Do you have any collections?
Todays blog prompt made me lol. Do I have any collections? Afraid so. And it started early. Heck I still have some of the first things I ever collected, porcelain horses from my grandfather, as I mentioned recently.
I come by this honestly. I love sorting and categorizing things, as did my mom. I guess it kept me out of trouble as a kid! I was so busy organizing piggy banks, making card catalogs for my books and lining up my Hot Wheels cars that there was no time to get in trouble.
So, I declare that collections are healthy and only a problem when you think they’re a problem. No, I’m not a minimalist.
I have collected things with pansies on them for decades. They still make me smile. Mom loved pansies. Mom also had some cool purple glass stuff. I recently shared my purple glass window in the bathroom. Here are teacups.
And there are still more horse statues. And rocks. And nail polish (I need to stop that one). And books, yarn, crystal, wine corks, dogs, horses, ugh. Too much. It makes me happy, sparks joy, or whatever.
If my collections become a problem later in life, I’m sure someone else will enjoy them when they go thrifting. It’s fine with me.
The vet came today. This is our annual reminder that having lots of animals is very expensive. But I’m glad we can avoid certain illnesses, know the dogs don’t have heart worms, and soon will know the horses passed their annual Coggins test.
The dogs were better than usual. That’s not saying much, since four had to be sedated. Goldie had a great time and volunteered to go back in the trailer numerous times, even though she got bonus shots for allergies and her leg sore she won’t stop licking.
Penney, the unstable one, managed to get her shots like a big girl. Harvey still growled through sedation, Alfred got real zonked, Vlassic had to be carried into the trailer, and Carlton was quite a challenge to catch. He even ran off while sedated. But they all did it!
I was too busy helping to take horse photos, but they were troopers, even when the assistant was learning to take blood and give shots. She did great! Mabel was deemed too thin, Apache was too fat, and the other two were just right. I’m glad to get that taken care of for another year.
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I had a good read. I sympathize with you a lot.
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I just love that you have a collection of -well-a lot of really cool things. Your fuzz family is beautiful!
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I enjoyed your “collections” post! We’ve got some common interests…I have a few collections and many were inspired by my mother. She recently passed; she also loved pansies! She had a real skill at growing African Violets HUGE and with great big clusters of deep purple, deep pink/red and lavender blossoms! She claimed the secret was to always water them from the bottom, let them soak up what they want and give them at least 1/2 day of sunshine.
I also collect cool rocks, marbles, little cute boxes, perfume bottles with stoppers, Wades (the figurines from Red Rose tea packages) and miniatures. I have TONS of miniatures – of everything! My collecting started with stamps – which my Dad encouraged when I started school. I collected those through high school but lost interest and passed my collection on to my younger brother. Dad has a massive, life long collection of ALL MINT United States postage stamps. It’s pretty incredible to see all of the volumes lined up in his office closet. I started collecting little turtle figurines when I was in the Army (1980-86) and still have quite a good lot of them. I had to make a rule, nothing over 3″ in size because once people knew I collected them I would receive big stuffed turtles, or heavy door stopper sized ones..and being in the service I had to travel light when I moved bases!.
….oops! Sorry I am blabbering away here, supposed to just be a comment thanking you for sharing about your collections, dogs and horses. I am curious to know what a Vlassic dog looks like?! I had a of once named Pickles an the Vlassic name reminded me of her. Have a GREAT night/weekend! ~Angie (from southern coastal Maine) Just started following your blog. 🙂
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Hey Angie. I sure enjoyed your comment. Vlassic is a black dachshund mix. He got the name because my good friend who I shared a house with has a chiweenie named Pickle. We enjoyed introducing them on walks! Search the blog and you’ll probably find a picture.
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Cool! My Pickles was a dash too! Now I have a poncho! I lost my chiweenie (2nd one in my life) in Jan. 2022 unfortunately. I have to get some sleep, Lulu (my dog) has a grooming appointment early in the morning! ZZZZ! ~Angie
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