Do you collect anything unusual?

Question:

My brother-in-law told me he had an antique collection...his bones! But then we started talking about weird collections...balls of rubber bands, swizzle sticks, etc. I think it is interesting what people collect, and the reasons behind the collections.

Answers:

It all started with my first one from a yard sale. It was a single tall taper, and rusty. I got so many compliments, that I had to have more. Now I have 15, ranging from a single taper, to a large one called a Grate Mate that holds 10 large pillar candles at different heights and sits in the fireplace. So far, no one has treated me weird over it. And my daughters have laid claim over a few.

I sometimes think it was the angels and the love of the gifters that gave me the courage to see that I should not be a prisoner and fearful of someone who vowed to love and honor me.I had to leave them behind. Maybe they will grace someone else.

Unusual??? Only you can say but I don't know anyone who collects them aside from myself.

- Unique shaped bottles - Ranging from small perfume samples to large drinks. I bought a $90 bottle of Tequila (which is 2nd to last on my spirits "taste list") b/c instead of a "kick" at the bottom of the bottle, it had a blown glass, agave cactus. It was worth $90 for the art work alone (to me).

We have a collection of bromeliads in our front yard. We have a opossum skull that we found in our backyard, it now sits on our front porch. Our home could start to look like a rinky dink natural history museum with all of the shells, rocks, casings, branches, that we've collected over the years.Hubby collects beer cans, started when he and his father and brother ran out of gas...the boys had to walk to the station and they started picking up cans along the way. Now 30 years later he has over 400 of them!My late father collected matchbooks. My mother collected those souvenir salad plates from states and foreign currency from countries she visited.Skulls and crystals, not very unusual but often gifted to me by very unusual people. My husband collects HATS yes I think that is weird...I have NO place to put them anymore! help

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