This is a post about friendship. I left my day job a week ago and my co-workers had a lunch and inundated me with gifts. My job was one where I had to have an effect on people; that was the entire purpose of the work. But was that effect good or bad, positive to make co-workers’ days brighter or negative to make them dread the workday?
Louise and Donna, two co-workers, wanted to get me something special. They knew I love depression glass but didn’t know anything about it. They met at a local antiques mall and started looking with the help of a friend who had a booth at the mall. They were stumped. Do I like green goblets? Or a yellow bowl? Or amber plates? Or???
Louise is a Facebook friend and remembered my blog post about the Rose Point pitcher Dave gave me (lucky me!). She hauled out her smart phone and found the post (not easy from Facebook!), enlarged the picture and started hunting for something Rose Point – like.
I can only imagine how difficult it was to peer at the little picture on an iPhone and try to match it to glass. Louise and Donna found this Cherokee Rose bud vase, very special, sweet little piece.
Cherokee Rose Vase from Work
Besides the bud vase my generous co-workers gave me two Patrician dinner plates, a big set of Fostoria Moonstone green goblets, a gold Lotus vase and a yellow Lancaster Cane Landrum bowl. Gorgeous pieces and ones that are just for me, I can keep them. I have a lot of glass in inventory to sell but not much at all for my own. This is the first depression glass that is mine and not inventory.
I am so blessed.
Sunday was Mothers Day. At church they were selling single red roses and my husband Dave got me one. It looks wonderful in my new bud vase.
Mothers Day Rose from Dave in Cherokee Rose Vase from Work