That was a beautiful piece of prose. But tell me, (((smile))) are we all cracjpots? DO we need to match, or are all of the pieces supposed to be different? LOL
I have a “set” of Lenox, nothing matches, and it’s fun to set the table, and watch the new guests wonder why their set is all different, then they look around the table and everyone else’s is the same. I also have a set of 6 candlesticks that stand up striaght, but sometime during dinner, I’ll slightly brush one or 2 and they’ll tilt, then watch the new guest(s). It’s fun. I have a very old set of Windfield china, and of course it matches, it was given to “Queen for a Day”, way back when. Some plates have a chip, and drives one of our friends nuts when she gets on of those plates. smile.... We call that set our “happy set” because it has been through so many parties with good friends. Then we have a set of 14 non-matched plates.