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Across the Fence:  if you could only collect ONE category of thing ..  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 3:22:45 PM
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| I too would choose books, though my shelves are bursting and overflowing now. Books are such a comfort, Of course I would need at least one quilt to snuggle in while reading away the winter evenings...Karin |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 3:32:02 PM
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Enamelware. I love, love, love it. I love how beautiful it is in such a useful way. I love collecting things that aren't monetarily valuable but that have value to me. OF course, I don't collect anything I can't put to use.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 4:14:03 PM
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Yes, I really love the clean, bright look of the white with black. It also looks terrific in my robin-egg blue kitchen!
I have some white with red though, blue, gray and one large tan with green trim roaster.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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laluna
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
New York
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 4:20:59 PM
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Oh, I'd have to say books as well, though I'd try and cheat a little and add music too, as those are my two favorite things! (And truthfully, with most of my music stored digitally in my iTunes library, I think I could make a fair argument for the space that the music doesn't take up!) 
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
2246 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 4:52:55 PM
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i would have to say textiles, if i could include linens in there, i love linens/textiles.
books would be awfully hard to stop collecting though.
love
fran
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/) |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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PlumCreekMama
True Blue Farmgirl
730 Posts
Heather
Iowa
USA
730 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 6:14:31 PM
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 6:46:35 PM
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family...everytime i turn around mine seems to grow and i just love them all!
What we write today slipped into our souls some other day when we were alone and doing nothing.
-Brenda Ueland
http://quilandneedle.blogspot.com/ |
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chicken necker
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Sherry
Eastern Shore
Maryland
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 7:18:35 PM
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Friends
I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ~anon |
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl
3845 Posts
Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 11:40:27 PM
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vintage sewing patterns for me! 
"Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and enriched the world." ~ emma goldman
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 02:05:04 AM
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| I think I need a split personality for this thread, so I would have to say Heckel would collect books and Jeckel, my other persona would collect old fashioned looking bird items. Hugs to all! Nance |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
1545 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 06:10:14 AM
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For me it would be redware. (but, I do so love enamelware!)
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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amyartgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
991 Posts
Amy
Junction City
Ohio
USA
991 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 07:29:58 AM
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I love collecting vintagey linens, esp aprons (as you know Frannie from my shopping trip last weekend) :-) I love all of the unique colors and patterns, and just wonder of the story they each tell. A very close 2nd would have to be pincushions/make-dos/pinkeeps.
Farmgirl Sister #21
Proud member of Bees w/o Borders and ArtFuL SisTeRs
http://artfulheart.blogspot.com
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Edited by - amyartgirl on Feb 19 2008 07:33:02 AM |
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amyartgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
991 Posts
Amy
Junction City
Ohio
USA
991 Posts |
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 08:21:54 AM
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I like to collect a few things, cast iron, yellowware, anything folky, prim and fun. My collections come and go, and I go through different stages. I like what I like at the time. If I had a choice to collect something for my entire life, it would be good experiences and good memories.
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 08:40:29 AM
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heehee! My collection would be PIGS!! I love 'em!!!:) Surround me with piggies and I will "waller" in their playful cheerfulness!:)
When life sends storms, remember to dance in the rain!
www.theSouthernBelle.etsy.com |
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farmgirl blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
777 Posts
Lea
TN
777 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 09:00:05 AM
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Frannie, this question just has me all tore up. Why does it have to be just one? I love old oil lamps, worn out quilts, decorating books, cookbooks, old baskets, ... I love be surrounded with things that have a history. I can't imagine living where you do, Frannie! I think I'd be daydreaming ALL the time! But, okay, if I have to pick just one I'd have to go with my quilts. They add color & texture of my home, but are so comforting especially after hanging in the fresh air.
What a great question!
Blessings, Lea
www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com
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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot |
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Carolinagirl
True Blue Farmgirl
486 Posts
Kim
Rutherfordton
NC
USA
486 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 09:09:48 AM
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| paper items- books, newspapers, letters, notes, takeout menus,anything with words on it. Ads. scribbles. I like to paste the loose bits into a journal. I think this is so much more fun and interesting than a plain writing journal. |
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a rose
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Linda
Waterford
NY
USA
443 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 1:00:24 PM
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baby dolls
Remember me as a rose. |
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22shortie
True Blue Farmgirl
329 Posts
rebekah
sulphur
la
USA
329 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 3:06:21 PM
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Without a doubt, SHOES! I may be a country girl but I love my shoes!
Check out my latest projects and all the news from my chaotic little world!
http://pumpkinseed-unscripted.blogspot.com/ |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 3:41:57 PM
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lea .. luckily, in 'real' life .. we don't have to choose jus' one .. but this little 'exercise' is to prioritize and find out what would come out NUMBER ONE!
ha! rebekah .. you sound like my year and a half grandaughter, SOFIA .. we call her 'litle Imelda Marcos .. she loves shoes and has lots of them already .. shoooot .. she likes EVERYONE's shoes. At a family dinner recently, she was seen constantly lifting the table cloth and peeking under it ... one of the boy cousins asked: WHAT is sofia looking at? Wednesday, (sofia's mom) just smiled and replied: "Grandma Emma has on new boots"!!
True Friends * Frannie
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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