Spring cleaning

I have begun my spring cleaning which may get done this spring and may not. I have started by washing all my fiesta dishes that I have sitting on top of my cabinets. They are covered with a layer of grease and dust that almost needs dynamite to get it off. Thankfully, I found a bottle of super duper degreaser under the cabinet. Made a huge difference. I didn't say my "annual" spring cleaning because I am not sure what year I did it last. As I was cleaning it, I recalled a lot of long forgotten memories. I remember being a little embarrassed as a child that we ate off these multi color dishes. Nothing matched! Everyone else had dishes that matched. And I absolutely hated the yellow ones. I would switch plates around on the table so I wouldn't have to eat off the yellow plate.
As I was washing them today I was amazed at their size. We ate off a 9" dinner plate, ate breakfast off a 7" plate, and had cereal in a 5 1/2" bowl. They almost look like toy dishes compared to the fiesta today. The dinner plates of the contemporary fiesta are more like 10 1/2" and the breakfast plates are 9". The cereal bowls must be close to 7" . No wonder we are fat!
I now have them proudly displayed all over my kitchen and some in the living room. I don't know why I love them but I do. And the more colors they make, the more I buy. I love all pretty dishes and have quite a few salad plates of different designs that I have found irresistible. There have now been 39 colors produced if you count the ironstone that was made in the 60's. The last three colors out I only purchased the everyday pieces I use, dinner plate, breakfast plate, bowl, rimmed bowl. But then I also buy the salt and pepper, mini disk pitcher, trivet, and tumbler. I used to buy the fiesta with holiday decals, but gave that up a while back. My cabinets were about to fall from the wall. I have no more room for fiesta. But, alas, they are coming out with another color, lemongrass, and I am sure I will find a place for just a few more pieces. Either that or maybe Grant will build a room on for my fiesta. I can always dream.