We had a fabulous weekend. We decided, rather spur of the moment, to go visit our friend Kath who lives in Lake Tahoe.
I'm not sure how people that live in vacation destinations do day to day life. I mean seriously how do you get up and go to work? I would just want to stretch leisurely when I woke up at 9:30am then go sit in my nightgown looking at the view while I sipped my morning tea.
Kath has an adorable cabin, nestled in the pine trees. It is cozy and comfy and decorated in her eclectic style. Kind of a shabby, beachy, Poconos mix that totally works. When I come home from her house and look around my own I always think "well this is….staid and boring and safe."
So let's go back to the photo at the top. Does anyone have any idea what that dish with the small hole in the lid is for? The dish hasn't lost its handle or finial or anything like that. There is a perfectly formed hole in the center of the lid that serves some purpose – but what? I assume it is to vent steam or something but is there a name or special use for the dish itself?
She has a full 12-piece place setting set of Haviland Limoges china along with a very extensive collection of the serving pieces. They were her Great Grandmother's passed down to her grandmother, to her mother and then to her.
The weather was perfect for us. We left mid-afternoon on Friday and arrived at her house just as the sun was setting. We had a wonderful dinner and watched trashy TV. On Saturday we got up to sparkly blue skies. We took a drive around the lake and had lunch at a local pub.
I love impromptu get-aways like that. My goal for 2011 is do something like that at least once a month. When I look back at 2010 the best parts of it were the little trips like that we took. Even the ones that were just an overnight stay somewhere.
“The little things ARE the big things.” Wishing you at least 12 more lovely getaways this year!
The item with the hole…
The bottom looks like sugar bowl, but the top looks like it went to a hair receiver. They were placed on the dresser to put your hair into after brushing. I’m thinkin’ it’s a marriage of two different pieces.
It’s a honey dish and the stick is missing. You pull the lid and stick up together and drop gooey honey in your tea and then replace. The lid acts like a shield.
I totally made that up, btw.
I agree with Patti, it’s a hair receiver. I inherited several from my great- grandmother, mom and aunt. My great-grandmother never threw the hair from her brush away in the trash, something about the crows getting it and bad luck. She was born in 1865, so who knows what stories the Victorians wove!
With hair to my waist and daily brushings that result in multiple hamster-sized wads of hair, I have to wonder what exactly they did with that hair after stuffing into a lovely little china dish.
I agree, Andrea, the little trips are the best! They make the drudgery of routine weeks bearable.
It’s hard to believe that the beautiful dish is for hair!
The hair that was collected was “ratted” and used to plump up buns. Or so I’ve been told.
What a gorgeous picture!! (The lake) Wish I could go there!! 🙂
Now that I know of the existence of the “hair receiver,” my life is complete. That has got to be the grossest bit of random internet trivia EVER!
I have a heart-shaped hair receiver ~ I keep it on my dresser and store small pieces of jewelry in it.
I think they’re quaint, not gross at all, but I don’t know that I would store it with my Limoges (if I HAD Limoges!)