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.
