Saturday was the first really fun, not-sick-at-all day I've had in a while, and I took it all to myself. I cancelled some half-hearted plans I'd made with friends, and then I slept in, lingered over my tea and the paper, and made my way to my city's Saturday antiques market.
I've been looking for teacups and falling in love with nothing. I got a set of these, which I adore (despite the crappy photo), for $12:
But I'm most proud of these. I haggled for them, which was a thrill, and got them for next to nothing. They're from a series of eighteenth century engravings called Cries of London, which I'd read about before. I flipping love them, and I can't wait to hang them up:
Then I got a cup of tea and an absolutely blow-your-mind apple fritter - it had warm apple slices and custard - custard! - inside it. Apparently these things are quite well-known, but I had yet to be initiated.
All in all, it was a very successful first day of not feeling like garbage. Thank you all for your good wishes over the past month!
5 comments:
Really glad to hear you're feeling better. ~;o)
Glad to hear it. You've had a rough year.
The fritter sounds good.
I'm glad you're finally feeling so much better, Helen. As my daughter used to say when she was very small, "I was woowied."
I love the teacup and saucer you found! What a lovely set display, and to have handy when friends stop by for tea. (I just love the idea of tea and friends). My half-German step-grandmother collected teacups for many, many years. She left them to my mother, who now displays them in her china cabinet along with the ones SHE'S collected over the years. And yes, they both turned ME into a teacup collector, too. I don't have very many, but my favorite (and the first I collected) is a tiny, Japanese set made in Occupied Japan (right after WWII). They're gray, with tiny, raised dragons twisting around them. I've had them for more than 30 years, myself. Someday, Mom's collection will be mine. They're all so beautiful, so creative.
I hope this finds you feeling wonderful. Thank you so much for your comforting comments lately. They mean so much to me.
-Wren
Thanks all. I really am feeling a million times better.
Wren - those tea-cups sound lovely!
Feeling better, getting great finds at a bargain, and warm apple fritters -- what a perfect day. You've certainly deserved it. Hope there's many more in your future.
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