For future reference, typing in all caps is like yelling. Now, can you take a photo of both sides of the flatware and post it here? (Search for instructions as to how to post.) What's the material? Silver, silverplate, stainless?

Sorry I haven't responded here in a couple of days. I know you all understand, though. Jeanne, your photo is gorgeous! What a lovely walk that must have been. Oh, and I'll have deviled egg appetizers waiting for you when you get here. I love them, too! I have one of those storyteller candles! I bought it years ago when we were in Taos. That's where they make them. I've never lit it, though, and don't ever plan to. Here she is: PartyMusic: thanks! You're more than welcome to jump on the Holiday Bus and come along for breakfast, too. MM: too funny! I get the same way when I see pics of Huevos Rancheros. Most restaurants out here serve it all day, because so many of us love them anytime. Last night when we went out to dinner, I almost had them again but chose Chile Rellenos instead. Mmmmm! Luvs: You are always welcome here! And, scrambled eggs are wonderful with salsa or red chile on them. I always have some on the table when I make scrambled eggs. I hear you regarding Spanish pronunciations! I took 7 years of it as a kid in Michigan. Never got to use it much, because you hear more French there. But, once I moved to NM, a lot of it came back to me. The "LL" sounding like a "Y" throws most people off and so does the "J" sounding like "H" do, too. Funny! As for my seed placemats, I'm really liking them. At first, I was going to take them back as I was worried that they'd be very hard to keep clean, but they're not that bad. I just have to be careful about what I serve when I use them. Drips down between those seeds would not be a good thing! Kathleen, I'm Scot and I love them. I think it becomes an addiction when you move here ;^D When DS was in college, I had to send him chile on a regular basis. The main requests our NM service men & women have from home are canned green chiles and salsa! I can't imagine getting on without it now. OK, I'm making myself hungry! Karen: they sure can be made with scrambled eggs! Do you ever make Breakfast Burritos? You roll a flour tortilla around warm scrambled eggs, crumbled bacon, sausage or ham, add some hash browns, beans if you like, shredded cheese and then salsa or red chile sauce. That's got to be New Mexico's other favorite breakfast! Even the McD's out here serve them. Punk: I'd love to have you come for breakfast! I love the pinecone napkin rings that Jane sent me, too. They look great with three of my dish sets: these pinecone ones, the ones with actual pinecones painted on them and my green Solare dishes. They get used a lot! Glor: Yes, that dip is very popular out here. We usually add diced jalapenos or green chiles to ours. I've had it used as a stuffing for enchiladas and burritos, too. Have you ever had Green Chile Roll-Ups? They're a pinwheel-type appetizer and very popular out here. Luckygal: I don't care for very hot food either. But, what I now consider mild, I find that my Michigan family thinks is medium-to-hot. I guess I've just gotten used to it over the years. OA: thank you :~ ) Yes, that brown pedestal is from HL and was meant to hold a candle, I think. I keep looking for a more rustic one to use on a table like this, but haven't found it yet. I'd love to hear any ideas you might have for a substitute. That pedestal is probably the main thing I don't like about this vignette. The pottery comes mainly from two NM potters, one is my neighbor. I love his work and, as I've mentioned, use it every day. I feel the same way you do about centerpieces! I have several 5x7 frames with easel backs I keep just for adding an interesting card to for a centerpiece. There are so many possibilities out there these days and the frames are so quick and easy to change out. Well, now I'm REALLY hungry for something with chiles! I think I'll go make myself a grilled cheese with green chile sandwich for lunch. Lynn

Guess I'd say the red is best too. After seeing pix. Tho silver and gold also nice. Red works for the other holidays mentioned, so good choice. Blackthumb (sounds like me, LOL. I murder flowers). Anyway, if you hang around here with us thru out the year you'll find that some of us have a little secret skeleton in our dish closets. I'm not telling WHO either! But "some of us" don't entertain, or have reasons to do pretty tablesettings other than we love them and want to try doing so. So we set a pretty table for our 'invisible friends' and take a photo, which we share here with everyone to admire our wonderful table decorations. LOL. We're so easily amused and have such fun here! Especially me, before I met this gang and became a dish nut, I thought a Charger was the horse a knight rode! hugs, Karen

Florantha, lol, thank you! I love to decor my house :-) I wasn't going to toss them :-) I searched for "rooster" on this forum, didn't turn up a lot. Just curious as to whether there was a great rooster debate. My current AWFUL, hideous, badly designed builder-grade kitchen has pale green walls, icky pickled oak cabinets, godawful 3x3 white tiles on the countertop, and black appliances. The ceilings are 9' and I have 30" cabinets. I am getting natural cherry cabinets all the way to the ceiling, gorgeous black and gold granite (maybe Volcano, I love it), and painting the walls yellow. My heart dances every time I think about what it will look like! No more dusty platters on top of the ridiculous 30" cabinets--they will be neatly tucked away. No more stupid, cheap half-shelves in the base cabinets--all pull-outs! No more standard overlay with the idiotic stile and narrow little drawers...lol. I don't want to be a bore, but this is nine years of resentment! I won't even mention the appliances, except to say that I will take great joy in tossing them into the dumpster. Back to the plates...they're just so CHEERFUL. So NOT ME. I grew up in Manhattan and have generally elegant taste, except for my fish tank, which was so...so...ah, unusual, I had to get it. It will look a little bizarre in the new kitchen :-) It has mermaids on the base. I might have to paint them black. LOL. Since I will lose the children's art gallery (currently on the walls above the cabinets), and everything the eye can see will be cherry or granite or stainless or neutral tiles on the backsplash--even the pendant lights replacing my verdigris pot rack are silver--I figured the plates should add some color. I did think about Fiesta, but my neighbor collects it.