cups

March 22, 2024 at 8:40 am by Claudia

The low last night was 20 degrees. Yikes! And Wednesday night and Thursday were wind events.

Okay. I’m over it. Let’s get back to spring, okay?

First up, I finished my puzzle:

This is from Cavallini – Vintage Italian Tarot Cards. They are striking and beautifully illustrated. It was a lot of fun to work on this one. The hardest part was the blue background, which I ignored until the end of the process.

I thought I’d share the way I have to stand on a chair to get these puzzle photos.

Egg cup tour continued:

On the left: two morning glory egg cups that I found in Paris. I think they’re newish, but there isn’t any mark on them. How could I ignore morning glories?

On the right: these two cups are definitely new as I found them at Abbey Road Studios in London. I couldn’t resist!

On the left: two wooden egg cups that were a gift from a reader – Treen (small domestic objects made of wood.)

On the right: a large double cup from Hankscraft. The simple lines are reminiscent of Art Deco.

Vintage.

On the left: a very old egg cup from Spode. It’s exquisite. The pattern is Chelsea Bird. More on that later.

On the right: a silver egg cup from a shop in Paris that was a block from our hotel. Don insisted on buying it for me. It’s very small and the pattern on the base is Art Nouveau. I polished it just for you. It’s vintage, but I have no idea of the date.

The inside of the Spode cup has lovely details.