Some longed-for teacups arrive!

My late mother loved finding just the right gift for everyone on her Christmas list, and about 15 years ago, my vintage loot from her one year included a box of pink Depression glass plates I’d been wanting. Months after Christmas had passed, I finally pulled all those plates out and discovered that Mama had also included eight Made-in-the-USA Primuline dinner plates from Homer Laughlin, and I thought they were so beautiful.

For years, I stalked that pattern on eBay in hopes of finding matching pieces but nada. The other week, a woman named Rebecca in Indiana was researching these dishes and came across an old, old blog post in which I’d written about my plates and quest for the teacups. She said she’d received these teacups from “a packed-up garage sale” and wanted to GIVE them to me if I was still interested!

Rebecca said she didn’t want me to think she was “a kook” (her words) but that she simply liked spreading kindness. Frankly, I didn’t much care if she WAS a kook if she was willing to share those teacups, but of course she's proved to be a lovely and obviously generous-hearted person! And my goodness, aren’t the teacups beautiful? I think my table at Easter next year (which happens to fall on Mama’s birthday) will be gorgeous!