Dining Room In the Dark

 Sunday, November 30, 2025

The darkness of the late afternoon and early evening is definitley upon us. 

It's perfect for candlelight. 

Collecting - Fiestaware

 Thursday, November 27, 2025

I've been collecting Fiestaware for the past 35 years although I haven't bought any in quite a number of years. After all, you can only have so much. I've heard.

My most recent aquisitions were bought about 10 years ago. 

I bought three place settings in distinctive fall colors. 

They look particularly good when mixed and matched. 

The fourth place setting is pieced together with fall-like colors from my regular collection. 

Mom and Dale at Thanksgiving dinner. 

From Wikipedia: "Fiesta is a line of ceramic glazed dinnerware manufactured and marketed by the Fiesta Tableware Company of Newell, West Virginia, United States since its introduction in 1936, with a hiatus from 1973 to 1985. Fiesta is noted for its Art Deco styling and its range of often bold, solid colors."

"The company was known as the Homer Laughlin China Company (HLCC) until 2020, when it sold its food service divisions, along with the Homer Laughlin name, to Steelite, a British tableware manufacturer. HLCC in turn rebranded itself as the Fiesta Tableware Company, retaining its retail division, prominent Fiesta line, factories and headquarters in Newell, West Virginia."

"Fiesta's original shapes and glazes were designed by Frederick Hurten Rhead, Homer Laughlin's art director from 1927 until his death in 1942. Fiesta products before 1986 were semi-vitreous pottery, and after 1986 were vitreous china allowing marketing it for food service applications. Several of the original shapes had to be modified due to this change in material and other new shapes were added by Jonathan O. Parry, who became Homer Laughlin's art director in 1984."

Dining Room Display

This was up for most of the summer.

Christmas Day 2013

Dale with Mom in the dining room on Christmas Day.

Thanksgiving 2013

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Thanksgiving table.

A New Plant

My friend Yuli gave me this nice plant today. I love it and put it next to our other plant. I don't think we've ever had two plants at once.

A View From a Couch

Summer vacation 2012 has begun.

Dining Room 2011

Dining Room 2011

Dining Room 2011

Dining Room 2011

Dining Room 2011

We had our friends Kathy, Kathleen, Lisa and Janine over for dinner last night. All of them noticed the table which is the first all of them have seen of it since we got it almost a year ago. Dale mentioned that it does look very welcoming and I must say I agree with him. Here it is with the extention out.

Remembering Victoria

Victoria in the dining room window in 1999. She died in 2007 and is greatly missed.