Three or More Tuesdays

This is a fun thing to try - hosted by Tam at The Gypsy's Corner - we get to pick three or more of things we love to show you. Be sure and visit Tam and see the nice list of others who have three or more of something wonderful. This is my first week at this - let's give it a try.

I don't have a particular theme this week - just photos of three or more things that I love.

Many more than three birdhouses . . .

Three peas in a pod serving dish for condiments - this is my favorite dish right now . .

Three umbrella girls quilt blocks . . .

Three tiny restaurant creamers - oh so cute!!!

And three Canada Geese holding up my dishtowels - these make me smile every time I walk into the kitchen. I got them at a yard sale.

Three or More Tuesday

For more fun seeing three or more - check out Gypsy's blog.

A while back I bought some Holly dishes on ebay - but that isn't what I have three or more of today - though I do have way more than three pieces of holly dishes. The dishes came quickly - and in perfect shape - and an extra plate was included free. Then in two days I got a phone call from the seller. I was surprised to hear from him - I had not included my phone number in our dealings, but I'm in the phone book, so easy to find.

He had mistakenly sent another package to me, and it was meant for another buyer who wanted the plates they had bought, for Thanksgiving. It was nearing Thanksgiving and I said, indeed, I would return the package to him, unopened. He was very happy - I guess fearing that I would open the package, like the dishes and just keep them. That would have never entered my head, but non-the-less, he was happy.

So we watched for the package - and it didn't come - and it didn't come - and it still didn't come - and now we are two weeks from Thanskgiving. Finally, after work one day, there was the second package. Since no one was home they had left it on the porch. I would have just refused it if I had been home and it would have gone back to the sender. So the next day Don took the package to the P.O. and refused it and they sent it back.

I contacted the seller and he was beside himself with happiness, and said I could pick any one thing from his ebay store - which was full of lovely dishes. So I picked this little hand painted dessert plate. There were four of them in his ebay store and I couldn't make up my mind, but finally settled on this one.

And then the box arrived . . .

And also included this matching dessert plate . . .

And this dessert plate . . .

And THIS dessert plate . . .

I couldn't believe it when I saw all four of them in the box - what a generous gesture on the seller's part - I certainly didn't expect anything for simply sending the box back.

He told me that he had to send the mis-routed box by priority so the buyers could use them for Thanksgiving and he was so grateful that I had sent back the box that he wanted me to have all the dessert plates.

They are the prettiest plates I have - and we use them for very special ocassions - like a piece of cake and a cup of tea, or some nice warm cookies from the oven, or a scone fresh and hot. They are wonderful plates and have wonderful memories because of a generous ebay seller.