Nesting, clay crocks, and dust bunnies...

     I'm going through a bit of a nesting phase where I'm purging, cleaning, and reorganizing all at once. I go through this brief phase about four times a year.  It starts right after the holidays...as much as I love Christmas and decorating to the nines, I can not wait to get the mess all put away!  Spring...hence the spring cleaning, the start of summer...purging the homework/projects madness, and fall.  OK in Dallas it's not exactly fall, but we've had a couple of late September kind of days around here which makes me think we are close!  Late September weather in Dallas tends to be mid 80's during the day and high 60's at night, which for some insane reason we are getting right now.  Normally, it's in the high 90's to 100's for another couple of weeks and 80's at night!  So as I write this, I can report at 8:57 pm it's only 75 degrees, and I'm outside wrapped in a cozy little blanket helping to prevent the wee little chill and West Nile Virus!

While it's really hard to tell here, this is my cozy blue and white (shocking, I know) vintage quilt from  Ebay!  I collect them and love them...(note to self, blog about old feed sack quilts!)
I've been sweeping, dusting up the dust bunnies, and I finally moved all my old clay crocks to one happy place.  They used to hold the three pups doggie toys...yes, they are spoiled, and yes they have a lot!
Old clay crocs have been called the tupperware of the 19th century holding such items like pickles as well as being used for making butter...
I love them in their new spot...
Look away from the dreadful Tuscan wall infatuation, which FYI was not my doing people, but the previous owners, oy vey!  I need a kitchen redo...like yesterday...  
I love their simplicity!  This is the 6 gallon made by Marshall Pottery in Marshall, TX, I think I bought this at an auction not long after moving here...
 The other two are five and three gallon crocks topped with crowns that probably were by Robinson-Ransbottom that produced crown pottery with the number of the gallon size inside the crown and which came from the Ohio region.  These were purchased years ago in Indiana so that would make sense...

Here they are mixed with my French transferware, possibly Belgium (blue and white from a tiny town Washington, Louisiana where I bought an entire set of amazing plates, bowls, platters, and serving dishes ) and English (red and white from ebay!) transferware and Vernon Kilns California Pottery blue platters (Treasure Mart in Kokomo, Indiana...go figure!)...



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