{2 Can Now Have Breakfast in Bed à la Christofle...}

From France I can offer you now a second Christofle oval napkin ring like I had offered before on August 27: {4 Antique Christofle Napkin Rings for Tray Service or Mixed Set Use}. This time it is even complete with its original box and it looks like it never or seldom has been used. So, why not snuggle up in bed and make your loved one and yourself a yummy breakfast on a tray, for enjoying together. Pillows all plumped up and having a bliss full day. Sorry is sold out...

With the weather getting colder and the days shorter, it makes for lingering in bed on a weekend morning. Prepare a romantic breakfast 'pour deux' with your French Christofle napkin rings...

This very special oval pleated napkin ring looks like new and comes in its original French Christofle box.

These are the markings

This is the one I had posted on August 27 and the markings are the very same, except that it shows also the words Collection Gallia.

Sorry Sold out...

Who knows? These Gallia design napkin rings might have been used at 'le Ritz in Paris' after Christofle did equip this hotel with their fine silver ware in 1898...

Christofle is still selling these high quality silver plated napkin rings. Look at Christofle and type in RECHERCHE: ROND DE SERVIETTE.

Indeed, Christofle is still a symbol of luxury and elegance. Since its founding in the mid-19th century. Today as in the past, it has been gracing the tables of emperors, princes, or maharajas, in palaces, on board the Trans-Siberian Railway, Orient Express, or transatlantic ocean liners, or in contemporary restaurants, Christofle continues to make an impression. This great book is available at Amazon.com.

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{Our Lemon 'Meyer' Citrus limon}

Yesterday I did eat part of our Lemon 'Meyer' Citrus lemon harvest. You can get them at Logee's Greenhouses. The two that Pieter did harvest, were together on a branch and were touching each other. They are very juicy but the skin is rather thick. Not a great citrus I guess for growing commercially. So let me show you the results. There are still some hanging on the tree. Till it starts freezing the pots are on the brick patio near the greenhouse. Once the weather changes they have to be moved inside the greenhouse.

This is how they looked after I sliced them up.

Out in the sunshine on the balcony...

They do have seeds too.

These Lemon 'Meyer' Citrus lemon were quite heavy.

This photo is from August 3, still growing. If we would not have watered them, they for sure would not have been as juicy as they turned out!

Two harvested. They certainly don't look perfect and had some Citrus Mealybugs. But that's what you can call 100% organically grown and NO pesticide was used on them.

Not the quality citrus you would see at e.g. Whole Foods...

Here you can see even better how 100% organically grown looks like. Also with Pieter's fingers you can get a feel for their size. The two spots where they grew together does not look very attractive. They didn't win the beauty contest!
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Read below the unbelievable story about 'No Lemon Tree!!!' where such a Lemon 'Meyer' Citrus limon got confiscated by the USDA. I just found out tonight as Zemanta did show this to the right of my blog post here... Curious, I read it and was SHOCKED! The Government taking this away from the US Citizens?! There seems to be a lot wrong with our personal freedom...

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{Our Hummingbirds Viewed from Kitchen Bay Window}

When we still had green grass, before it all got burned from the hot sun, we also did take these images from our hummingbirds. Having the camera on a tripod on the windowsill in the kitchen bay window, we made this slide-show for you. That's our daily view from the breakfast table, as well as for lunch and supper. We do enjoy this garden view tremendously and hope you will like it as well.

Such a joy for watching our hummingbirds while having breakfast, lunch or supper...

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