As you can see, I love my blue and white china as well! And so did our maternal grandmother…
I have some of that same Chinese export china in my dining room cabinet.
I wish I had a picture of our mother’s hutch…I’m sure with some digging around I can turn something up. Stay tuned for more blue and white china.
some of my favorite things
I guess you can tell that I like blue and white china. Most of this is Spode (the real thing, hand made in England, not the stuff they are currently making in China) from my mother-in-law (bless her!) plus an eclectic assortment of odds and ends that I just like including: an antique Japanese plate ( top shelf, center back); a Suzie Cooper creamer and sugar bowl set (top shelf, center); a ceramic seal (hard to see, top left), my sweet tiny loons, three cool pebbles, and china sherds I picked up in the garden or on the beach in England. As I was dusting these today I was reminded of what the artist Kandisky once wrote:
“Everything that is dead quivers. Not only the things of poetry, stars, moon, wood, flowers, but even a white trouser button glittering out of a puddle in the street…Everything has a secret soul which is silent more often than it speaks.”
This weekend I’m going to watch Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and starring, in the role he was clearly born to play, Gerard Depardieu. As an extra added bonus, it also features the dreamy Vincent Perez as Christian. Le sigh. But my heart belongs to Gerard. I love this movie. Definitely 5 stars.
Today would be our parents’ 61st Anniversary (10/7/1950). Zut Alors! How old does that make us?
dual personalities 