Mugs
Considering that most of the time only two people dwell in this house, we have a surfeit of mugs. I am almost embarrassed to admit that we have twenty four mugs in our mug cupboard. We could serve tea or indeed coffee to two football teams. Giving someone a mug is a common gift option but for me the arrival of a new mug creates an internal groan. We have enough mugs already! No more mugs thank you very much! Our lovely daughter, Frances - now aged thirty six - has always had a penchant for buying lovely, thoughtful gifts so I was a little surprised when on the occasion of my recent seventy first birthday she gave me a cardboard box that obviously contained yet another mug! Oh no! But when I opened the box I was delighted to discover this mug which she had spotted online:- Immediately, this new mug surged up my league table of "favourite mugs" putting it just above the mug below which a few years back was also given to me by The Beloved Daughter:- I dare say that if yo...