Another Mess

Prince brought these home one day for no reason except he saw them and thought of me.

Given to me by Prince on Valentine 06.

Prince got this one for me on our last trip to Florida.

One of the few I bought for myself and at the Bellevue Antique Mall.

Display case in the Library, the right side.

Display case in Library, left side.

Top left of the display case.

MY TEAPOT COLLECTION

Everyone collects something and mine came by as an accident. Friends and family found out I loved teapots after I bought my first one in Hawaii in the 70's.

For years I would have a few scattered around the house and then The Linen Store in Green Hills closed its doors and sold its display cases. I bought one without thought that it would be a bugger to move. It has a bottom shelf which I lined with my Mother's table cloth, and two glass shelves and a mirrored back. I was not thinking how heavy it would be just that I could take my teapots out of storage boxes and display them dust free.

Prince, Puppy and Prince's brother Ed took the little blue farm truck to Green Hills and loaded her up. Prince's only request was that I make damn sure where I wanted this heavy ------- as he was not moving it again. So now it resides in the Library.

I took glass wax and cleaned the shelves and the mirror and put Natchez Solution on the wood base. It took several trips to the basement to bring my collection upstairs. Then I had to rearrange until I got them located in a perfect spot. There are none alike and I have been given most of them.

As I sit using the computer I can glance over at them and feel the love of those who gave them to me. Two of the family members are gone, My Mother and Gran Dot so those teapots are even more special than they were at the time given.

The kitty justice is that a collection makes the collector HAPPY AND MINE MAKES ME VERY VERY HAPPY.