Snow, Thrifty Finds, and the Weekend

This is what we awoke to yesterday:

It really piled up later, too.  When it stopped snowing, it continued with the rain on and off.  It was about 42 degrees but the wind made it feel much colder.  The worst part is that at 4:30 p.m. my son drove off about 3 hours east (where the storm that had left us headed) on another camping weekend.  Have I mentioned the blahs I've been having?

And what a wind!  It blew all night.  We sleep on the second floor, on a corner lot, and so we get the full force, plus all the assorted sounds of I-don't-know-what (gutters? chimney caps? cows?) blowing around.  I just lay there thinking about Ben being lifted off the ground with the wind and deposited in Kansas.  (He was already almost in Kansas, anyway.)

Now it's Saturday morning and it's snowing and blowing, but the sun makes an appearance in between so I think it will clear up.  I had planned to go to this but the weather's too bad to drive the 2 hours.  Disappointed!

Yesterday, since we were snowed in, I took some time to photograph my latest crop of thrifty finds:

The sugar bowl is huge and has such a great patina, don't you think?  You'll recognize it as Homer Laughlin.  This is something I passed up at the same thrift store 3 times until it was finally on sale for 75% off!  The little tea or chocolate pot next to it is German.  Sweet shape, huh?

I am in love with the Jackson restaurant ware shown on the left -- that color!  I bought a set of 20 pieces and plan to use it this summer as our everyday dishes for a nice change!  The dinner plates are the long oval shaped ones.  I would love to find a few more.  The little plate on the right is a variation of a set I had and sold long ago - it's Myott and I just love the softer robin's egg blue color and the hand painted details!

I already had the McCoy planter on the right in yellow, but like this color much better so I had to have it.  Almost all of my McCoy lives on top of my kitchen cabinets -- I love it!  So colorful!  The creamer on the right is Santa Anita ware and the best part is the pretty blue handle and...

...the swirl inside!  Doesn't it remind you of a cappuchino?!

I try not to buy tea cups but I'm currently just in love with the pink and red tones.  I also can never pass up a pretty transfer ware plate like the one in back...especially  not for under $1!

The faded hand painted design on the front of this cup is just so sweet!

I loved the fact that this plate was NOT faded, and now need to research the German  back mark; does it look familiar to anyone?

Left to right: "Much Virtue in Herbs, Little in Men" -- this is hand painted on two tiles, then framed -- wisdom from Ben Franklin!  The little daguerreotype (I think that's what it is) was especially sweet because of the reverse (shown below.)  And of course, a prettily stitched blue jay.  I have a thing for blue jays.

Last but not least, I found a little bag full of stuff I bought at an antique shop on our ski trip to Glenwood Springs last month:

A really beautiful piece of old lace that someone had embroidered -- this will go on a future crazy quilt.

More embellishments...

...the most special of which is this butterfly.  I don't know if you can see it, but the top wings are added on in 3D over the bottom ones.  Sweet!

I hope you've enjoyed these pretty things!  Have a lovely Saturday, and please don't comment about how warm and lovely it is in your neighborhood, or I might really go over the edge...