A Mermaid Fair

I like to collect things, or it could be called stock piling a bunch of miscellaneous items. Books are my collection of choice but I have branched out into all sorts of things I need to own.

Today we shall cover Mermaids.

When we bought this house years ago, it had no soaking tub. Now I don't know about everyone else but a house is not a home without a wonderful soaking tub. I would prefer an old claw foot tub but really any thing that will hold a large amount of warm, bubbly water will work. So we added a tub but it had to be added into it's own separate room and it had to contain the Washer and Dryer! I know, the horror! Who wants to see those appliances ever and especially not while trying to soak your cares away.

But a tub is a tub and so I took what I could get. How to decorate a room with no windows, a huge sky light that had been added in the 80's and dirty clothes, is certainly a daunting dilemma. Then I found mermaids. They are brightly colored, can be hung on a wall, and are impervious to heat and moisture. I was off and running. Over time I have added fish and sea horses for a little diversity. Let's take a peek at some:

First, we have a large wall with the mermaid family. They run all around the room. Over doors, under lights, they sit on the tub surround and I even have a shelf with sit alone mermaids. If you notice any cobwebs, just think of it as kelp waving in the ocean tide, I know I do and I feel just fine about not dusting.

Where is the washer/dryer I hear you ask. It is tucked away behind closed doors and I had mermaids painted on the door fronts that are doing laundry.

So what do you collect?

Who would be
a mermaid fair,
singing alone,
combing her hair
under the sea,
in a golden curl
with a comb of pearl,
on a throne?
I would be a mermaid fair;
I would sing to myself the whole of the day;
with a comb of pearl I would comb my hair;
and still as I comb I would sing and say,
"Who is it loves me? Who loves me not?"

Lord Alfred Tennyson
"The Mermaid"