You can skip this post, it will be boring for most. I have all ready blogged about most of this.
I have started having itchy skin, usually in the middle of the night. It has been going on for a couple of weeks. Last night I got up at 3am and ordered some oils and stuff off of Amazon. I am sure it is just dry skin but it is very annoying.
I have been watching a old British crime/police show Trial and Retribution I ran into on YouTube. The story plots are pretty interesting.
I was thinking this morning, Life Goes On but it does not seem like MY life. I feel like a foreigner in my own skin. I am sure I should start being more social but I have absolutely NO interest in talking to most people. It feels like I still have so much to do to tidy up everything and start LIVING again. I am starting to feel overwhelmed again. Although, I have been marking off projects off my list of things to do.
I was looking for an image that I thought I posted in early October so I started scrolling through my blog. Gee, I love every image I see. I LOVE my blog. I know I have stated this many times. It has been a constant in my life for so long, through my mom, brother, uncle, David's death, my beloved dogs, the kids growing up, remodeling and of course all the great things I find on the internet. It makes me write, read, dream, be curious, think! I seriously don't know what I do without it. And thank you for coming along for the ride!
Why do you collect sand from my Sand Blog
Kristina Kallur is asking why do you collect sand and I want to answer that.
My husband and I are great collectors. So it is no surprise that sand became an obsession.
It all started with this image from a magazine so many years ago. Small bottles of sand from around the world displayed in a single row on a small shelf. Instantly in love with the idea. The variety of subtle colors of the earth gave me a chill.
I lived all over the world with my step dad working for an oil company and I soooo wish I had started collecting when I lived in Malta, Scotland, Majorca. But then I forgot about collecting sand until a couple of years ago and that image popped back in my head. I think I started when I was laid off from MSNBC, my job for 14 years. I was a little depressed and in my 50's. I am now 67 so I have been collecting for some years. This sounded like something to take my mind off of that blow, while I freelanced and traveled with a friend of mine as a her photographer assistant. It was a perfect time to start my collecting. I put the call out to my traveling friends to bring me back a surprise! Now I am a little possessed. I have not successfully achieved to build a wall full of sand but I have big plans.
I don't travel as much as I did in my youth, thankfully, I have friends who never forget my hobby! Just think of it as a cheap but well-loved birthday or Christmas gift!
My husband and I recently took a road trip through new Mexico, Arizona and Utah and got some lovely samples! I think he was more excited than I was about the wonderful samples we had!
I purchased 8 Dram / 1 oz / 30 mL, Clear Glass Sample Storage Specimen Vial Container w/Black Screw on Caps for a consistent display. Mind you, these vials have become so much more expensive, I will need to rethink my display once I use up my present supply
I also collect seedpods and feathers, rocks and shells.
6 comments:
WoW my mouth dropped open at that collection of sand in that one photo - just WoW!! the commitment to the task is admirable. How are they catalogued I wonder. I didn't see any labels on any of the vials.
A sand collecting book. I wish I had done this while we were crossing the ocean so many times a YEAR.
Daughter says Maine sand is interesting.......as it comes from the continent across the ocean.
I personally, like rocks.
I am 4 years into this learning to live without Randy, and I still feel like I’m watching someone else. My niece sent a text asking this morning how I was feeling today and my response to her was that I’m in a strange head space. I feel like I’m living someone else’s life. So much of what you write just resonates with me. I’m grateful that you are blogging about your life, and that I was fortunate enough to have come across it. Thank you.
LindaSonia, I have an excel sheet in the beginning with numbers on the vials. I have not just turned to writing the location directly on the vial, much easier to keep up with! ;)
Hey Angie! As much as I hate you are also going through this, I am glad I am not the only one experiencing that weird feeling! I always feel it more when I am taking out the trash or doing the laundry. Yesterday and guy who mows happened by and mowed the lawns. I was so grateful to see it all neat and clean, the way D kept it
Joanne, it is never too late to start ;)
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