Do you have an interesting collection?

[tanyanubin]

<p>Wow!! Was good ole Ted the king of campus? He’s pretty much the king of serial killers. What a disturbed young man he was. I’m sure there are dedicated collectors out there who would love to have that. I’m not one of those! lol</p>

[2cakes]

<p>D collects dessert sets (from the 50s?) They are different shapes (apple trees, maple leaves, grapes, swirls, etc) and all came with little punch cups to balance on the edge. At one point, we had a tea party for 36 little girls and used the sets. Since then, she must have added another 10 sets of 4. She takes pride in never paying more than $4 for each set and always notices that antique stores ask over $30 for a set. </p>

<p>I can’t wait until she has a home of her own.</p>

<p>I have a number of cookbooks from Jr Leagues and community orgs. One of my favorites is from Cub Scouts. Not too useful since it was written by 6-8 year olds, but really cute.</p>

<p>We also have collected Christmas ornaments and they have spilled over onto a wreath in the dining room and another small feather tree on the sideboard.</p>

<p>It seems that every time I try to empty a room, it contains a “collection” of some sort or another. I don’t have to check the geneology for the dreaded pack rat gene…</p>

[notre_dame_AL]

<p>Pineapples-symbol of hospitality! And, now that you know, you will be amazed at how many different kinds you will notice!! I have so many friends that, once they found out that I collect pineapples, see pineapples while shopping, vacationing, etc. Further, when son was Kind/elem school age, he had a couple of friends that would come over to play and try to count how many different pineapples I had. But alas, as we have moved on to another home, I do not display as many as I used to. But, I still enjoy looking for unusual pineapples!!</p>

[binx]

<p>I collect a lot of things - trying to quit. Running out of room. Some of my favorites:</p>

<p>I collect sheep. Nothing too fancy - mostly small. Glass, ceramic, stuffed, beeswax, straw, wood, etc. From many different places. I pull them out at Christmas and have a giant nativity scene. </p>

<p>I collect musical instrument Christmas ornaments - mainly horns, violins, guitars (hard to find) and pianos.</p>

<p>I have a small collection of “Welcome” signs in different languages, on the wall of our foyer.</p>

<p>None of my collections is valuable - they are just things I love.</p>

[lspf72]

<p>I’m with justamom–
I never realized our stuff qualified as collections until reading this thread!</p>

<p>Have to add S’s big glass jar filled with shedded cicada (“cicadey-bug”) shells that he started gathering when he was 4 or 5. We still pick them up occasionally, but kept the collection to the one jar, still sitting here on the kitchen shelf.</p>

[theghostofsnappy]

<p>I can’t wait until she has a home of her own.</p>

<p>Hah…this reminded me of when I went home for xmas this last year. My mother begged me to take home the box in the attic labled “Snappy’s Museum Collection”. Most of it is still there.</p>

<p>I collect a lot of crap, not much interesting, including</p>

<p>baseball cards - a few thousand. I used to work in a card shop in HS, which was dream job. collection includes a 1910 Standard Caramel Cy Young, my fav. Who knew he [url=<a href=“http://www.oldcardboard.com/e/e1/e093/30.jpg]hit[/url”>http://www.oldcardboard.com/e/e1/e093/30.jpg]hit[/url</a>]?</p>

<p>autographs - sorta goes with the above, but also includes 2+ dozen musician autos, and two Nobel winners in econ (Friedman and Phelps)</p>

<p>rocks - I always tend to pick up rocks where ever I am, also fossilized shark’s teeth and manta ray teeth.</p>

<p>knives - Case pocket knives and a few other vintage knives. were mostly given as gifts.</p>

<p>civil war relics - I grew up in central VA. Hard not to.</p>

<p>old text books - because I’m weird. most are my grandfather’s college texts from Vandy. I got a kick out of them.</p>

[motherof4pearls]

<p>iaquilter, I am a quilter and I take it from your name that you must be, too. I only collect cotton fabric, old and new. I have more fabric than I could ever use to make quilts for the rest of my life, but that’s beside the point of collecting!!! I collect old quilts too, but don’t have enough yet to be a serious collector. Do you collect fabric, too?</p>

[backhandgrip]

<p>Georgian antiques. I love them. I especially enjoy the old mahoganies. Can’t find that anymore, those forests are gone.</p>

[dadofsam]

<p>Berurah: Hamsas are found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. They are means to ward off the Evil Eye, shaped like a hand (all variations of styles), made from all sorts of materials, often painted a bluish color (another means to ward off the Evil Eye). The word “hamsa” refers to the number five, i.e. the number of fingers on a hand. If you have any Middle Eastern stores in the area, they ought to have some. Some Judaica stores may also carry some.</p>

