IT STARTED WITH AN EGG

[MARY]

It started with learning to cook a nice soft boiled egg:

add 2 eggs to pot and cover with water 1/2" above egg
bring to rolling boil then immediately remove from heat and cover
set time to 4 1/2 minutes (I like a medium-soft boiled egg..the yolk not totally gooey)
after 4 1/2 minutes plunge eggs immediately into cold water to stop cooking

Well, I needed an egg cup so off to e-bay and I found a double egg cup which did not match my plates so back to e-bay to find plates, which then didn't my cups so back to e-bay to find matching cups/saucer, which then didn't match my teapot so to Cost plus for a teapot..I'm currently searching for a salt and pepper shaker set to go with my new dishes.
one thing...leads to another...and another..and another...

[Susan Hosken]

mary, How fantastic to see your breakfast set. i have heard so much about them. Congratulations.
lots of love from susan in australia

[DJ]

Ah, Mary...You can't beat blue & white patterns in the kitchen.
A touch of red or yellow, and it's a still life waiting to be painted, or photographed. :-)
Well done.

[MARY]

My mother had a few of the blue willow dishes at her mountain cabin. I remember having some wayyy back like when I was 19 or 20. It is a very pretty pattern. Classic. I love the little design on the inside of the cup.

[Barbara Ann Storrier]

It all looks really nice on your blue and white table cloth, Mary. Funny how that happens! I do the same thing, I'll get something I like and then see something that "goes with it" ... and before I know it I have started a collection!