What a mug!

[Alex]

As much as I like cats (most of them, anyway), I'm unpleasantly allergic, and Ms Alex has been very kind about not insisting we get one. (When we met, Katie the Cross-Eyed Kitty was her companion.) We also both like dogs (ditto), but neither of us is willing to dog-walk no matter what our Michigan weather throws at us. However, we've compensated by collecting, and being given, a menagerie of stuffed and otherwise inanimate animals—including some of our very favorite mugs. So, before I post the pics, I'll ask: What are your favorite mugs? (Photos, please, if you can.) Is there a story, even a short one, behind any of them?

 

Weird Kitty and Silent Kitty

 

 

 

 

Atomic Kitty and Jiji (from Kiki's Delivery Service)

 

 

 

 

Wistful Kitty

 

 

 

 

So they don't get bored, they can chase birds and fish.

 

 

 

 

Action Kitty, Pusheen, and Hello Kitty (yes, I know she's a little girl) approve

 

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[Smithy]

My mugs are mementos, and many of them are museum pieces of a sort, due to their age.

 

For instance: this little guy was a thank-you gift for donating to MPR, donkey's years ago. Bob Edwards, one of the founders, is long gone.

 

 

My first flight instructors were invited to more than one Shuttle launch, thanks to a couple of their students who became astronauts. One time they gave me this mug, purchased at the Kennedy Space Center gift shop after watching Stan Love and his fellow crewmembers launch into space.

 

 

This museum piece goes back to the company where I settled into a long-term North Woods career. The company has long since been taken over by another corporation, changed names, and changed culture as well. I think of happy discoveries and growth whenever I see this one.

 

 

My father was an aviation enthusiast, and bought this at an airshow near their home. When Mom and Dad downsized, I claimed this mug.

 

 

The oldest mug in my collection is this beauty from Taylor & Ng. I have a bunch more of their designs tucked away in storage, but this one stays out and gets frequent use. I love the pun.

 

 

Finally, this mug is my most recent acquisition. I've been to the West Denmark Fiddle School in Wisconsin 3 years running, and plan to go again next summer. The last thing I needed was another mug! But for $3 I couldn't resist. It makes me smile. The fiddle school is like a weeklong musical boot camp: some 60-odd musicians, broken into sets according to accomplishment level, learn about a dozen pieces of music by ear. We learn those pieces in segments, bit by bit, and put them all together as an orchestra for public performance, from Sunday afternoon until Thursday night! The music is beautiful, the instructors excellent and funny.

 

 

 

Truth is, the mug I use most is larger than any of these...a Friends of the Duluth Library purchase. But the decoration is fading from frequent washing, and the mug is dirty right now. I'm not going to show that one here!

[Alex]

45 minutes ago, Smithy said:

The oldest mug in my collection is this beauty from Taylor & Ng.

 

Hey, I also used to have a Taylor & Ng mug (or maybe two or three)! I wish I still did—even though for the life of me I can't remember which ones.

[liuzhou]

 

I bought this in the James Joyce museum in Dublin which is located in the Martello tower which is the location of the opening of his masterpiece, Ulysses. "Yes" is the final word of the novel.

 

 

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[blue_dolphin]

Come December, my daily hot beverages go in one of these:

 

These 3 Glühwein mugs from Munich Christmas markets get used for hot cider in the evening, perhaps with a shot of extra warmth!

[gulfporter]

It's hard to tell where our mugs end and where our kitchen counter begins 🇲🇽

 

 

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[Darienne]

12 minutes ago, gulfporter said:

It's hard to tell where are mugs end and where our kitchen counter begins 🇲🇽

 

 

I believe I might kill for that counter.