Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Wednesday Vignette: more than two of anything is a collection

I live with a person who strives to have as few belongings as possible. He has a box of things from his past and he occasionally goes through it and purges. Our house was built in 1948 and as such the closets are tiny. I have to change out my clothing in the spring and in the fall, the off-season garments and shoes go into storage in the basement. He does not. Everything fits in his closet year round with extra room on the bar. I do not understand this way of being. I'm not a hoarder, but I love a good collection. Maybe that's why visiting Beth Winter's garden is such a treat. This lady is a natural born collector...

More from Beth's garden next week!

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13 comments:

  1. I'm a natural born collector/hoarder/almost in need of an intervention too. I can see the allure of minimalist living, but I'm hopelessly incapable of achieving it. Those gears are cool, I never would have thought of collecting those to spread them across the ground like a mulch.

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  2. As head of Gardener's Anonymous the only thing I collect obsessively is plants but love to see other people's collections. Helps rationalize mine.

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    1. Yes there's always someone who is a little further down the path who make the rest of us feel a little better.

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  3. I love Beth's collection of rusty metal doohickies. My husband thinks I'm driven to purge stuff. I once tossed a pile of mixed papers he left on the counter for days in the recycle bin, which he fortunately discovered before collection day - the pile included his airline ticket for a business trip. That was possibly the worst fight we've ever had...I don't consider myself a minimalist but, if something sits around unused for too long, it's likely to disappear. I stay clear of my husband's "stuff" now, though.

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    1. Oh dear, Kris! That would have been really unfortunate, if your husband's airplane ticket had been lost. I tend to purge papers that sit for days in the kitchen, but in my case it's usually 365+ days.

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    2. Oh the days of paper airline tickets! My husband accidentally purged one of my Christmas movie's the other day. I wouldn't say it was one of the worst fights, but I was rather shocked.

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  4. Sounds like you need to start a collection of bottles...

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  5. Oh my god - it is so hard to not stockpile good stuff. Dear hubbs is spearheading a big purge in preparation of eventually following the kids overseas. I'm with him on most of it, even if I have hoarding tendencies, but I have such a hard time to get rid of family heirlooms. I know full well that I can take nothing with me when I croak, and that it really IS just "stuff", but damn - it's GOOD stuff. Working hard on being more curatorial and selective...

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    1. It's hard! I might need that vase someday, and sure I haven't used those dishes in 10 years, but...

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  6. Minimalism has lots of allure for me and I have gotten rid of a fair amount of stuff over the last couple of years-but the Bauer and my orange crate labels will stay !

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    1. And if your Bauer ever needs to go I would be happy to take it off your hands!

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