Other Than Chickens, What Do You collect?

[Cheekychook12]

Far too many things
Different types of wool, pretty rocks and gems, books, markers, seashells, succulents, really any interesting stuff

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Aches and pains also, but I have to add at my age, DUST!

Lol, dust yes. And apparently dog hair!

 

[MROO]

Cats. Not really by choice. My former elderly neighbor just fed them. This resulted in a massive amount of kittens, some abandoned. He knew we had 2 indoor males, so he started bringing kittens to me. I couldn't say no...

Fast forward to me and my family hand raising kittens, getting my residence designed as a feral cat colony, getting the neighborhood to help catch and fix the breeders in the neighborhood. It's been 3 years since we've had any kittens around. Thank goodness!

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.

 

[MROO]

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.

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!

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

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!

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…

 

[OnlySympathy]

Seeds. Lots and lots of seeds. The most recent ones I’ve got (as in 2 days ago) were 5 types of micro dwarf tomatoes. I plan to grow them inside over the winter.

 

[MROO]

When

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…

When I was fresh out of high school, I was in our local Thom McCann's so often that I ended up dating the salesman! Of course, It helped that he was "hot" and would hold back shoes he knew I'd like. He knew the tiny sizes always sold out quickly, so I got first shot when something new came in!