Happy Last Day of Below Freezing Temperatures at my House!
When I woke up it was 30. It’s warming up quickly. Our high today will be 71. Tomorrow? A freakish 83. Then back down to the 60s and 70s.
I went to our local nursery yesterday. I was ready to load up on plants for the porch, as well as potting soil, some garden gloves, and some seeds. Well. I got the potting soil, gloves, and seeds. But the only plants available were pansies. I forget that they can’t bring in too much stock until it gets warmer. All the perennials that they usually have on tables outside were stashed in one of the greenhouses. So I’ll have to wait until next week. I may check in tomorrow, as all the weekenders will be up here for the holiday and they’ll want plants. Even though Easter is late this year, it’s been a cold, cold spring here.
I moved a lot of pots from the shed to the porch yesterday. I’ll pot the pansies later this morning. And I’ll finally be able to start clearing the beds. Huzzah!
Okay. Let’s gaze upon a few more egg cups.
The interior of that Spode cup I showed you the other day.
Pardon my foot.
On the right, two lustreware egg cups.
On the left, two treasured vintage cups marked “Germany.” I love anything with bluebirds. Beautifully decorated.
The two blue egg cups aren’t marked. The one on the right is very heavy, so I know it’s stoneware. It’s quite old.
The second from the left is plastic. I got it at the flea market in Paris. I liked the Art Deco-like appearance.
The cup next to is also from the Paris flea market. It is earthen ware – Terre de Fer – from France. It’s a diabolo egg cup – both ends are open, almost like a napkin ring. I don’t know if you remember, but I once posted a photo of a woman in France’s egg cup collection. She had a lot of this kind of design and I was determined to collect them. But almost all of the available diabolo cups are sold by people living in France and the shipping is so prohibitive that I haven’t been able to do it.
The double egg cup on the left is from France. I’m pretty sure I purchased it when I was back in San Diego coaching the Summer Shakespeare Festival. I found it during a visit to my favorite antique shop, Vignettes.
The other egg cup I found in a local shop. It’s not marked. I’ve never seen another cup like it. It has become one of my favorites.
There will be a few more photos tomorrow, but in the meantime, here is Pippa with the egg cups.
Happy Friday.
Stay safe.
