Personal History Sunday (or Monday since I forgot)

The question: What kind of things do you collect?

I haven't really been a collector of one thing or another, but I do find myself collecting a few things without realizing it. The first is calla lilies art work. They are my favorite flowers. When I waited for a missionary he sent me a beautiful painting with calla lilies on it. I love it. I'm so glad that Kent didn't expect me to throw it out because it was from an old boyfriend. I also had some friends that I worked with (Becca and Gelasia pronounced Halacia) who knew I liked calla lilies and so they got me a smaller painting of some calla lilies and I like that as well. The next thing I would really like to have is a colorful painting of calla lilies to brighten my front room. Although I must say that it really is the white calla lilies that are my favorite.

The second thing I have found people giving me as gifts because of my love for it is lighthouses. I have one blanket and a very nice cross stitch Kent's mom made me. I love those. I have a lighthouse painting I bought in the supermarket in Duchane, UT. My mom bought me a lighthouse made of wood that I enjoy, and I have a lighthouse clock in my bathroom. As you can see in my pictures it's not just lighthouses that I like, but rather anything that reminds me of Oregon and the ocean. These things also remind me of my honeymoon as Kent and I went to Astoria, Oregon. I got the other painting and the ship at the supermarket in Duchane as well.

The last thing I don't really collect, but I have one and would love a few more. It is a salt shaker of the dwarf Dopey. It's goes with a pepper shaker of sneezy. My mom gave them to me for Christmas one year because she saw them and thought I would love them. I did love them! When I was a little girl Dopey was my imaginary friend. He, Snow White and the other six dwarfs lived under the front lawn. I would go knock on their imaginary door and ask if Dopey could play. I don't want to be a Dopey fanatic, but it does bring back fond memories as I do remember playing this way. When Braxton was about eight months or so he had a picture that made look a lot like DopeyI'd really like to figure out a way to make a costume for Braxton to be Dopey for Halloween.

This is my favorite painting so far

Calla lilies from friends

Blanket from Kent's mom. It's fleece and she crocheted the edges.

Cross stitch from Pam

You can see this is a detailed cross stitch.
I am amazed that she has that kind of patience.


Amazing what you can find at a grocery store in a small town

The ship was also found in Duchane,

but my mom gave me the lighthouse for Christmas in 2005

This is our clock/lighthouse in the bathroom

This is another picture found in Duchane. It reminded us of Oregon homes on the coast

Here is my real Dopey.