[backhandgrip]

<p>Evil eye??? Really???</p>

<p>How do you know when someone is giving you the Evil Eye?</p>

<p>Can you tell me, are there any tell tail signs?</p>

[digmedia]

<p>bhg -</p>

<p>You mean you can’t tell when a CC poster is giving you the forum equivalent of the Evil Eye???</p>

<p>I can. :eek:</p>

<p>-dig</p>

[digmedia]

<p>My family likes going caving… kind of like rock-climbing underground. When we first moved to Colorado, there was a small cave near the Cave of the Winds. Its official name was Manitou Cave, but everyone called it “Pedro’s.” Of course I wanted to know who Pedro was. Not much was known, except that “Pedro was an old Indian who sold trinkets outside the entrance.” So… I started researching him.</p>

<p>My initial thought was that Pedro was probably quite poor, almost begging tourists to buy his small “trinkets.” I could not have been more wrong. He was well-off, well-traveled, well-liked, and served as a Governor of the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico. He built the Indian Day School on the Peublo for the BIA, promoted the products of the Pueblo, promoted tourism throughout the USA in 1915, met with President Taft to explain the plight of Southwestern Indians, and was probably the most photographed Native American of the early Twentieth Century. Not only were many photographs made by professional photographers, but hundreds and hundreds of tourists would pose with him. And thus another collection: photographs of Pedro. I now have 50 or 60 (or more!) photos of him.</p>

<p>I self-published a book of his life, just to bring all the information I learned and the photographs I had into one place. The book sold out in less than a week. And now I’m working on a larger-format version which is more of a pictorial history (including getting an ISBN this time so I can also sell it on Amazon and in the local branches of the national bookstore chains). And I’ll definitely get about quadruple the number of copies printed this time.</p>

<p>One of the most interesting things I found out was that Pedro was a huge proponent of education, and his great-grandson now has his PhD, is a professor at the University of New Mexico, author of many books, and is asked to speak worldwide on indigenous education… We hosted his family for a visit to Colorado Springs and took them to Pedro’s Cave.</p>

<p>So, another collection: photographs of Pedro’s life and times. Again, very rare to find, but exciting when I do.</p>

[backhandgrip]

<p>That is really cool dig.</p>

<p>Splunkking. I think that is what they call caving in PA.</p>

[berurah]

<p>

@dadofsam

Berurah: Hamsas are found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. They are means to ward off the Evil Eye, shaped like a hand (all variations of styles), made from all sorts of materials, often painted a bluish color (another means to ward off the Evil Eye).

HECK, I need a WALL FULL of 'em then!!! :eek: <em>ROFL</em> ;)</p>

[berurah]

<p>

@dig

I can. :eek:

You and me BOTH!! :eek:</p>

[digmedia]

<p>There is a saying among cavers: Cavers rescue spelunkers!</p>

[backhandgrip]

<p>I believe that! Any spelunker I knew was crazy.</p>

[berurah]

<p>^^and dig’s NOT??? ;)</p>

[backhandgrip]

<p>Okay, THERE you are , what is this about evil eye’s???</p>

<p>Berurah, do you have a collection of evil eyes?</p>

[berurah]

<p>

@bhg

Berurah, do you have a collection of evil eyes?

More than I need . And the last several I’ve acquired right here at CC! ;)</p>

<p>But seriously~</p>

<p>from Wikipedia:

The evil eye is a widely distributed element of folklore, in which it is believed that the envy elicited by the good luck of fortunate people may result in their misfortune, whether it is envy of material possessions including livestock, or of beauty, health, or offspring. The perception of the nature of the phenomenon, its causes, and possible protective measures, varies between different cultures. In some forms, it is the belief that some people can bestow a curse on victims by the malevolent gaze of their magical eye. The most common form, however, attributes the cause to envy, with the envious person casting the evil eye doing so unintentionally.

The last year I taught before I stayed home with my kids, I taught in a predominantly Hispanic (and very poor) section of Fort Worth. The kids there (5th grade) were <em>very</em> protective of me with regard to “mal de ojo.” If one of them would comment on my outfit or a piece of jewelry, the others would suggest this:

…in a similar manner, a person wearing an item of clothing that might induce envy may suggest to others that they touch it or some other way dispel envy.

So, the kids were often touching my jewelry, belts, or clothing! </p>

<p>~berurah</p>