Here is another "No, I do NOT collect..." post, this time from longtime hobbyist and tack maker, Susan Bensema Young. I'll let her share about her (non) collection of pins in her own words. Thanks, Sue! (And I am still accepting photos for this series - email them to me at horsiemama8@gmail.com).
Dear Lynn,
Repeat after me: I don’t collect pins, I don’t collect pins… :) I’m intending to do a blog post on these, but until then, your invitation is too good to resist. This picture shows "every enamel or glass pin I own,” plus a non-enamel brass unicorn who really does belong with them because I used to wear these on my hat.
Some explanations:
The top third is all from the 1970s, 80s and 90s and includes two carousel horses, an Australian flag with an opal, a brass unicorn and a coelacanth [SEE-la-kanth], the “living fossil” fish that was found in 1938 off the coast of Africa.
The middle third falls under the category of ‘family’ and includes university, radio, ecological organization and work-related pins. A double of white birds (American Birding Association) is on either side of a Breyer 50 years.
The lower third contains a small round Pegasus, the old logo of the American Horse Shows Association, a surprising Dragon from a Christopher Paolini book sale (author of the Eragon series) and, of course, the most recent evidence I don’t collect pins: two Sarah Minkiewicz unicorns.
Thank you for doing this series and inviting all us manic fringe collectors. I’m enjoying them very much.
Sue
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