Tuesday Eye Appointment

Mom had her eyes examined in August 2011, and got a prescription for new glasses. Then, before she could get new glasses, fell, bruising her face. Also she had surgery in October or November to prevent her eyelashes from rubbing against her eyes. All this may have changed her vision. So we figured it was best to have her eyes checked before getting new glasses. Sure enough, her vision has changed. We have a new prescription.

But, the eye doctor also noticed some macular degeneration in one eye. He suggests that we come back in February (which would be 6 months from her original eye exam) for a complete eye exam -- this visit was just to check her prescription -- to see if this changes. So we have another appointment for Feb 6.

While we were out, we got groceries -- milk, eggs, bananas -- the perishables.

John came by and picked up the trash.

I posted the 1995 to 2004 Tax books to Craig's List.

I took Blue for a walk. The weather was surprisingly good -- dry, warm, and even some sun. Didn't need a coat.

Then in the evening, we went thru the big box from the garage. This was mainly dishes.

There were some random dishes, but most were related to the Royal Family of England. Cups and saucers and plates commemorating the coronation of the various English kings and queens from the 20th century. Starting with a teapot of Queen Victoria. Mom says this was given to her as a child by her mother, because the tip of the spout was broken. Then King Edward VII.

Including a fairly rare plate of King Edward VII that isn't labeled at all -- no caption, nothing on the back. Also, easy to lose in the box, a pamphlet from the funeral of Edward VII.

I didn't see anything for George V who was king from 1911 to 1936, but we have a coronation cup for Edward VIII, who then abdicated in 1936, and we have the coronation cup for George VI, and for his daughter, Elizabeth II (1952).

Also, apparently a trip that George VI took to Canada in 1939 was a big deal.

And then there is the obligatory stuff for Price Charles and Diana.

But the big surprise was that most of the box is two huge dolls of Price Charles and Lady Diana from the Danbury Mint, each 18 inches tall. These are still in the boxes. Apparently from July 1986 according to the postage.

After all this royalty, the rest of the dishes are pretty mundane, but still nice.

It appears that collectible plates was not just an investment on Dad's but started earlier. Of the three here the nicest, in my opinion is the Oregon plate from 1976, which was made by Johnson Bros (an English China maker) for Meier & Frank ("Established in Oregon in 1857").

But probably the most unusual is the plate for the "State Normal School, Bellingham, Wash".

From the back, it was Made in Germany by Wheelook, for "B. B. Furniture Co., Bellingham, Wash.". I don't know why this school would rate such attention, or why we would have such a plate. The school had this name from 1904 to 1937. Wikipedia has a photo of the Bellingham Bay Furniture building in Bellingham from 1908, also known as The Flatiron Building of Bellingham.