Friday, November 19, 2010

Not much Happening around Here

I have been thinking about the table I will set for my Thanksgiving dinner. I am pretty sure it will be this Vintage china. The dinner plate is a pattern called 'Windsor Fruit'.  from Johnson Brothers England. Of all the dinnerware I own, I think 'Windsor Fruit' is my favorite.
The vegetable bowl behind the dinner plate is a different pattern from Vernon Kilns. It is called 'May Flower'. I think the two work beautifully together. They are from the 1940's - 1950's.

Here is a close up of the 'Windsor Fruit' plate.
The pic is from replacements.com. I went there to find out when the china was made. Whoa, was I impressed when I saw the price of this dinner plate! Let's just say I made a very good purchase about 20 years ago when I bought this nearly complete service-for-eight set.

I am not even cooking on Thanksgiving Day. We are going to my MIL's for dinner. We already have a turkey, so I plan to cook it on the Saturday following. I will do the whole turkey day shebang all over again. The best part will be having leftovers for a big turkey/dressing/fresh cranberry sauce sandwich the next day.

I am not even cooking anything to take to  my MIL's.  I found this 14-slice variety pack of cheesecake and that is my contribution--every piece is a different flavor. Can you imagine making 14 different cheesecakes and assembling this?
You have to love those huge food distribution stores--in this case, Gordon Food Service.

Other than working and getting my hair cut, I have not accomplished much this week. 

I did start a new banner for Christmas. It will be a 'Ho Ho Ho' banner, but so far I have only completed two H's.  It took a bit less than 10 minutes before work one morning. 
I guess I am just not in the mood to sew this week.

I have also been ordering library books. The Country Decorating one I had last week was a Dud--other than the sunflower tree, there was not a thing I was interested in. I already have a pic of that tree in my files. I got it off the net a few years ago--more proof that the net is the place for ideas!

 Now I have three novels to read.


 I had better get started--a couple of these are pretty thick!


So that was  my week--not too exciting--I hope yours was better!

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betty r said...

Zoey..looks like you have your next week or so cut out for you..reading. What a nice relaxing thing to do..I love to read.
My week was good..I organized and cleaned 'up and out' a lot of stuff. The stuff is sitting on shelves in the garage waiting for a garage sale in spring. I am not finished..there is more to clean up!

Gatsbys Gardens said...

Zoey, my second set of dishes after I was married was Johnson Brothers "Sheraton," long gone but I think I have a few stray pieces in the basement. They have really gone up in price when I see them in the antique shops.

Your table setting looks lovely.

Eileen

Deb said...

love your dishes Zoey....

Mary-Frances said...

Love the vintage plates. Will have to check out that website you mentioned, they might have some of my mother's Christmas dishes there. Have a good weekend - it's good weather for snuggling under a quilt and reading a good book.

Karen said...

Beautiful dishes, Zoey! I am in awe of tables set so grandly...wish I could say the same, I have mismatched plates and silverware. (Organization and planning are not my strong suits.) I hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Dianne said...

Those are lovely dishes!
I love the cheesecakes like that. We've had one or two in the past from BJs wholesale.
I got an e-reader for my birthday and it's loaded with 100 books already, many classics I haven't read. I will have to play with it more.

Jody said...

Some serious china-envy going on over here! LOVE your setting! You bring such beauty to your home and to us! Can't wait to see your HOHO banner - c'mon Zoey, get busy! (did you plant garlic)

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