Turkish egg cartons are beautiful.

Hello and big thank you for your welcome home, it's so nice to have your welcome homes!

Hugo won't be home in time to cook supper this evening, before I go off to my Wednesday night knitting group, so I'm on my own culinaryily speaking. Hugo will ask me what I ate for my supper when I see him later on, and he'll expect the answer to be "cereal". Well I'm going to surprise him by saying I actually cooked something for myself tonight. I'll tell you at the end of this post what I made all by myself.

Hope you can wait till the end to find out what I cooked for myself.

Anyway! The content of this post today is going to be egg cartons and only egg cartons. Turkish egg cartons, the like of which I have never seen before.

I took these photos in the market I told you about in my last post. The gentlemen egg sellers looked on in amusement as I photographed their stacks of eggs, but seemed to understand more when I showed them the photos on my camera screen.

I've never got as excited about egg cartons before.

Egg carton excitement for me, has only ever reached the dizzying heights of delicate blue duck eggs nestled in a washed-out green egg box.

These egg cartons got me so excited with their colours, I got that tense stomach thing going on. If Hugo had tried to drag me away, (which he knew better than to try), I would probably have been a little snappy with him.

Who would have thought these haphazardly stacked cartons could have been a feast of colour for the eyes?

Who would have thought they would turn in to 'art'?

Even the elastic bands holding the boxes together produced a beautiful contrast.

And I ask you this, do you think they would looked half as effective without the bright white and toffee brown coloured eggs, punctuating the mellow yellows and hot pinks, the mild turquoise and dusky greys and pinks?

The eggs do add a nice contrasting dimension.

Love the colours above.

  Hugo just came home early, ready to cook something for me. I said I'd just eaten. "You can't just eat cereal" was his reply. "I cooked for myself" I said jauntily. "Oh really?!!!! What did you make?" "Porridge!" I said, followed by a loud triumphant cackle. "Atrocious" was Hugo's reaction.

Well, I hope you were suitably dazzled by the egg carton colour display, and are now thinking about egg cartons in a completely new light!

I'm off to knitting now. I'm working on the sleeves of the dress I'm knitting, very exciting. See you Friday dear readers. Love Vanessa xxx

Comments

[Heather]

*gasp* such beauty in everyday things! stunning photography as ever by the way, you are very good.
xxxx

p.s perhaps an omelette for tea would have been more appropriate? :p

[Jennyff]

The cartons are fantastic but the eggs in the final photo are best of all. I expected you to have had an eggy meal too, scrambled maybe.

[Lucille]

I thought you were going to boil an egg Vanessa. I really did. Still porridge is good for you too. Just a bit odd for supper. Terrific photos. Like tessellating tiles.

[Claire]

You had me fooled too - I was expecting - well - eggs?
Some of your photographs make the egg trays look like knitted lace - fantastic!

[Emma]

Such colours Vanessa! Who knew that egg boxes could be so chic or so pleasing on the eye. The colours really do turn them into a kind of sculpture. I would have been snapping away at them too.

I adore the image of all that pastel plasticware in your first post-hols post. It's a like a crazy patchwork.

Welcome back.

[Judi A.]

I loooooved the egg cartons, especially the bright pink ones! I would have had to figure out how to finagle a few from the egg sellers and then stuff them into my luggage to bring them home. I would so love to have a few - one even - of the pink ones. Guess your photos will have to do, which by the way, are fabulous! You do have a great camera eye. :-)

[frances]

Vanessa, no wonder you were able to win over the egg sellers...those photos are quite wonderful.

Something about the carton, egg, carton, egg, rows reminds me of alternating granny crochet rows. Bet you've already noticed this.

xo

[Hen]

Ah yes, fabulous egg cartons, who would have thought it possible? I have previously bought half a dozen eggs in a lovely bright pink carton but I can't remember from where and I know I am going to be very disappointed from now on at the shops!
Hen xxx

[Petit Filoux]

Wonderful pictures, amazing really! Who would have thought egg boxes could be so pretty?!

