Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Blue and Whites

It appeared that old coyote trickster was at work on Saturday making the day feel like a March day instead of the end of January! People were out and crawling around like snakes and turtles slipping about on a river bank in spring. I ran to post office drop box and to Braum's for milk and eggs…then added some cream thinking of berries or maybe of a porridge of steel cut oats.


Then I dashed into flea markets because I could not bear to go back home quite yet. I found some great little bargains, though not things I was looking for really. I have stayed honest to NOT shopping anywhere in January. Warm weather did me in, I guess.

I found a brand new copy of the 2010 book Work Song by Ivan Doig, a Montana author I have read before and liked. It was only $2 and then I found another titled Grandmothers which was edited by Nikki Giovanni. A cookbook jumped into my arms, and I am trying to STOP cooking. I don’t need another cookbook of any kind anyway; why did I bring this one home?
Then this lovely wooden tray caught my eye. I picked it up and put it down. I picked it up a second time and left it. Before I paid my bill though, it tugged me right back to the booth and wrestled itself onto my ticket. It was a litter pricier and time will tell if it was worth it. But the size is so nice….the deep carving a tactile wonder to touch.

While paying, I looked up and spotted a glimmer of blue and white. Anyone who knows me knows that my love for Blue Willow started when I was five years old. I have a practiced eye for spotting those flying birds! I asked the store manager if the tiny child-sized casserole was coming or going. She said sort of both…that someone brought them in and she was thinking of adding them to another partial set she had for sale. I asked if she would even consider selling it alone. Sure and she shot me a price for the casserole and the platter it sits on. The price was so low for Blue Willow anything I gasped.

Okay, so a snow storm might come soon and I won’t be getting out for a spell. I will have lots of pretties to relish, to ponder, to drool over while the winds blow!

I can’t cook in the child’s casserole dish, but I can make a nice pot of Darjeeling in the tea pot also bought this winter and sip away while reading a stack of books waiting for my attention…or merely sup and daydream in blue and white!  

8 comments:

Melissa Ann Goodwin said...

I just love the blue and white pieces. Beautiful

BECKY said...

So pretty, and you definitely deserve any amount of money spent on such treasures!! Especially one that tugged at you so many times!

Linda O'Connell said...

Claudia, you keep telling yourself that fairy tale about snow. I think the blizzard has passed. Any reason to go to thrift stores, I love them too, and I can't resist books. I bought four yesterday.

Lisa Ricard Claro said...

Nice things you found, but I love that wooden tray. We don't have too many great bargains at our "flea market" stores here. Occasionally I'll find something and feel I'm getting a bargain. One of my favorite things is an old mantle mirror (about 150 yrs old) I found in a flea/antique shop locally. It cost me nearly as much to repair it as it did to buy it, but I love it so much I didn't mind. Sometimes something just talks to me, and when that happens---not very often---it's worth the price.

Grandma Swift said...

I adore the Blue Willow casserole! What a lovely find. And the tray is wonderful too - they were just waiting for you to love them.

Susan said...

Hi Bookie! Great treasures you picked up. Ohhhhh, SO nice! Great job. Susan p.s. Love all your visits and comments to my blog, too, you little doll. Susan

Lynn said...

It's fun the things that call at you to bring home, isn't it?

Martha said...

What lovely finds -- and I too can spot anything blue and white from a mile away!