Stone

Posted on May 2, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged callection, Childhood, Crystal, Green, Life, Rock, Stone, Stuff, Things, Wrapped3 Comments

I found this cold green stone in my bag today. I don’t know how many months it had been in there. Wrapped in green tissue paper, carefully sealed up with tape. I could feel its shape through the layers of paper but not how it felt. It could have been anything I suppose.

I’m a collector of stones, fossils, crystals, ‘dust gatheters’ I don’t know why I started or when it became a collection. Just nice, shiny, pieces of rock or stone, some polished like this, others hard and rough, fools gold, carborundum, but mainly quartz. I even made my own crystal using a supersaturated solilution and string. I don’t remember the chemical I used….

Too much stuff

Posted on December 31, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Clothes, Clutter?, declutter, Hoarding, new years resolution, Ornaments, Painting, Stuff, ThingsLeave a comment

I have too much stuff (plants, ornaments, paintings, clothes), but I remember how I got every bit of clutter and just find it very hard to let go of them. I have moved things around and chucked some stuff out. But the majority of it remains. I would like to tidy up the place and would start by with living room. That would be my plan if I had to chose a new years resolution, but I can’t suss out how to get rid of more things!

Stuff

Posted on May 28, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Books, Clothes, Cushions, Ornaments, Soft toys, Stuff, Things2 Comments

Too much stuff, I’m attached to my books, my paintings, paints, brushes, handbags, sort toys, cushions, ornaments…. My house is full. Bikes, saucepans, old clothes. Everything could be disposed of one day I suppose? What happens when I’m gone. Who will want it all? I’m not a hoarder, but I could be one day. With the pandemic it’s not easy to pass things to charity shops and I don’t like waste so I don’t take things to the tip. Some of this should be repurposed. X

Cat bell

Posted on March 18, 2021 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cat bell, cat collection, Drawing, Fun, Life, Ornaments, Sketching, Stuff, wooden object2 Comments

Wooden cat ‘bell’ one of the weird things I’ve collected over the years…

I seem to collect cat ornaments and friends give them me as presents, so much so that they clutter up everywhere. I’ve got cheap cats and cheerful ones, a few expensive ones… What other collections? Books and paintings and indoor plants. It’s amazing what you can fit on hotizontal surfaces in a tiny terraced house!

Cluttered desk

Posted on December 8, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Books, Clutter, Desk, Drawing, Life, Papers, Sketching, StuffLeave a comment

#bandofsketchers prompt. My cluttered desk, there’s a keyboard for the computer under there somewhere. Used slightly more muted colours. I’ve definitely got too much ‘stuff’ in my life!

China cupboard

Posted on November 15, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ceramics, Collection, Cupboard, Egg cups, Hand decorated, Maggie, Photo, Pottery, Stuff, Tea cupsLeave a comment

The stuff in this ‘cup’board is mainly cups and egg cups. I’m pleased that some of them are ones we have decorated ourselves. Plus I found the Maggie egg cup I was looking for.

It’s amazing what clutter I’ve collected over the years.. I guess I can call it a cup collection…

Jumble

Posted on September 24, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Collecting, Hoarder, Life, Objects, Plants, Poem, Poetry, Sketching, Stuff, Things, Too much, Window ledgeLeave a comment

Lots of stuff,

on window ledges,

filling space,

shared with cats,

plants are growing,

decorated with things,

collected,

ornamented,

sketched and recorded.

Gathering moss,

unable to leave things,

remove things,

bin things,

Hoarder?

Maybe

Buttons, marbles and a hair tie.

Posted on September 11, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Bikes, Blogging, Books, Buttons, Cats, Life, Marbles, Ornaments, Plants, Storage, Stuff, Too much clutter, TrainsLeave a comment

I collect ‘stuff’, I have ‘collections’ or as others would call it ‘clutter’.

Plants, cat ornaments, paintings, marbles, a few buttons, drawings, sketchbooks, cushions, books (lots of). A few cats, other stuff….. Hubby has bikes, trains, other stuff.

Where do I put it all, where do I keep it? Our house is more like a museum than a home. I need storage, I wish I could shrink it all down and put it on my phone. Or give me a shrink Ray and I can put it all in a dolls house!

A patch of sunshine

Posted on November 13, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Bookcases, Books, Cobwebs, Collected, Design, Dust, Soft toys, Stuff, Sunlight, SunriseLeave a comment

The Sun is shining in through the side window now the trees on the East side of the garden have lost their leaves. The Sun rises further South East in the autumn and winter. Its shining on the ‘great stack’ of knitted toys. They are usually on the setee but I moved them so people can sit on it. Behind is one if our numerous book cases. I would love it if it was neatly stacked, colour coordinated like they are on design shows. But that’s not what a working bookcase looks like! The top shelves are rarely touched and I sometimes find cobwebs up there. I’m sure the ornaments on the top shelf up near the ceiling will be covered in dust. But there is too much art supplies in boxes in front of it…

Disorganised, chaotic, too much stuff. Magpie, collector of ornaments, canvases, paints, visual memorabilia. I’m an artist, I can’t help myself.

Tidying up

Posted on August 6, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Books, Hoarding, Home, Life, My world, Paper, Storage, Stuff, Tidy up, Towers of paperLeave a comment

My world is full of stuff

it’s mainly layers of paper.

Carefully stored in piles.

I might use that photo as an inspitation,

For a painting or a drawing,

I might need that statement,

I might read that book

Eventually.

But piles of stuff turn into columns,

Columns start to tower over you.

Idea. ” I’ll tidy up”.

Trouble is you have to deconstruct.

Build new towers to winnow out stuff.

So,

Some stuff to burn or shred,

Some stuff to give to charity,

Some stuff to read,

Some stuff to pile back up,

till I find space on a bookshelf……

I’ll just go and lie down in a darkened room.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Stuff