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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 174575, member: 85&quot;]Oh my!&nbsp; Where to start.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was about 7 when my parents bought their first house.&nbsp; On the next street over was an older priest who was a rock hound.&nbsp; He would cut and polish what he found.&nbsp; He threw all of his broken or unacceptable pieces in a pile that the neighborhood kids were allowed to dig through and take 1 or 2 pieces.&nbsp; Not more because we had to leave some for the next kids.&nbsp; We could come back a week later and take another couple.&nbsp; I still have a box somewhere with little broken crosses that I pulled out of his pile. That was the start of the rock collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>You know what is interesting, and I bet a lot of you have done it.&nbsp; We collect rocks and shells and put some of them in the garden.&nbsp; Yet when we move, we take those rocks and shells out of the garden and move them with us.&nbsp; My husband thought I was nuts when I had him move my garden rocks.&nbsp; I have found I&#039;m not the only one who does this.&nbsp; Any of you?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have too many collections to list everything.</p><p>I did start going to antique stores with my mother in the 4th or 5th grade.&nbsp; My first purchased collection was demitasse cups and saucers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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