Raven and Sparrow

Objects of desire

 

I don't shop much these days, but recently I went over to Macy's for some underwear plain and dull. On my way from lingerie back to my car I happened to pass through the china and glassware department. Okay, I went out of my way to pass through the china and glassware department, and was rewarded by finding these Dansk wineglasses. I just love them. I don't need them, I have no place to put them, and I probably won't be able to use them for ages, but I love them. The straight-sided shapes and the etched designs were irresistable, and to further erode any lingering scruples I should have had but didn't, they were on sale.

Sunday at Ala Spit

Yippee! Today is Sunday, the weather is perfect and I don't have to work!! Instead of dragging myself off to Home Depot this morning, Mike and I took Sunny to Ala Spit. It is a long, curving sand protrusion into the salt water, with no trees but lots of driftwood. In fact, there is so much driftwood that people have used it to make shelters; its the largest collection of driftwood houses I have ever seen. No one else was there, so Sunny got to run and play like a puppy. She doesn't like to walk on the shifty pebbles that most of our beaches are made of, and usually will jump from log to log as she makes her way.       These last two weeks have seemed endless. They were busy, since there are so few employees to cover the store, but still....long. I hope I have done the right thing in changing jobs, and of course until I start the new one I won't know, but this morning was great. I hope you are all having as wonderful a Sunday.

Brown table down

Using the brown leaf tablecloth turned out to be harder than I thought it would be. The blue napkins I found in my stash and the gray plates in my cupboard, so I was lulled into a false sense of complacency about the final outcome. I did search the limited shopping possibilities around me, hoping for accessories that would look great with the tablecloth ( I was especially looking for small glass fishing floats for a centerpiece...no luck ), but almost everything I brought home looked wrong in the end.

At Pier 1 I found some dishes that I thought would be great and I had the tablecloth with me when I saw them, but at home they were too yellow and too bright. Unless they look good with some other tablecloths I guess they'll have to go back. That said, I am pretty impressed with the cheap dishes available at Target and Pier 1. I'll have to re-think my view that dishes are too expensive to change easily. Of course, they are all poorly made in China, but the designs are nice.