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I have a collection myself, some inherited, some given as gifts, others found by browsing second hand and junk shops. They don’t live together, but have found their own niches in our home.<\/p>\nOne of the many gifts that Elizabeth has bequeathed to us is the desire to make a collection of “little things” such as cousin Mary makes in The Scent of Water.<\/p>\n
I have a collection myself, some inherited, some given as gifts, others found by browsing second hand and junk shops. They don’t live together, but have found their own niches in our home.<\/p>\n
This little cat came from my husband’s childhood home, and is currently, like most cats , enjoying a patch of sunshine. A bronze boxing hare stands on the frame of an ink drawing of a Hare caught hiding in a Welsh cwm. An owl blinks down from a beam.<\/p>\n
After my last post, Jana Jopson got in touch with a selection of photos and stories about her own collection, so that she could share them with other readers and collectors.<\/p>\n
The following is taken from her email to the group:<\/p>\n
“The collection is a work in progress, some arrive as gifts and some I find.\u00a0 I imagine it will continue to evolve.\u00a0 It lives in a glass-fronted bookcase on the shelf with all of my Elizabeth Goudge books and warms my heart whenever I see it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The top shelf holds small rabbits, the smallest being made of brass and only 3\/4 of an inch in length.\u00a0 I appreciate rabbits of all sorts, in nature, story, and myth.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the many gifts that Elizabeth has bequeathed to us is the desire to make a collection of “little things” such as cousin Mary makes in The Scent of Water. I have a collection myself, some inherited, some given as gifts, others found by browsing second hand and junk shops. They don’t live together, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[29,85,102,38],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chat","tag-biography","tag-guernsey","tag-little-things","tag-scent-of-water"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.elizabethgoudge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180531_134813-225x300.jpg\")
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My kindred spirit friend and I once saw a tiny coach-and-six with an elegant woman inside in a display cabinet at an antiques shop.\u00a0 When we went back the next time, it was gone and we still say one of us should have purchased it.\u00a0 I have had tiny tea sets but they have gone into shadow box creations rather than my tiny things collection, but I do watch for one made of blue glass.”<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\nI wonder if we will be able to see some of her intriguing “shadow box creations” they sound wonderful.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.elizabethgoudge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/The-Poets-Desk-300x201.jpg\")
I know very little about Elizabeth’s collection, beyond knowing that they still exist. Some pieces may have come from Guernsey where her Mother lived, like this exquisite silver writing desk, which currently belongs to the family of the late poet Anne Lewis-Smith who was Elizabeth’s neighbour in Dog Lane.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe value of any collection for me and I suspect for others who collect too, is the connections and tales the objects tell.<\/div>\nIf you too collect and would like to share, we would love to know about your favourite “little things.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n