The shelves in my office have become a repository for all sorts of bits and pieces as well as the books; plastic toys, the boy-child’s pentominoes, my Peter Viesnik glass perfume bottle, my first attempt at doll-making (uncharitably dubbed Lorde after a hard night) and even a lei from the wedding we attended on New Year’s Eve.
No staging with this shoot; just a quick (five minutes in fact) snapshot of personal treasures I’m sharing as part of Desley Jane‘s RegularRandom challenge.
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All photos ©Su Leslie, 2017
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Leslie
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Glad to see the trolls aren’t everywhere! I used to work with a woman who had an obsession with them!
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That’s slightly weird. I remember they were really popular for a while when I was a kid. I really, really wanted one but my mum wouldn’t let me because she thought they were too ugly. I finally got that one in my twenties — about the same time as Ernie and the Cookie Monster!
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haha
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My younger sister used to collect those little troll dolls. What a fun memory of her. I wonder if she still has any…
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I was so envious of girls who had trolls. My mum was so opposed to them I wasn’t allowed one.
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What interesting shelves. My eye was caught by The Anthropology of Time. I wonder where my little troll is now. He/she had the longest white-grey hair. Probably going squidgy somewhere in landfill.
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Sad face. Poor troll. I also have ‘A Brief History of Time’ and ‘A Geography of Time’ — and somewhere or other a book about time management. (cue hysterical laughter). The geography one is the most readable; it’s about how despite atomic clocks, etc time is experienced within a cultural context. I’m guessing you know that well from living in Africa where I imagine time is experienced in a very different way to England.
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Yes Africa is definitely on its own time 🙂
As for time management, am joining you in outburst of hysterical laughter.
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🙂
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I had a troll once, but someone bought it at my one and only garage/yard sale. 🙂 Books and that lovely perfume bottle–love it!
janet
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🙂 I found a whole cabinet of trolls in a junk shop recently. Couldn’t believe how expensive they were. But I guess they are a childhood icon for a generation that has cash.
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what a great set, explores a little bit of you, gives me some ideas for next week 🙂
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Thanks Julie. I’m looking forward to your exploration!
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Gorgeous perfume bottle but I especially love your fuschia haired Troll! I adored Trolls as a child in England. lol
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That seems to be the theme here. Amazing how popular they could be!
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I know considering they’re pretty ugly! lol
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I love the trolls too! Great to see them 🙂
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🙂
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Funny—like most of the other commenters, it was the the troll and Cookie Monster who caught my eye the most! I loved trolls when I was a kid. Also, your book collection looks very interesting!
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I guess it’s the power of childhood memories. We have books all over the house and a few years ago I tried to rationalise them; cook-books in the kitchen, fiction all together on a set of shelves, art books in another set, etc. I don’t have many shelves in my office, so I’ve ended up with a bit of a rag-tag collection of university texts, work books and stuff I dip into every now and then. I fantasize about a house with a “proper” library!
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As do I…
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I just love your bookshelves! It’s one of the things I most love to do when visiting someone at home, to look what books they have 😄
My mum also disliked the trolls and wouldn’t get me one, so I had to exchange one of my magic ponies for one on the school yard 😉 She wasn’t very happy about it 😉 The doll totally reminds me of Helena Bonham Carter! It’s the hair I think 😉
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I had a whole collection of those trolls, also smaller ones that sat on the end of a pencil. My mum obviously didn’t have the same objections as yours. Odd, because she objected to lots of things!
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An interesting peek into your life, not sure I could be so daring to photograph MY bookshelves! I have a similar troll, or I did before I moved, now I am wondering if I finally threw it out. One was my mascot when I did my ‘O’ levels and it sat on my desk throughout all my exams. Now that shows my age!!
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The plastic Sesame Street toys were my mascots during my “corporate” phase in my late 20s. I sometimes wonder what my co-workers made of them.
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Great idea Su! Bookshelves are always interesting, and yours especially so! I love that you have so many little treasures on them and I also love that you have some tilting, not all straight lines. Excellent!!!!
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Thanks Desley. I had forgotten about all the little knickknacks until I started photographing. 🙂
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We collect so many things. I’m relishing finding them to shoot 🙂
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