Collections (Common and Odd)

[Bugbear]

In the past, I have collected coins and microphones.

I do collect stones and hand polish them, sometimes even carving them, though not so much anymore. I have amassed a collection of plumbing fittings of assorted types and materials; that comes in handy when it's difficult to get over to the hardware store. I collect a whole bunch of containers, cans, plastic jars and containers of all shapes and sizes, glass jars, decorative glass jars, colored glass, broken high temperature glass and table ware, and pieces of wood and tree branches that are laid out in the very back of my property and allowed to weather. My little studio/patio is full of these things. From time to time, my artist friends come over and collect materials; for example, dozens of one quart yogurt containers, large coffee ground containers, and plastic peanut butter jars for holding ceramic glazes and other art materials. Of course, the plant containers and flats from garden nurserys and so on. Sometimes people bring me these things, which I have to sort and clean... It's a kind of reuse type of collecting.

[Spartan Tartan]

I collect Belt Buckles. Big ones, small ones, all sorts...mind you, that although they appear to be random, there is a story for each one and how I came to own it. Pulling them all out is like a trip down memory lane.