dual personalities

Normally, that haiku would describe me perfectly, but in preparation for next Saturday’s wedding I’ve been stepping up my game – or at least planning to. So far, I’ve concentrated on purchasing specialist cleaning supplies on Amazon and rearranging the china while I wait for my packages to arrive.  You see, I bought these two little demitasse cups from the same place I bought the Russian cup and saucer and I had to find a good place for them. Here’s a close up.

And here’s what they look like on the shelf in my kitchen.

It took us a while to identify the maker because the stamp on the bottom is in Japanese, but eventually the DH discovered that they were made in the early 1970s by a company called Dai Ichi Taki. You can see more of the pattern here. They are nothing special but I really like them, so they’ll take a place on the shelf until the next time I change the display.

Pretty china aside, have you noticed how crisp and perfect those photos are? No, I have not suddenly steadied the tremor in my hands. I did something even wilder – the DH and I took the plunge and bought a smartphone! It’s your basic black Samsung Galaxy A32. It’s not the newest model but it seems to do everything except fill out your taxes and write your will for you.

We didn’t really have a choice after ATT warned us that they would not continue to support our 3G flip phone. Once the new phone arrived, I spent a good hour Zooming with my youngest son who taught me how to use it. Then I spent another hour with an ATT rep to register it. The latter was quite the ordeal, although the customer service man was patient and nice. All is up and running now and I should be ready to take good photos of the wedding festivities. My goodness, between the car and the phone I’ve had my fill of 21st century technology. I think I’ll go read a book.

Have a grand weekend!

*A haiku by Kobayashi Issa