MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

I must admit, I've got a bit of a thing about tea sets and coffee cups.

Have you got a collection? Or one trusty favourite you use every day?

 

[RoyalChick]

Have you got a collection? Or one trusty favourite you use every day?

I collect tea pots (not sets so much). I didn't really intend to collect tea pots it is just I seem to have accumulated a lot of them and they all have their place in my tea drinking so naturally I keep them all. A well balanced 'pour' is a marvelous thing!

 

[MaryJanet]

I collect tea pots (not sets so much). I didn't really intend to collect tea pots it is just I seem to have accumulated a lot of them and they all have their place in my tea drinking so naturally I keep them all. A well balanced 'pour' is a marvelous thing!

Ah! I guess you have one for black tea, one for green...? One for home, one for office?

A dribbly spout goes beyond nuisance. It reduces the delight in a tea session.

 

[RoyalChick]

Ah! I guess you have one for black tea, one for green...? One for home, one for office?

A dribbly spout goes beyond nuisance. It reduces the delight in a tea session.

One for just me (two cups) and one for two tea-drinkers (4 cups) and one for many. And then there is cosy and casual versus ‘I baked and I want you all to admire the spread’. Really, how anyone survives without dozens of tea pots is a mystery!

 

[MaryJanet]

One for just me (two cups) and one for two tea-drinkers (4 cups) and one for many. And then there is cosy and casual versus ‘I baked and I want you all to admire the spread’. Really, how anyone survives without dozens of tea pots is a mystery!

I like your style RC!

 

[MaryJanet]

This is a Phoenix Chicken.
Yes, MJ. There is such a thing.
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If I ever have a rooster this is what I want.
I can get these in Australia.
I can't get Onagadori, which would be my first choice ~ but who knows. Some day someone might import them. ​

Ah! What a stunner!!

 

[Ribh]

Ah! What a stunner!!

Isn't he gorgeous?! The Ongadari don't moult properly & their tails can grow even longer. They are simply stunning to look @.

 

[MaryJanet]

It's a Monday morning but a public holiday, so I'm counting it as a weekend and having eggs.

Ivy's on the left and Peggy's on the right. Pan-fried on Vegemite toast. The love heart shape was inadvertent but very fitting

The pink teacup is exactly the type nana used to drink from in the 1970s. The stamp says Johnson Australia. When I saw it on a secondhand shop, it brought back lots of memories and I couldn't leave it on the shelf.

That's the everyday teapot, nothing special, but pretty. It's a dribbly-spouted piece of contemporary transferware. Not especially well made - probably from a mould, I can't see any joins.

But the little green milk jug is a collectible. It has a sugar bowl companion. They're very cute together

 

[MaryJanet]

Tonight had even less stress than last night. Mary was a bit upset with the puppy play pen panels but it didn't put her off her dinner. Peggy is content and eating her enzyme dinner.

 

[Shadrach]

Have you got a collection? Or one trusty favourite you use every day?

Not really a collection any more. I used to have three tea sets and a number of coffee mugs.
I do have an every day mug given to me by my daughter.
https://www.sophieallport.com/collections/chicken/products/lay-a-little-egg-for-me-mug
I haven't always been an impoverished bucket boy and in past times I've tended to buy unusual well made things and keep them for years rather than the latest must have.
I gave away or sold a lot of stuff before I came out to Catalonia.