Autumn! Kansas Fowl And The Milo Fields!
Autumn! Kansas Fowl And The Milo Fields! I have had this Spode dinnerware for years and like to bring them out in the Fall as it reminds me of Kansas, my home state. The Salad plates feature Pheasant, Grouse, Ducks and Quail, all of which are hunted in the Milo Fields and on ponds during hunting season.
If you don’t know about milo fields, let me explain…Milo fields are agricultural acres of land planted with milo (which is a regional and slang term for grain sorghum) which is used to feed livestock, such as cattle, hogs and poultry. Hunters, on the other hand plant fields of Milo to attract doves, deer, and other wildlife for food and bedding. The plants look like tall grass with large seed heads at the top. The heads start out yellow, but as they mature they turn a pretty burnt orange-ey brown…perfect Fall color. They resemble corn during early leaf stage…but only grow about 3-4 feet tall, although if it is a good year the milo can reach 5 feet tall. Milo survives on very little water. It has a much higher chance of success in dry weather than corn. 
These fields are common in hot, dry US regions like Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma, You can see why pheasants, quail, turkeys, ducks and grouse love to hide (and eat) in the milo fields. Another Kansas Fall reminder for me is the sunflower. Kansas is known as the “Sunflower State” because wild native sunflowers grow abundantly across all 105 of its counties. Long before statehood, Native American tribes in the region cultivated sunflowers for food, oil, and medicine. Later, suffragists in Kansas adopted the flower as a symbol of growth and freedom in 1867. Early settlers and modern residents viewed the tough, sun-tracking plant as a reflection of the pioneering spirit, strength, and endurance of the local people. You may not know this, but as children we used to run through the sunflower fields and they have a sticky substance (which attracts ants, etc) and they have a texture on their stems that can sometimes feel scratchy or prickly against bare skin, but they are not true thorns or spines….even tho it can hurt like they are.
So now that we have discussed the Autumnal colors of Kansas…lets talk about setting a table using some of these elements….such as the different Kansas fowl, such as the pheasants, quail, ducks, turkeys, and grouse. They are not hiding or dwelling in the milo, wheat or sunflower fields.
These fowl are on the plates, for this tablescape… and they bring back many memories of warm, Autumn days turning into cooler evenings in the Midwest.,
Pheasants, grouse, ducks and quail who love to inhabit the milo, wheat, sunflower and other grain fields of Kansas and other Midwest states are featured on my plate stack. Many states have wild pheasants, but I do believe they are more prevalent in the Midwest…and on my tablescape. I must say I do love the brown transferware of this dishware. Plus, so many of my blogger friends seem to like it too. I don’t actually remember how long ago I bought my set…but it has been in my dish pantry a very long time.
I started my place setting with a rattan charger and I used Spode brown transfer-ware for the dinner plate. The Spode Salad Plates are the matching plates that feature fowl from the milo and wheat fields. I adore them. The chocolate brown handled flatware pick up the browns of the dinnerware.
I used a double napkin with a shear rust napkin tucked over a rust napkin. The rusty color make me think of the milo fields. I anchored the napkins with a rustic brown wooden napkin ring. I believe the amber goblets were a Libby find many years ago and you have seen them in several of my table settings.
This tablescape is so simple and I love that about it. The centerpiece is a small, wood based dome with a flower pick of Fall fruits and a little owl. I do remember I bought it at Pier 1…oh, how I miss that store. I recently purchased a much larger wood based dome that matches the smaller dome perfectly. You could use anything under this dome from food to candles, etc. That is the simplicity of this tablescape. Use whatever you have sitting around your home. (The newly purchased dome will house a 4 layer coconut cake. There is a story to come later.) 🤗
I added a simple garland from Hobby Lobby or Michaels of beautiful Fall leaves to tie in all the colors of Fall. It is another of my ‘finds’ that I did not take the time to record when and where I found it. (Years ago I did not have the foresight to realize someone might be interested in where I purchased things such as this). But in my defense, since it was so long ago, most likely some items have been discontinued, but luckily we now have Amazon!
As I have said many times, you do not need a lot of pieces for a simple but attractive tablescape. This tablescape proves that for sure. Shop your home for items to make an ordinary dinner seem special. OR perhaps you can go out of doors to local fields to find your elements for a table setting. A stalk of milo here…a sunflower there or wheat stems in a pretty vase. Believe me you will find inspiration where you least expect it.
