An Affair with Blue and White

As everyone knows

I have a love affair with blue and white

Asian or English

It doesn't really matter

It's everywhere at Linderhof!

And whenever I go out and about,

I'm always on the lookout for more!

Last Friday, in the little town 20 miles east of us .  . .

I found treasure

at a flea market!

I have many blue and white bowls

Some big, some not as much

And I really don't buy every one I see but . . .

This is a good size for tabletop

Next to the chair which is next to the fireplace

Filled with my homemade winter potpourri

(dried apples, oranges and lemons, star anise, bay leaves, cloves and cinnamon sticks)

Since the flea market was going out of business . . .

most booths had at least 50% off

(and some had more -- 60% or 75%)

And I had a purpose . . . 

The maker is Emery and the pattern is Burmese

For about a year and a half ago

I bought at the same flea market the bowl and pitcher.

I loved that it had birds on it.

I'm a fool for anything blue and white and a bigger fool for anything with birds!

It was pricey but I did bargain and got it for what I felt was a good price.

However, I left the slop jar

For it was way too much, I felt

Which is why, every time I went, it was still there

And I would mull . . . but it was too much for a "sit around"

(even though it dates form the 1880s and is from England!)

And it was the old "I didn't need it"

The slop jar was marked down $25 from it's original asking price

And yes, that booth had 50% off

I grabbed it up, rushed to the counter and paid my pittance for my treasure!

It is good to see them re-united!

And just because I wanted some more casual napkins

for breakfast and lunch

I ordered some of these handspun blue and white cotton ones

from Vermont Country Store

(a place I adore -- they have things you cannot find anywhere else!)

And for those of you who may remember
this disaster

My beloved Johnson Brothers Indies
(6 tea plates, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 salad plates, 6 dinner plates)

Reduced to just this . . .

6 plates, 5 salad, 1 tea plate and 1 cup

And my dilemma --

should I just fill in the rest of the what was broken?
Should I just leave "as is"

The first two cups, saucers and tea plates as well as a
wee teapot, sugar and creamer
were hand carried over from a trip to England
20 years ago

So . . .

I decided to keep the dinner plates, the "odd" number salad plates
And add just one more cup and saucer, a saucer and a tea plate
So that I would have my "original" tea for two

The saucer and tea plate arrived today!
And I shall use them for tea this afternoon!

It was not as cold as it was last week,

This is not posed -- Doogie did all of this himself -- we just took the picture!

However, Doogie is a "cold blooded" dog

He managed to wrap himself in an afghan

and with his head on his pillow and his paw on his bone . . .

He was settled in for the evening!

Oblivious to my excitement over my new blue and white!

It is Monday and I'm joining Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Met Monday