passion

The children at school have been writing about their passions, so in our discussion I've been thinking about my passions.  I guess one that I have is collecting things.  It all began when I was about 8 years old when I began collecting baseball cards and marbles, stamps and shiny things.  All of these collections went into a cigar box, but somehow I suppose I felt like I was too old to keep these old things so I threw them out.

I have a jar of cracker jack prizes, miniature objects, camels, clowns, a bottle of marbles, a tin full of found things like odd buttons, and feathers.  Stuff.  Lots of stuff.  I also collect nature objects for my classroom.  I have gopher turtle shells, skulls of various sizes, and sea shells.   One time Truett and I found a horse skeleton in our woods and I thought seriously of bleaching each of the bones and wiring it back together.  Thank goodness that idea fell through. So my passion is collecting.  If I had kept all the toys I've confiscated from children through these forty-four years of teaching, some would be worth big bucks, I'm sure.

Here is a photo of one of my collections.

Comments

[Sherry]

I won't try to guess what that is.

[merry jennifer]

Goat skull?