A Wise Old Table

This table was inspired by an old bird.

This is Hoot.

He's a little pitcher made back in the ceramics craze of the early '70s. Perhaps you remember it. Back in their Donna Reed days, The Duchess and her girlfriends took a class together. Hoot was actually made by one of them and given as a gift.

Poor Hoot perched in the corner of an attic for about three decades, but then...

... owls started flying all over blog land last year!  

We remembered old Hoot.  

Down he flew to her kitchen counter.

I was in TJ Maxx earlier in the fall and saw these little dishes. Don't those little owls on the rim resemble Hoot?

Yeah. I thought so too.

So I told the Duchess and suggested a little seasonal vignette for her kitchen counter. She offered to buy enough for a whole owl themed tablescape... on one condition.

She didn't want to see the word  Hooters in my blog post.

So she won't.

We found these little Ooters at the Christmas Tree Shop for about a dollar a piece.

The rest of the place setting is made with black chargers and a set of  taupe -on-white dishes that belong to the Duchess.  We separated the dinner and salad plates with a plain black plate for no good reason.

There was really no better choice than that iron flatware again.

 So we're using it. 

Again.

The water goblet belongs to the Duchess. I have no clue where it came from or a pattern. Sorry.
The flutes were purchased from a thrift store because we liked the black stems.

The napkins came directly off my kitchen table. They are usually gathered with those rooster rings from last week's table. I love them. They reverse with contrasting black and white patterns. A local gift shop decided to put all their napkins on mega clearance in the spring, and I was like a kid at Christmas.

I think I might need a 12 step linen program.

The larger candles were purchased at Hobby Lobby earlier in the year. I don't know if you can see it, but they have sort of a damask look.

Small votive lanterns belong to the Farm Sister. 

An owl table in the candlelight

By the way,  dry rabbit tobacco and
dog fennel from the side of the road is highly flammable
if someone accidentally sets it too close to the flame.

Just thought I would pass that along. 

And now in black and white.
I wanted to play with it. You can hardly tell the difference, can you?

Nevertheless, the black and white version is my favorite picture of all.

Not that anybody gives a hoot...

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