This weekend I unpacked some boxes of china and filled up a curio cabinet my mother-in-law Anna gave me when I was in Georgia last month.

The top shelf holds a candy dish Anna made for me (back left). The little cups and saucers were my mom's.

The second shelf has a little English china house, a tiny little tea set of Dixie's, a cup from Marty's grandmother's collection, a milk-bottle teapot I bought in Stratford-on-Avon in 1988, a calico cat my stepmother gave me, and some little dishes Anna painted. Anna is a very talented china painter.

The third shelf has my mom's teapot, a little black cat box Anna painted, and my favorite teaset of all time. This gold teaset is the best ever; it has enough pieces so you can actually drink tea and have snacks with it.

The bottom 2 shelves have a few other teasets in them. One of them is Dixie's, and one is a Beatrix Potter set.

I love all these little china pieces. Many of them remind me of my childhood. Considering how many places they traveled in the world, when I was growing up as well as when I've been moving them around as an adult, it's amazing they're still intact. I'm so glad.

Oh, and here's a picture of me from tonight.