Chestnuts and some Thrift Store Treasures

As I've mentioned in other years the kind of Chestnuts that grow around here are not edible and are known commonly as Horse Chestnuts. I have no idea if horses actually eat them, or for that matter if squirrels do. I like their glossiness and the little hedgehoglike exteriors. My eldest daughter  gathered
a lot of them for me. Enough for this wooden bowl.....

    ..... and for this flat dish as well. A few pine cones seem to have slipped in.

I went to browse at the thrift store this morning and found this heavy, made in Italy, bowl. The green goes well in my kitchen.  Under the pears, hidden from view by a napkin there is a Christmas design but I intend to keep it covered and use it all year round.

I also picked up this pretty Christmas mug and Royal Albert cup. The mug was ten cents, the cup was a dollar. Oh yes, that bowl was also a dollar.

Now the day is almost  done and I have a pot of Pea Soup gently simmering away. It rained most of the day but now the sun has peeked through the clouds. Hopefully tomoorrow will be fair.


Thanks for visiting,



                           Granny Marigold