The bluebonnets are beginning to bloom, spring is upon us, and around here that means one thing – Round Top Antique Week! I just went to the Preview last week, but the main event is this very weekend, Thursday through Sunday. Texas Rose Antique Show I love going to the Round Top Antique Show, and I look forward to […]
The Dish on Desert Rose
As an update to my “Tale of Two Dishes”, I did find out a little more about Franciscan dishes. They were originally produced in Glendale, California by Gladding, McBean & Co. in the year 1934. The company produced casual dinnerware in the style of Mexican folk pottery. It was sold under the name Franciscan and […]
A Tale of Two Dishes
So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, goodnight Ah yes, sing it sister! This story begins long ago and far away. Well, not really far away, but LONG ago, 28 years to be exact. Twenty eight years ago, I married my husband and I made a decision that I still regret. This painful mistake has haunted me lo […]
New Beginnings
And so I begin….again. I guess it takes awhile to find out what you really want to do when you grow up. I started out in life as an engineer, and I suppose one has to start somewhere. But I always loved beauty in every day objects even when I worked in some pretty unlovely places […]