How about a food tip for your special table?
My friends, this may not seem like an appropriate time to talk about cooking poultry…chickens particularly, since we have been looking at such beautiful colored plumage on the dinner plates…but here goes. Perhaps you have heard about this method of deboning a rotisserie chicken. Yes, I sometimes buy one or two at Sam’s Club, ($4.98 each), Costco ($4.99 each) or my Publix super market ($7.99 each)…. I bring the warm chicken home and put it in a gallon baggie, seal it and start massaging. It will be deboned in just a few minutes with no messy hands. I remove the cleaned bones from the bag and put them in a stock pot of water and make broth. I then label the bag and put in the freezer or fridge or make something with it right away. However, I do have one tip…I tried to do this with a ‘chilled in the fridge chicken’ and it did not work as well as a warm chicken straight from the store. I ended up removing and deboning it the old fashioned way. Have you tried this method with a warm rotisserie chicken? I have been doing it for quite some time now and it works like magic. (I have also found a new way to shred the chicken and no, it is not the kitchen aid mixer…much less to wash with my new plastic shredder). Isn’t Amazon amazing? 🥴🥰🤗
Enjoy your week my dear readers and check out the Inspiration below.
Blessings Always…
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” – Matthew 6:25-26 (ESV)
Our dear Rita of Panoply, has provided a wonderful blog hop for the month of September….she is always so organized and prepared even in the eye of adversity. 🥰Thanks dear friend!
1 Peter 5:7 (ESV)
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Panoply – Tobacco Leaf Fall Tablescape
Everyday Living – Welcoming Autumn, My Favorite Season!
Hyacinths for the Soul – Rocky Mountain Vibes ~ Welcome Autumn Tablescape
The Cat’s Whiskerz – Transitioning into Fall with Pumpkins and Pomegranates
Me and My Captain – Autumn! Kansas Fowl And The Milo Fields!
Life and Linda – Cinderella – A Table Fit For A Princess
My Thrift Store Addiction – Vintage Harvest Time – Thrifted Autumn Table Setting
The Bookish Dilettante – Welcome Fall Tablescape: Plum Assignment
Mantel and Table – A Beautiful Fall Table Setting to Welcome the Season
Thrifting Wonderland – Celebrate Autumn with a Cozy Fall Tablescape
Corner of Plaid and Paisley – Autumn Table in Hues of Brown
Dinner at Eight – Colorful Orchard Tablesetting Celebrates Fall’s Arrival
Pandora’s Box – Fall is for Football
Red Cottage Chronicles – Fall Tablescape Ideas: Nancy Meyers meets English Cottage
Kari! What a beautiful way to bring your memories of Kansas into an autumn table. I especially love that the Spode dinnerware. It is gives such a cozy traditional autumn vibe. The warm colors of the milo fields and sunflowers sound like the perfect inspiration for an autumn tablescape. There is something so special about using pieces that hold memories, rather than just decorating for a season. Your table feels like a little piece of Kansas autumn right at home!
Kari, I had not heard of milo, but I’m very familiar with the look of mile upon mile of Ohio corn fields. It’s wonderful to use an unassuming plant as the inspiration for your table, building upon its color and texture with such pretty results. I love the vibrant rusts of the napkins and the bold red leaves, both strongly signalling fall is here. Of course I love the Spode dinnerware (I have a set myself). I always admire the way cloches are styled — and might even try my hand at one someday. Have a wonderful September!
Thank you Sandra for stopping by..I just love these hops as we get so much inspiration. Yes, there are a lot of us with the Spode…I also have the Turkey plates as well as the thoroughbred horse plates in them as well. Lets face it, they are perfect for Fall and they are just downright pretty.
Kari, I don’t believe I have ever seen a Milo field!! I love sunflower fields and wheat fields, so I am sure I would find beauty in Milo fields as well. Your spode plates are perfect for fall. I love all the rust colors and natural textures you used on your table. I hope you have a beautiful fall season!! Always nice hoping with you.🍂🍁🍄🟫
thanks Ann…so glad your Blogger got everything fixed…yes, milo fields are so common in Kansas, that on3 thinks everyone knows about them…sort of like wheat fields so I am glad to explain. Thanks for stopping by. hugs and blessings.
