The Little Round Table

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Wilendur Ceramic Tablecloth - A new colorway!

Wilendur "Ceramic"

Cotton, Wilendur overall print of ceramic jugs, bottles, from the 1950s,

name is "Ceramic" , no tag. Shown on page 122 of Elegant Table Linens by
Michelle Hayes.
Matching napkins.

Edit 05/19/13
And an additional colorway!

Click on the image below to see more of this tablescape.

And another:

Saturday, May 18, 2013

The World's Largest Hummingbird.

Melanerpes formicivorus - Acorn Woodpecker

Males do not have the black band between their white face and red topknot.

We have approximately 2 dozen that live in a family group in our oak trees.

They are very territorial and live here year round.

They won't notice, will they?

Intruder intruder intruder!!!

(followed by lots of hummer screeching and the

troops coming to take a look)

Heh heh heh ..... he was actually chortling.

This went on for about 10 minutes as he continued to suck up the yummy nectar.

He stopped back at the bird feeders and then took off uphill to check on the family.

Below is a female with the black band on her forehead.

And here below is another male.

After a discussion of Yellow Ware last weekend, I decided for the first time in 6 years to try and display my bowls all together. I am still gathering and digging in closets, bins and boxes to find them all. I think this is most of them, although I remember more greens ....... These are all in the "dining roon / library / home office. The smaller shelves are located between two "computer stations" which comprise our home office. That's mine to the left and Mr. TLRT has the one on the right. We moved the built ins and the free standing hutch from our last 2 houses. We had them built from 200 year old English pine that had been reclaimed.