|
 Mon Apr 07, 2003 « recent »
* Inkygirl *
Filk FAQ
|
|
Jeff & I went to Caledonia for ScottM's birthday party.
The doll in this photo is from his girlfriend Karen's collection.
(click on image for larger version)
When I was much younger, I use to collect spoons; the often tacky tourist kind you can usually find for about ten bucks. At the time I was collecting them, of course, each one was precious to me. I can still clearly remember the tiny bear on top of my Yellowstone National Park spoon, the miniature buildings, animals, symbols. I remember being immensely pleased whenever my mother used some of my spoons when company came over for tea. A few years, I came across my old spoon collection while going through some old boxes. They looked so junky, jangling inside the worn plastic storage bag, and I decided to throw them out. It was tough, though; part of me felt like I was throwing out an important part of my childhood. The other part argued that if I kept every "important" childhood memory, our apartment would be so jam-packed with memorabilia that Jeff and I would barely have room to breathe. As a child, I also used to collect stamps, but lost interest. As an adult, I collect: - Bookmarks (Allison does too!). This is my favourite collectible item because they're small, relatively inexpensive, and I use them all the time. - Weird food items (non-perishable). One of these days I'll post pictures of my collection online. Examples: Musk life savers (Kathleen Interfilk donation), small can of Meat Product (purchased at a small food store in Buffalo). - Rubber stamps. Don't use these as often anymore because I don't write much personal snailmail these days. - Small percussion instruments. I'm starting to run out of space, however, so have had to put some of these in storage. - Soaps. I admit it - I'm a sucker for soaps of all kinds, but especially weird, food-related, nice-smelling or miniature ones. I don't actually USE most of them, but just like taking them out and smelling them, and/or looking at them if the packaging is especially nice. For soaps I actually use, textured soaps are my favourite (soap with gritty bits, like ground-up herbs or oatmeal or other interesting exfoliants). I keep a wrapped Scottish "Evening Primrose Bath Brick Moisturising Vegetable Soap" in my office, a gift from Beckett Gladney, just because I love the faint fragrance that permeates the room while I work. Plus the name is so cool. Just substitute "soup" instead of "soap", and it becomes even more interesting. Poll: collections, past and presentWhat did you collect, as a child? Do you still have those collections? What do you collect now? Feel free to answer in your own Livejournal, but please do post the URL so I can find it (and others who may not be in Livejournal).
Went for a walk along Front St. yesterday,
discovered that the St. Lawrence Market hosts a flea market
every Sunday (!). Easy walking distance from Torcon.
(click on image for larger version)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
