We were preparing to celebrate our first Christmas in
England. Until that year, one of our traditions was visiting a Hallmark shop
and choosing an ornament for the tree. The nearest Hallmark was quite a drive,
and when we arrived, we found they didn’t sell ornaments. But there was a
charming local museum nearby, and we happily explored that instead. One item on
display that caught my eye was a blue-and-white transferware plate commissioned
in 1977 for the queen’s silver jubilee. John was in the US Navy that year; his
ship was there as part of the celebration. I told him he should have known
someday he’d marry someone mad for blue-and-white china, and he should have
snagged one for me. It took many weeks, but I acquired my own plate at auction.
Today, it sits atop a plate rack the previous owners left behind, in a house
that was built the year of the silver jubilee.
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