Breakfast For One, In The Sun, With A Scone, Having Fun . . .

And that's enough rhyming of things that sound like done! Because we are.

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After a couple of wet days, it's grand to see the sun again.

Come into the conservatory, where the morning light is pouring through the windows,
and we've got your breakfast all prepared . . . .

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I'm linking today to Tablescape Thursday, Thrifty Thursday, and Vintage Thingies Thursday.
The links are all at the end of the post, easily "click-able."
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Please, sit down.
There's freshly brewed coffee, and a special parfait, just for you!

Layers of sliced fresh strawberries and thick Greek yogurt,
topped with crunchy granola and a few ripe blackberries.


Go ahead, dig in . . .

while I tell you what I used to make your breakfast table setting.

Oh! Don't forget; there's a cranberry scone on the plate!

The dishes are from a luncheon set for 6 that I bought last year at a hospital thrift shop near here.
They struck a chord in me when I saw them -- and they were only $15 so that struck a chord, too --
but it wasn't until months later that I realized why they'd struck a chord.

Take a look at this pattern; it's inexpensive "made in China" stuff called China Garden, my thrift shop bargain.


When I was first married, I fell in love with a Noritake pattern called Adagio.
This is the Noritake Adagio pattern:

My Bargain Barn bargain dishes are nearly identical in pattern to the Adagio china I couldn't afford 'way back when.
That pattern clearly imprinted in the part of my brain that stores my love of dishes
(and that is a great BIG portion of my brain)
and when I saw it on the thrift shop shelves . . . well, the rest is history.

You know what? I still love this pattern, even in the knock-off china!


To spoon up your parfait and cut your scone, there's luncheon-sized pieces of Ambassador silverplate,
introduced in 1918. Some of it has my husband's monogram: HL.
He was not introduced in 1918.

The flatware is tarnished, but we'll pretend we like it that way,
rather than admit that I was too lazy to run the silver cloth over it this morning.

The crocheted tray cloth is from my mother-in-law.
It's gorgeous, and makes a wonderful placemat.

To wipe the scone crumbs from your ruby lips, a vintage Irish linen luncheon napkin.

And to hold a few posies for your pleasure, a small early 19th-century Imari tureen.
It might have been in That Old House since this house was built, but it was not.
I got it on eBay for just a few dollars. I wonder where it's been in its very long life?


Cobalt blue, a rusty red, a bit of gilt. And the marks of much usage and many hands.


The parfait glass is part of another thrift store bargain -- 5 handblown goblets in watery blue.

I hope you enjoyed your breakfast in the conservatory, even in make believe.

Now, a confession: I ate the yogurt parfait, but Howard made it.
He asked if it was legal to actually eat something off a Thursday Tablescape.
I said, Yes!

He also brewed the coffee that I took from the table to the computer. . .

. . . and it's pretty danged good, too.
The scone? Back in the bakery box! Happy Thursday . . . Cass

To see more -- many more -- table settings, visit Susan at Between Naps On The Porch
for Tablescape Thursday.


Then, for other thrifty bargains and treasures, Leigh at Tales From Bloggeritaville hosts Thrifty Thursday.


And at Coloradolady, it's Suzanne's Vintage Thingies Thursday. Go see!