Winking

Have been away - did you miss me? You didn't miss a thing -  I didn't have anything interesting to post. But today! Well, we were on holidays for a couple of weeks - a road trip through Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the trip I found my FIRST EVER piece of Kathie Winkle in the USA. It was in a little "vintage shop" - $12 for a gravy boat and plate in the Viscount pattern. Well, I already have lots of Viscount and didn't really need a gravy boat so I passed it up (my daughter was flabbergasted and thought I should buy it JUST FOR THE PRINCIPLE that it was the first piece ever in the USA). I held my ground.

Fast forward to the second last day of the trip, at the Value Village on PEI where I found yet another gravy boat but in a TOTALLY NEW PATTERN! Palma Nova. What do you think? The leaves look so delicate - sort of like they do when they've almost rotted through on the ground and just the veins are holding a transparent bit of cellulose together. Of course I bought it ($3.99!) and now will have to find some gravy so I can justify the space it takes up...

I'll try to think of something interesting to post soon. Summer holidays though so not much happening but coffee, a bit of weeding, reading, coffee, drinks with friends, laundry, coffee...