March breakfasts

I'm going to try and get a breakfast tablescape for each month of this year.  Here are two of them.  One is from March 17, 2015 and the other from March 23, 2015.
New this year are the two green canning jar candles. 

Mantel Clock

A full grandfather (or grandmother for that matter) clock is just not going to happen for me, I realized many years ago so I settled on wanting a good mantel clock.  I wanted a nice chiming one, easy to read and not chiming too much.
I found my clock at last and it has been chiming the hour and half hour now for about 2 months. 
I have it settled for now firmly on my sideboard where it won't be jarred or bumped.

New Teacup

I just got this lovely teacup today from an Antique store.  It says Czechoslovakia on the bottoms of the cup and saucer and on the cup the numbers 6239, whatever those mean.
I just think it is pretty and have already washed and used it for tea.

Winter - T.C. Steele painting

I have a postcard of this painting by T.C. Steele (an Indiana artist), on my desk at work.  He made winter beautiful.   He is among my very favorite of painters and an early photo of him is below this picture.

Winter in the Ravine (Early Snow) - T.C. Steele, 1847-1926

February breakfast

Breakfast February 16, 2015.  On a wry note...the aspirin I've been taking a lot of lately.

Golden Tea/Coffee

I have had a brass tea/coffee pot which is lined so it is usable (and it has been used a fair amount) since 1987.   I like to get it out when the weather cools down.  Sometimes I thought it would be nice to have a creamer and sugar bowl to go along with it but I never saw an usable ones in brass and really didn't want to do any more polishing than I have to do now. 
But yesterday I found this set in a local Antique Mall and it is simply PERFECT:

Amber glass Fostoria Bowl

 Besides being extremely busy, my camera died and the new one must be gotten used to. 
This weekend I did find this at a local antique mall.  It will go with my matching creamer and sugar and will begin being in use in September!