Lol, dust yes. And apparently dog hair!
WONDERFUL! I got sucked in a bit, too, but had to cut way back due to "Life and finances" getting in the way. It came to a head the year I had 29 fosters come through my home - and that doesn't include the four "foster fails" that found there furever home right here! I now just help at adoption events, on supply runs and at the shelter when I can.
You could try @Fluffy_Butt_Hutt's Knick=knack jar idea! You could use boxes or baskets, too - anything to unify the look. Group similar items, treasures found at a single location or on a specific trip, sort by color, age, all sorts of options; paste a list of what's inside, on the back, or matching-style labels all along the front (or tuck it in the box/basket,) and Voila' - a catalogued collection!Rocks. I have collected a large amount of rocks. And I love telling people “yes, that is a box of rocks” when they are complaining about loading it into a moving truck.
In my defense, most of them are fossils, lovely mineral specimens and geologically interesting things I have collected in the field. I can remember where and when I collected each one. I don’t have the space to actually display most of them or I would.
Oh they are already in boxes and baskets and crates, etc I just have literally no space for them. A lot of them are pretty big—like the size of a cantaloupe. And some are very fragile so they are either in a cabinet or in their own special box. I have lots of cigar boxes full of rocks
But my actual house is way too small to be displaying rocks when I need space for my shoes. Not that I collect shoes, per se…
