Title: Waiting for Spring.

I get it, girls. Aren’t we all? It’s hard to believe but in the not too distant future, there will be pots full of flowers on this table. The pretty background I often use for photos will be back.

I cannot wait.

Our local nursery has reopened for the season – I think that happened about a week ago. I need to stop by and buy some seeds and potting soil. And some pansies, of course, as they are the first flowers that I pot in the spring. Next week, clean up begins on the property, though I’ve already carried lots of fallen tree branches up to the woods. Once I’m sure we have no more freezes in the forecast, I’ll started uncovering the garden beds.

The very thought of it brings me peace.

I’ve been under the weather the last few days with a sinus flare up. I’m still not feeling well.

The fabric eggs are in the yellow Fiesta compote. I’ll take a photo later today.

I’m about to finish James Lee Burke’s latest mystery – The Hadacol Boogie. I’ve read everything by Burke. He is a poet. A poet who writes about violence and crime but at the same time shows there is beauty in everything. I’m sure grateful for him.

When a fallen leaf from a rubber plant takes out part of the mini studio…

More on Friday.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

First off, a bit about Don. He deleted his old YouTube channel (because he does things like that) and has started a new one. The back story: the other day, a song just ‘came’ to him. He wrote it, recorded it in one take, and posted it on Facebook. It has had an amazing reaction, from all sorts of people, including me. I reposted his post to my feed and the raves continued.

Anyway. I love this song. It is powerful in its simplicity. Here is the link to his YouTube channel. And here is a link to a free download. It’s called “I am a Rocket.” I hope you like it.

He amazes me.

Now, back to egg cups.

On the left: a chicken pulling a cart. This one has the original sticker on it, “Made in California.” Love this color combination.

In the middle: a goose pulling a cart. Beautiful, in a lustreware finish.

On the right: an official Carleton Walking Ware egg cup. From England.

Three enchanting egg cups:

On the left, a bunny rabbit outside his cottage home. Another “window” egg cup. I love these colors.

In the middle: one that I found last year, around the same time I was posting the egg cup tour. It’s marked Japan and it’s another variation of the bunny rabbit with a cottage home. This one is much bigger than the first, as you can see. It’s beautifully painted and has a lot more detail. Made in Japan.

On the right: one of my favorites – two rabbits holding up an egg cup. Another find during my first few months of collecting.

I think we’re about to move into non-figural egg cups on Wednesday.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

Friday – cooler than earlier in the week, but the rain has left and the sun is shining. Looking at the next ten days, I see temps in the 40s, then 60s, then 30s. All over the place. The other night we heard the peepers! They usually appear around mid-March, but this was earlier than usual, most likely because it had been very warm. We were so excited! But the next day the temperatures really dropped and we didn’t hear them last night. We probably won’t until it warms up significantly.

It has begun: another tour of the egg cups. I am pulling from previously used photos because I can’t count on the light these days and I don’t want to pull them out of the cubbies. Yes, I’m lazy.

Here are four of my favorites. Four egg cups from Japan and marked “Japan” on the bottom. On the left, a dog wearing a hat and dressed in a suit. then a little boy dressed as a cowboy, a rosy-cheeked little boy with a blue hat, and another little boy wearing a clown suit, with his little dog at his side.

Here we have Humpty Dumpty sitting on a brick wall. Made by Mansell – a company in England. I found this one pretty early on in my collecting.

I was first enchanted by figural egg cups. The majority of my egg cups are figural in nature because they’re whimsical and charming and you know how much I love whimsy. Since they are the bulk of my collection, that’s what I’ll concentrate on during this tour.

Thanks so much, my friends.

Stay safe.

Happy Friday.