Kari, I guess you and I are gonna be the history teachers in this blog hop LOL. I love the bit of history that you shared about Kansas I think that milo is being grown along the riverbank (with other plants, for erosion control) at the university down the street because we see what looks like corn grow nearly six feet tall. And then it usually gets cut so I’ve never seen the seed heads. And we do have quite a bit of wildlife around here including deer, rabbits, chipmunks, groundhogs, geese, ducks, and too many squirrels! Your Spode dinnerware is a classic. I love that so much. I also miss Pier One retail. Hang on to all those beautiful elements They will never go out of style. Thanks so much for sharing the history and the beautiful table in this blog hop. Happy September!
Yes Rita, I guess we were the history buffs of the hop. Another of my sweet readers noticed another similarity among us all and I quote Jan…”I like how so many of you coordinated natural items with your tables. You shared about the milo fields, Pam photographed by the Maiden grass, Barbara had maple branches, and Rita added tobacco leaves.” I love that Jan shared this about ‘us stylists at this hop’.
The plants you see by the riverbank could be milo, but it does not like wet feet, grows about 4 feet tall on a good day and prefers the dryer weather, so it will be interesting to see what erosion control plants are growing there in WV. Let me know as perhaps milo has found a newer purpose. 🥰.
I hope this finds your wrist healing quickly, but perhaps this is a time to sit back and relax…a difficult thing for you to do I am sure.🤗 This year has been difficult in so many ways. hugs my dear friend…prayers always.🙏🏻
Do love your Spode brown transferware, Kari! It’s so perfect for Fall, along with your pretty flatware, goblets, and centerpiece.
Yes, I do debone my warm Costco rotisserie chicken like that. It sure makes it easy, doesn’t it? Happy September to you. ❤️
Woohoo Kitty, so glad you have used the tip on rotisserie chicken…it s a game changer as you know. I was re-arranging my dish pantry and cam across even more pieces of Spode brown transferware with different little animals and horses ..I got so excited one would think it was Christmas. Thank you for your sweet comments…stay cool over there in Texas…we are finally cooling down a bit here in Florida. (at least the last two days)
It was lovely to learn about your home state of Kansas. I had not heard of the Milo Fields. Your memories of childhood running amongst the sunflowers made your home stare come alive. Transferring that feeling to your table setting was a challenge that you met beautifully. My favorite element had to be the plates. They are charming. I love seeing the birds depicted in their natural habitat. Shopping your home is one of my favorite things to do and your shopping expedition made for a beautiful table. Have a great fall.
Lynne, Thrifting Wonderland
Thank you for stopping by Lynne…and for your kind comments. I was so blessed and carefree as a child growing up in the Midwest. Living now in Florida, life is quite different but I do believe it is that way almost anywhere. (We left doors unlocked and car keys in the car and trusted everyone.) I have always had a love for pretty tables and dishes. (Unfortunately, my daughter does not share the same passion). But as I shop my home, I come across dishes that I had almost forgotten about and it is almost like Christmas! I wish I was as good as you are about thrifting beautiful finds. It seems I am always a day late and a dollar short. Hahaha
Kari, what a beautiful and descriptive post! I have never heard of Milo fields so it was very interesting to read about that – sort of like Rita with her tobacco leaves. I learn so much through these blog hops lol. Also loved the pictures of the literally thousands of sunflowers. Your table is gorgeous, and yes, simple is always good. For anyone and everyone. Your Spode dishes are lovely and your feathered friends are definitely center-stage worthy. I sadly do not have any Spode but I do have some Royal Stafford pheasants transferware which I love and should share (maybe Thanksgiving?). The centerpiece is so pretty with that sweet little owl tucked in among the fruit and the pretty autumn leaves wrapped around the base. The rust napkins are the perfect addition to all the fall colors. Thanks for the chicken deboning tip – we have rotisserie chicken all the time and I love shredded chicken. It’s always great to hop with you and wishing you a wonderful fall season!
