Featured Best use of Antique Pottery and Porcelain...

If it's terribly fragile, I wouldn't, but this dinnerware was meant to be used.

Our serving platters for corned beef Friday night.

 

Couldn't agree more!

 

Great way to celebrate St. Patrick's day Bev, hope you went all the way with cabbage too.
My feelings about having nice china and silver is that if your kids and grand kids don't see you enjoy and use them, when we are gone, they will assume they had no meaning or value to you and they may end up at a yard sale or landfill.

 

Love using the old stuff when I can. One of my main serving bowls is a nice German flow blue piece. I like the old Hull stoneware stuff too. Got fresh home made lemonade in a Hull Brown Drip Pitcher in fridge right now!

 

Love the brown transferware! And I use all "that stuff," too. The Spode, the Limoges, and a dear little pale yellow bowl with blue and orange flowers. It's Homer Laughlin, and fairly valueless, but perfect for beating my morning egg, even if the color doesn't go with anything.

 

By golly!! I'm back on! See my entry under "Antiques!"

 

Pardon me while I do my

HAPPY DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Or...not... Seems there is a problem there. However, I'll babble on here and hope all my dear ones read this column.

Love to all, and welcome to all the newbies. I HAVE BIRTHED BABIES IN LESS TIME THAN IT HAS TAKEN ME TO GET BACK INTO THE FORUM!




Or...not...

Since Bev is one of my "dear ones," and since I cannot start an entry on my own (??), I hope she does not mind if I highjack hers a bit.

On the advice of Peter, as conveyed by Greg, I have finally managed at least part of the mechanics needed to write in this forum.

HOWEVER, I have birthed babies in less time than this has taken!!!

First, my old computer died, then we thought I was going to. They put me in hospital, and I got a new sort of baby computer (which had trouble learning). Then I moved (initially to a place which had all the charm of an uninhabited yurt), and which did, therefore, almost as much harm as my illness.

Now I am much better. Not having to go up and down thirty-some stairs several times a day is to be recommended. Duh!

However, I have been able -- most of the time -- to at least Read the forum, to silently welcome all the newbies, to benefit from Brad's sense, Manson's whimsy, Greg's advice, Owned's horticultural savvy... well, this list could go on and on!

It is maddening not to be able to say, "Thank you," when I want to.

More later.

 

Hi,
HELLO and HELLO and HELLO again. I kept telling you YOU CAN DO IT!!!!! By God you did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
greg

 

Mansons!

 

Ditto Greg!

 

SO very glad you are "back". And not to worry - Bev entitled her thread "Best Use of Antique etc."....and since so many of come close to qualifying as as antiques, this IS the best use of them - interacting, sharing, learning, teaching, and yeah, what the hell, loving each other..............

I am sure that Bev will be more honored than upset!



(Bev, if you need to beat me up for speaking for you, the line forms on the left...........)

 

Hi honey, SO glad you're back! xx

 

Honestly Mansons, you are priceless!

Just love your sense of humor!

 

What a wonderful thing to see you here!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

So glad you are back. You were missed by us.
Hope life gets easier and you feel better.

Just noticed and I hope this is ok, I haven't seen any posts lately by
Say It Slowly. I hope all is alright with her.

 

Silverthwaite II - don't think we've met, but glad you are back.

 

Oh, how good to hear from you, Silver!
(No - I'm not weeping - I just have something in eye)

 

Hope your getting back on board with us is the first step in life returning to some normalcy.

 

Hope your getting back on board with us is the first step in life returning to some normalcy.

AMEN!

So glad you are back, Silver. M'lady -- your antique board awaits!