The Spode Story and Monkeying Around

Every single Christmas since I got married

I have taken the Spode out of its hidden

storage space and put it in the china cabinet

for Christmas.

The cabinets have changed over the years

as we moved.

The china cabinets in this house are built-ins

in the dining room.

This was taken at night so is a tad "off"

but I tried to lighten it so you could see it.

We started out with two place settings of Spode for

our first Christmas and then the grandmothers

added another place setting every year

until we had service for 12.
Remember when I helped my friend,
Ruth, stage her house here?
She gave me several more pieces, too.
So, now I will think of her and Tom
every time we use the set.

This is bit of close up of the other end of the mantle.

The copper tree is a gift from my son & his wife.

It has birthstones on it for every member of our family.

Pardon the green  light cords- I haven't "buried" them yet.

After we had service for 16 there were 

serving pieces added.

I love this set.

All of our kids grew up with this set and now my grandkids get to eat off it, too.

I used to be afraid of breaking it but now I have

decided to just use it and enjoy it.

There is an antique musical tree 

tucked up into one corner.

It's missing a bauble or two which makes it all the 

more precious to me.

And, can you guess what else is precious to me?

This sweet boy that spent the day with me yesterday

as he continues to recover.

We did a little monkeying around.

Look who stood up to get the monkey

off his back truck!

Buh-Bye Monkey!

I am doing things in dribs and drabs here

so bear with me.

I hope to post some more Christmas pictures tomorrow.

WAIT till you see what that ELF is up to now!

You won't want to miss it!

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