Too Much? NEVER!

My hobby, as a young adult, was collecting clowns.  Oh it began innocent (naive) & fun enough.
Bright
Cheerful
Simple with prime colors and smiles.  A few crystal clowns here, a ceramic clown there.
And then it began....

Once you begin a collection - ANY collectable thing - it becomes the easy gift.  Everyone begins to associate you with that THING.  Every gift I received was clown related.

Clown t-shirt, clown garage sale finds, clown jewlry, a crystal bell with the clacker part as a clown.
Knitted clowns.
Eggshell clowns.
Clown slippers.

Over time, my beatific clown groups became edgy, mean, leering.  It got VERY scary.  That's when I started hating clowns.

Still the clowns kept coming.
Framed prints,
(which YES! I hung on the walls.  I don't know why....guilt?)
with shifting jester eyeballs that followed me around the room & watched me sleep.   Aaack!
Those diabolical clowns really started to suck BAD!!

THEN, someone told me about "IT" or was it "THING?" You know, the scary Stephen King novel/movie (I am not a fan of the Horror genre, so I don't know which it was.) Aaack! x 2!!

I had to donate that clown collection to the Salvation Army.  I should have burned it.

I have some better hobbies now - tracing my family history, camping, hiking, photography, cooking, kayaking to name a few.

But my PASSION is dogs.  I love them.  (did you know?)


That has led to people buying & giving to me all things dog.

 I have dog statues, dog cards, dog calendars, dog books, dog prints, dog signs, dog socks, dog jewlry..... and let me tell you something.  Dogs are NOT clowns (in the literal sense) I cannot get enough.  I LOVE every single dog item I have.  The magnets, the pawprints, the paperclips, the clocks - I wouldn't trade any of it for a big chunk of gold.  I love my paw print reading glasses (in black & in brown/multi) & my doggie-themed blankets.
I cherish my doggie coffee mugs as well as my:
dog t-shirts/sweatshirts/pajama pants
dog key chains
dog bottle opener
dog wine stoppers (& paw print wine stoppers, too!)
dog christmas ornaments
dog flip flops
dog throw rugs
dog pillows
dog picture frames
dog potholders
dog dishtowels

I love them ALL!!

I have been told my eyes change when the subject of dogs comes up - I get some sort of light or fire in them.  I burble with excitement & enthusiasm.  Exuberant becomes my name!!  (I am considering Zealot for a middle name!)  Careful, if you bring up the subject of puppies, I may talk & burble so much that spittle will gather in the corners of my mouth & I might pee my pants!

I can't get enough k-9.

So if you have anthing DOG lying around that you want to get rid of, please think of me first!!
Dog is Good.

For Christmas this year I bought myself a dog embroidered barn-style jacket, a gorgeous dog-themed canvas shoulder bag & my husband bought me a ring of gold dog bones & diamonds.  Best holiday EV-UH.

FYI - My birthday is in September & I'm still looking for knitted dogs & dogs made of eggshells!!  woof.