European porcelain

I stopped by at a neighbor's Open House this morning to see what kind of Christmas goodies might await me there. I found a cute three-foot snowman skier tree to put on my hearth and add to my snowman collection. I'll put that in a later post after I have the mantel decorated.

The real prizes I found were these three pieces of porcelain.

The first is from Germany--a hexagon-shaped cream pitcher. I love the lilies-of-the-valley which is my birth-month flower. It has an iridescent glaze that you can see on the spout and near the handle.

 

This one is from France and is square with dogwood blooms that wrap around two of the corners.

 

 

The diamond shape of this little vase(?) intrigued me. It's from Vienna, and it's only three inches high handles and all.

 

 

Now I just dare anyone to say that I'm not good to myself at Christmas!

Breath of Heaven

I love this version of 'Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)'.



I keep listening to it over and over again. The singer really captures Mary's plight. Amy Grant wrote the song and I love her version, too. I heard her sing it in a Christmas tour with her husband, Vince Gill. It sends cold chills.

Hey, Mom! We could use another log on there!

These are pretty much the only moves they made all day.