Mugs and Cups Overdone?? Photos

Some of you may remember from perusing my blog that I have an extensive collection of mugs and cups.  I have about 30 favorites or so that I rotate in my cupboard and use all the time.  I have a couple of boxes packed away full of cups.  In among the Christmas decorations are about twenty cups, I believe.  I rotate those into my favorites during the Christmas season.  I have them on the wall on shelves around the house.  There are also the ones that go with the "good" dishes.

Gene told me several years ago to STOP with the cups!  Even if I didn't stop buying at his suggestion, I wouldn't have any place to put anymore.  Lea Cundy gave me two tiny cups when she heard that I couldn't collect any more.  I love her bluebonnet/wildflower designs.  :)  I have been tough and not bought any from Lea.

There are more cups around, but you get the idea!

A cup over the shelf where I keep the cups I use.

Cups I use, the corner shelf is full -- maybe 30 in there??

A few cups that I never use over the cabinets.

These are very old and probably started the collection.  Ha.

Some of the collection.  Top cups are from Chile.  The two tiny cups on the second shelf from the bottom.

Fat cups from Billie, a walking buddy in Peru.

I joked on the Scavenger Hunts that when someone sketched a cup/mug that I added it to my collection.  Today I decided to gather a few of those sketches for my blog and share my virtual collection with you.  They are great to see all together in these two collages.

Here is another photo of the rain lilies.  These are closer to the lake/pond so are pinker and have more leaves.