Kim I guess because we are all from different parts of the country we assume everyone knows about our particular state. Or perhaps it is our age that thinks we have to explain everything…LOL but I do find that I learn something new almost everyday….and that is a good thing. It is so interesting that to some a plant might be considered a treasure while to others it is considered a weed. I have found that to be true in the many states that I have lived. Example: the flower we called flags is a purple/blue Iris and is native to Kansas and they multiplied so easily they were considered a nuisance and my father would mow them down when he mowed the grass. However there are Iris species that were introduced and not native and gardeners nurtured. Go figure. LOL Thanks for table hopping…it is always fun.
Kari, This is such a lovely fall table in the rich browns, rust, and amber. Glad the fowl on the Woodland Spode plates came out from hiding in the milo fields. The brown transferware plates are a perfect setting among the leaves and on the rattan chargers. I like how so many of you coordinated natural items with your tables. You shared about the milo fields, Pam photographed by the Maiden grass, Barbara had maple branches, and Rita added tobacco leaves. Are you familiar with Kernza, a perennial grain that was developed in Salina, Kansas? It makes for a hearty breakfast. Eager to try out your rotisserie chicken tip.
Thank you Jan…I guess we did sort of co-ordinate natural elements. Interesting observation on your part.
I have heard about Kernza as my son told me the wheat grass grain was developed by the Land Institute in Salina along with the University of Minnesota, but I have never tried it. Have you? I’m glad Salina is getting known for more than the “Crossroads of America, A city on the move.” LOL.🥴 While living there the locals, including myself, said Salina was a city on the move all right… MOVING OUT. Of course we were just being highly critical. When Schilling AFB was there, we were a hustling, bustling city, but when they closed it down, the city just sort of withered. They kept all the base housing and it became known as ‘The Waiting Wives’ housing as many wives of all military men moved there. Salina has the same 30,000-ish population as when I lived there. BUT I still call it home as do my kids, sister, and other relatives.
Jan, you must try the warm rotisserie chicken in a baggie massage…it really works. Thanks my friend for stopping by. Rock Chalk!
Kari, first of all…. I enjoyed reading about the milo fields, sunflowers, and your childhood in Kansas. Your table is so pretty, and I particularly like the little cloche vignette centerpiece and your pretty fowl plates. Thanks so much for the tip about deboning a rotisserie chicken. Brilliant! I will try that soon. Happy fall!
You are most welcome Ricki Jill…I think you will appreciate the no mess way of deboning a chicken. The Fall season in Kansas is usually most beautiful due to all the rusts, oranges, browns and red foliage. Milo fields are gorgeous, altho there is one particular vine that is so pretty but one should never touch and that is the poison ivy vine. So many people think is is red sumac because in the Fall it is the most beautiful red color. Ask me how I know this? LOL. Thanks for stopping by…Happy September.🤗💕🍁
Love your beautiful table. I especially love your pheasant dishes. We used to have a pheasant farm very close to us here in Pennsylvania. The State Game Commission ran it. They shut it down a few years ago. Everyone misses it.
I have seen Milo Fields before. They look very similar to corn in its early stages.
I will try your deboning trick! I just deboned a roasted chicken yesterday. So it will happen next time!
Thank you, dear Kari, for a gorgeous tablescape! You are always an inspiration!
Nancy, once you debone in a bag…you will never do it by hand again.🥰
We used to have a stuffed pheasant that one of the kids shot and we moved it every time we moved. It was so pretty but it got so I couldn’t keep it ‘dusted’ and his feathers started falling out. Perhaps our taxidermist didn’t do something correctly. Now, I have two pheasants that I got off QVC about 6 years ago and they have feathers…I think it was a Valerie Parhill item. They sit on a console in our living room. I just love their colorful Fall feathers. I do miss Kansas but not the awful Winters…It wasn’t til we moved to New Mexico that I realized snow could fall softly and straight down and not at an angle with ice slivers.LOL
Thanks for stopping by…hugs🥰🤗🍁🍂🍂
I will have to try your deboning trick….made me chuckle but i can imagine it working well. I also enjoyed learning about the milo fields! And that sunflower field! Amazing! Your table is also lovely and inviting! Happy fall!
Patti it works so well and less mess when deboning a warm rotisserie chicken.. Thanks for reading about my homestate…I do miss the 4 seasons living in Florida but I do not miss the freezing snow blizzards that are a way of life in Kansas. Almost all of our family still live there…though we do have a straggler in Kentucky and a few in Texas and New Mexico. Thanks for stopping by.
