| September 25, 2000 Curio Cabinet
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. |
