On 4/30/2017 5:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> It was a miserable, cold, wet rainy day here. I can live with it because
> the grass is green and growing, trees are coming out in leaf and the
> fruit trees are blossoming.

I told you Spring would get there eventually. Now I'm gonna "rub it in"
again. This was sunrise, photo taken by another resident photo hound.
NOT the view from my back yard, but somewhere around here.

https://s22.postimg.org/dhg7b95ox/sunrise.jpg

Got up to 90° today.

> It seemed like a good day to go out and get
> new dishes. My wife was not too excited about my project.

I can't say I get very excited about replacing everyday dishes, either.

> We just got new everyday dishes about a year and a half ago, but we didn't get what
> we really wanted and ended up with one that neither of us hated. We had
> managed to lose three plates, and most of the others were chippped.....
> cheap Chinese crap.
>
How do you manage to lose three plates? And chip a bunch of others?
Are you particularly rough on dishes?!

> Today it was toss up between one of two patterns of Denby or Royal
> Dalton Pacific. The Denby was twice as much per 16 piece setting, and
> we needed two, so we opted for the Royal Dalton.
>
>
> Dinner is in the oven and I am looking forward to a nice meal of braised
> lamb shanks on our new dishes.
>
> http://www.thebay.com/webapp/wcs/sto...B&gclsrc=aw.ds
>
I have to say those dots are rather disturbing. Those dishes would make
me dizzy.

I prefer very plain dishes. My everyday dishes are very simple white
with a raised lattice pattern. But hey, have fun with all the dots!
And enjoy the lamb shanks.

Jill