Kari, I love your fall landscape for your table. I’m a Jayhawk through and through, but Grandma was for K-State. Also, I’m for Royals and Chiefs. I can’t think right now because I’m trying to help Ron with his computer, but I wanted to reply after reading your blog. Unfortunately, Ron is legally blind and it’s tough. I do love your blog.
Hugs,
Sandy
Kari, I love your fall landscape for your table. I’m a Jayhawk through and through, but Grandma was for K-State. Also, I’m for Royals and Chiefs. I can’t think right now because I’m trying to help Ron with his computer, but I wanted to reply after reading your blog. Unfortunately, Ron is legally blind and it’s tough. I do love your blog.
Hugs,
Sandy
Sandy, you and I both…Rock Chalk Jayhawk for sure. And Royals Forever. And Go Chiefs! My grand daughter went to K-State and I told her she did not come from my loins! LOL so sorry about Ron’s eyesight..you know I pray for you both. Hugs my ole’ friend and I don’t mean you are old I mean we have been friends for a long time. 🥰 Blessings Always and thanks for hanging with me and my blog for all these years.
Hello Kari, I had no idea what milo was when I saw it in your link. I should have asked Butch because he knew immediately. I thought the leaves looked like corn. I love seeing fields that will soon be harvested. I have traveled through Kansas and of course John sang “Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field and blue is just a Kansas summer sky.” I even think we drove through Colby. Of course I love sunflowers and that image is beautiful! Spode ‘woodland’ is one of my all time favorite patterns. I have six dinner plates that hang on my wall in the kitchen! The plate stack is perfect with the rattan chargers and I love the sheer rust napkin tucked over a rust napkin! The centerpiece with the dome covering autumn fruit picks and the cute owl is simple but perfect! Now I am craving a slice of the four layer coconut cake!
I agree shopping your home is the best place to start for putting together a tabletop. I would love to visit your dish pantry, dear one!
I always look forward to one of your stories and a tablescape! 🍂🧡🍂
You are so sweet Pam and I believe one of your gifts is ‘encourager’ like Barnabas was to the Apostle Paul. Thank you!
Yes, you most likely went through Colby, KS especially if you were headed to Colorado or the Dakotas. You know I loved John Denver AND ALL his songs….and yes, I remember ‘Matthew’,… “He was his father’s only boy, born just south of Colby Kansas, he was his mother’s pride and joy”…..🥰
I think almost all the stylists on this hop have at least a piece of Spode Woodland…There are so many different pieces, I even have the thoroughbred horse plates.
A dear friend of mine gave me her 4 layer coconut cake recipe many years ago and the recipe card just keeps jumping out of my recipe tin when I am looking for a recipe. Has that ever happened to you? She recently lost her husband to Cancer so I have to make it…
I do wish we lived closer…but someday we will.🙏🏻
Kari, I enjoyed learning about the milo fields of Kansas. I love seeing these tall plants waving in the breeze. I grew up in south Texas with cotton fields and wheat fields. The Spode woodland series is one of my favorites, and my pieces will soon be on my autumn tables. Thank you for sharing the inspiration of your pretty table setting to inspire me to transition my home to autumn touches. Happy Autumn!
Sarah, what a small world we live in….we lived in Texas for awhile and I remember the smell of the cotton gin in Waxahatchie…and at first it made me sort of sick to my stomach but then I got used to it and was ok. I just didn’t realize that cotton smelled. LOL Yes, the wheat fields of Kansas too (The Bread Basket of the World), one of the perhaps negatives with wheat was the acrid smell when the farmers burnt off the stubble….that and taking the wheat to the elevators in the 90 degree temps with no AC in the dump trucks. Yes, done that too. thanks for stopping by.
Kari, a lovely table to welcome September. Your plate stack is wonderful with the Spode woodland theme. I have some as well. How interesting about the Milo fields. I’m so glad you explained them. The colorful flowers and the dome with the sweet owl is so pretty. About the chicken, I have heard of that, but haven’t tried it yet. I also saw where they did that with the chicken, removed it and the bones and then added the chicken back in the bag with cooked rice. Always a pleasure joining you. Happy September.🍂
Thank you Linda for your kind comments. Glad I could share a bit of my home state. I will have to try the rice and chicken tip you gave. I know using that gallon bag has changed my perspective on deboning chicken. NO MORE MESS! and that means a lot to me. By the way, I am sure you have guessed…I do love owls. At one time, actually while living in Kansas, I had a lot of owl decor in my living room, including a 2 foot ceramic floor owl that I painted in my ceramics class I taught.
