day thirty one

pallets

wooden pallets at a construction site.

day thirty

dolphins

Fake dolphins at the aquarium.

day twenty nine

slippahs

It took me about five years of living in Hawaii to stop calling these "jandals".  Pretty much the only thing we wear on our feet year round.......ha! I just noticed my toes in the bottom of the picture.

day twenty eight

paintbrushes
Rory and I were painting a "murial" today and hurrah! I found another collection as a result.

day twenty seven

wine
my wine by the glass selection at work.

day twenty six

magnets

Some quirky fridge magnets.

day twenty five

sod

One of my neighbours had a new lawn put in today. The sod almost looks like a bunch of yule log cakes stacked on top of each other.

day twenty four

glasses
wine glasses waiting to be utilized.

day twenty three

pictures
A collection of purple framed pictures.

day twenty two

roosters

While waiting in the school parking lot I saw these roosters just cruising around between the cars, there were four of them but I couldn't get them all together.

day twenty one

Team

A collection of kids doing a team cheer at the end of softball practice.

day twenty

seed pods

Rory found these seed pods on her camping trip to Hana, they sound like maracas when you shake them.

day nineteen

ice

I only photographed this because I want to sink my whole head in it. Bloody great whopping migraine today.....can't think straight.

day eighteen

sea glass

This is my collection of sea glass that I picked up on Seatoun beach in Wellington, N.Z.   

day seventeen

green stuff

While looking for something green to wear today I had a look for other green things in my house. Despite the fact that green is one of my favourite colours, I really don't own many green things. This is pretty much it......

day sixteen

chessmen

And now for a touch of geekery....Lord of the Rings chess pieces.  Takes a little bit longer to play due to the fact that you have to include some dialogue as you go such as Frodo needing to explain about the beauty of the shire and Gollum calling all his opponents "my precious" and Gandalf loudly explaining his next move while the orcs thump about the board and the eye of Sauron won't shut up and has to tell everyone that he's watching them.........What? you mean you don't play it like that?

day fifteen

shells

Little houses for sea creatures.

day fourteen

lemon wedges

"when life hands you lemons..........go make a gin and tonic!"

day thirteen

sun umbrellas

At Rory's softball game, a colourful collection of umbrellas.

day twelve

plastic numbers

 random numbers....random order.

day eleven

kitsch coasters

My collection of fabulous Kiwi coasters from the 70's. A little touch of nostalgia every time I have a cuppa.

day ten

beach stuff

driftwood, charcoal and pods from a tree all found at the beach to form the number 10....only 90 days to go

day nine

post boxes
collection of post office boxes ....of course my box didn't have anything interesting today, just bills and junk mail.  

day eight

hotel soaps

I have a bit of a thing for hotel toiletries.  I must take them with me even when they are horrible.  I won't bother with the shower caps or the sewing kits but god help me if I leave without stowing the soap, shampoo, conditioner and body lotion....it's nice to get a bonus mouthwash every now and again.

day seven

japanese erasers
kids collect the funniest things.
I had to make mini cars seats for these guys so that they would be"safe" when we drove in the car. My pointing out that they are made of rubber and therefore wouldn't get hurt......went down like a ton of bricks.

Day Six

lounge chairs

day six= six lounge chairs.
perfect day today lounging by the pool watching the girls playing mermaids

Day Five

clothes pegs
Wooden clothes pegs doing their best impression of a "Jenga" set.

Day Four

dolly shoes

Dolls have the most outrageous shoes. I could never wear half of these designs...maybe the pink basketball shoes in the back. Dolls have the luxury of not actually having to walk in their shoes.

Day Three

beer bottle caps

For day three I chose my collection of Hitachino Nest beer bottle caps. I love the little owls. I swear I will turn these into something cool, like a necklace or key ring or fridge magnet... but in the meantime they are burning a hole in my junk drawer.

Day Two

Silly Bandz

On a lighter note,
Who would have thought that rubber bands, molded into different shapes would be the next huge collectible fad for kids? These are part of my daughter Rory's collection......my favourite is the grey drum kit and the orange guy playing "air guitar".