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From Christmas 2009....

This was a strange sort of event... I 'knew' when I held the package , as Anne handed it to me, that it held Quimper. Of course I cried, without knowing wy! Still don't know but when I talk about it, I cry again!! I think I must have lived , time past, where this china/ porcelain is made... Provence?? I have another piece which I bought at an antique shop between Ottawa and Peterborough... as we drove past, I got 'the feeling' there was something in that shop I wanted... as usual, Ken asked"Do you want me to turn around and go back...?" ... always hoping that I will say"No, it's OK", I am sure!!
That time, I did.... went into the shop and looked at the shelves and tabletops ... beautiful pieces but none I really wanted. As I paused in my walk around the shop, I felt a tingling in my right leg so I looked down... there was a cardboard box sitting on the floor... I looked in and there was a Quimper bowl, marked$5.00! I could not believe it as I felt at the flea market it would be $80. or so.
I picked out the bowl and said"I would like this..."
The proprietor asked me"Do you know what it is...?"
"Oh yes, " I said. "I know exactly what it is.... is the price really $5.00?"
The lady told me"That box contains the left-overs from my daughter's Garage Sale of last Saturday. Every year she has one and I contribute things from the shop... little things that might 'fill out' her offerings. I always add one very good piece, just for fun, to see if anyone will recognize a beautiful treasure and if they do, they get a real bargain! This year, not one person recognized this piece. You did, so you can have it for the price marked on the bowl!"
The bowl has always sat in the tiny Mennonite cupboard on the wall between sunroom and kitchen, over the radio!! I removed it before Christmas to put in a Napoleon Ivy bowl, green leaves for a Christmas motif, you see..... now the cup and saucer is in the wee cupboard!
Thank you , sandy and amily, for your thoughtful present!! I appreciate it in many ways.
Now to work!! Jude and Frank came yesterday for a lovely visit and tea! Her Mum's service is on Monday and we will attend in Brantford.
Also, Stephed Dares came New Year's Eve day... he had planned to bring his son, Tristan, who looked forward to coming but his Mom picked him up to go to dinner... Stepen said that Tristan still talks of being her and playing the guitar with you, Sandy, last year when they visited!!
Love, EffieMum