Kari! Something else we have in common that I had no idea you were from Kansas! I moved with my parents to Kansas after high school and attended Wichita state University! My high school sweetheart came after me three years later and the rest is history. He always says if he hadn’t had a business in Ohio, he would have joined me in Kansas! Lovely table, Kari!
Oh Chloe, I thought you knew (as the song goes) ‘I am a sunflower from the sunflower state’. I usually shout it from the rooftops. I am of course, a sports nut which includes my Kansas City Chiefs football, my Kansas Jayhawks college basketball, and my Kansas City Royals baseball teams. I speak of them all in many of my posts. Plus, I speak of the flatlands of Kansas which are kinda boring, tho the flint hills are nice. I still have my children and their families and sister living there… and we visit frequently, sometimes staying for a few months in our motor home. Yes, I am very familiar with Wichita (have relatives there too) which is where we drove (the hour and a half for shopping), give or take, (from Salina, KS), which is where I was born and raised. I met my late husband in Hutchinson, KS and my Captain when living in Kansas City. It is a small world isn’t it?
Kari, it was such a treat to see your lovely fall nature scenes since it will likely be at least another month before our temps leave the 90s in Texas! It’s a pleasure to pull up a chair to your lovely table, Cecilia – My Thrift Store Addiction
Thank you Cecilia…I know Texas well as we lived in Waxahatchie (and yes, I learned quickly how to pronounce it) and Duncanville and little ole’ Palmer just outside of Dallas. Still have family there on my late husbands side in Midlothian, Red Oak, Mesquite, and Irving. And it gets hot AND windy, but I loved living in Texas…our twins were born in Dallas Methodist Hospital. Where in Texas are you? Thanks for stopping by.
Oh good – you read my mind! I was just asking myself what milo fields were, and there you explain it! It’s so fascinating to find out what goes on in other parts of the country. And what a beautiful crop! I don’t think I knew you were from Kansas. I love all your fascinating tidbits and I learn so much from your beautiful posts. And I love all the inspiration from your beautiful tables! That transferware is gorgeous, and those lovely napkins! And your sweet owl! Thanks for the deboning tip – I can’t wait to try that! We love rotisserie chicken! And thanks for another wonderful and enlightening post! I love sharing a hop with you!
Barb, I got to thinking when I started the post that perhaps some don’t know what milo is…hence the description. Apparently, I was right in. my thinking. I think we tend to forget that there are some states that have crops that no other state has. Of course everyone knows about Kansas wheat, but did you know that the hard winter wheat was brought to Kansas in 1874 by German Mennonite immigrants coming from the Russian Empire? And Kansas is now known as “the bread basket of the world”. We also had Swedish, Czechoslovakian, German and Polish immigrants settle in our fair state so there is a lot of international background (and foods) which I love. Thanks my friend for stopping by.
Oh my! That Milo is pretty — I never heard of that before, though I have heard of sorghum. But not terribly up on Kansas agriculture! I can see why it would be terrific camo for pheasants and quail. Your table is drop-dead fantastic. Like you, I always shop my home for table things — too old now to buy new unless I can’t resist. I love that globe (I miss Pier One too) and how simple it was to pull together. That Spode pattern is one of my favorites and I wish I had it.
Thanks for the chicken tip. I love using rotisserie chicken for many things and never heard of this. You’re right — the old method is pretty messy. In October I host a monthly lunch and may make a nice chicken salad (weather dependent!) and will try this one!
Thanks for stopping by Jeanie…it is interesting how the slang term ‘milo’ stuck with the grain sorghum…I guess it was easier to say. LOL I do love the chicken tip…and I also have a little two piece plastic turn-table-like thing that perfectly shreds the chicken. Got it on Amazon and now my fingers are never messy and the knife doesn’t slip.🥴🤗 It is probably a good thing Pier 1 is gone as I would be buying anything and everything as they always had such cute things. I don’t think I ever walked out of that store without a large bag in hand.🥰 Hugs dear friend.