[Kate Bruning]

I have been looking at your blog with Hugo next to me while eating our toast and he literally gasped at the beauty of your eggs. He wanted to know were they from your chooks, did you buy them all and then went quiet and enjoyed the colours with me.
Porridge is a staple emergency meal in our house, it sticks to the ribs and the boys always sleep well after a big bowl too. There is something so sensible and nurturing about it. Love Kate xxooxxooxx.

[Anne Kaz]

Fotoğraflar harika. Hangi pazarda çektiysen tonlamalar ve ışığı çok güzel yakalamışsın tebrik ederim :)

Great photos.

[SNOOPYDOG]

Hmmm! Was definitely expecting it to scrambled eggs!!!!! Ros

[Erica K]

Hugo and you sound so cute! :D I love the cartons. You know, I've found that england (not that the cartons are from there, but it reminds me)make the US seem so drab... I'm jealous... :)

[mlle paradis]

they say that god is in the details and thank GOODNESS he didn't forget about egg cartons in turkey! and he put you on earth to discover them for us. wonderful post!

[Laura]

Love those egg cartons and the eggs! The incredible edible egg!

[Julia]

Eggs, eggs, eggs = eggstasy (sorry)
Yes - I was surprised by the porridge too.
Fantastic photos - thanks for sharing

[Deb]

i am dazzled!Wow, wonderful.

[Magic Cochin]

My under-gardeners are so eggcited by those egg boxes!!! They want me to put their dark brown and pastel blue and turquoise eggs in lovely coloured boxes instead of the grey ones I use.

Wouldn't those patterns make gorgeous fabric designs - curtains and cushions! deckechairs too :-)

Celia
x

PS I love porridge! did you put syrup on it?

[Jenni at Baa-me Kniits]

I have cereal for a meal all the time! Very nutritious :-) Love that pink and blue together and that last photo of the eggs....brilliant!

[Carole]

Hi Vanessa,
Got to dash of to Leeds this am, so not time to read your blog properly. So i will look forward to reading it tonight.But had to have a peek, lovely pics as usual.
Love Carole from Rossendale xxxxxx

[Claire]

You're not wrong! Those egg boxes are beautiful.

I speak as someone with 10 hens and 4 ducks, who is given empty (grey) egg boxes by everyone I know, and thought she would never feel amazed by their loveliness.

[Julia Thompson]

Hello Vanessa - what wonderful egg cartions, its great to see the market through your 'eye'. x love Julie

[The Vintage Heart]

Hi, glad you had a fab holiday! theese are words I thoought I would never hear my self say,but here goes..... I LOVE THOOSE EGG BOX,S ! the colours are sumptuouse and zingy! give your two furry babies a hug from me! Bestest wishes..Linda.

[Janice Perkin]

AMAZING!!!!

[French Knots]

Oh, Oh, Oh! Love the pictures, the colours, the shapes. Remind me of the clusters of colours in granny squares.x

[alisonb2]

I love your holiday photos. They are so different. All that texture and colour and full of inspiration!! Thank you for sharing and I'm glad you enjoyed yourselves.

P.S. I have had my paints out and all because of you! Thank you!!

[Liz]

lovely combinations of colours - I thought you were going to say how much like crochet they look and that you would use the colours for a new project! Liz

[Tina]

I agree - beautiful! Wish we had those kinds in Sweden as well... :-)

[acornmoon]

Oh, I thought you were going to say scrambled egg on toast!

[Penny]

Oh, I'm all overcome! I hadn't recovered from all those amazing tomato pictures in the previous post, and then I found the egg boxex! Aren't they fantastic colours? And yes, it's definitely Art! Lovely to have you back, so glad you had a great holiday and a good rest, despite the watersports. I'm very impressed! Love Penny and Higgins x

[Diane Gelder]

In many of the shots, the shape of the egg boxes look like rickrack.

How charming!

[Katie]

Told my hens about them and they will double egg production if I paint my drab grey ones in cheery colours, isn't it marvellous!

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Wow, how fantastic.