I was over at Confessions of a Random Chick just now – a blog I found recently and added to my newsfeed because it’s both fun and thought-provoking – and I found a post there with this very title (only without the exclamation mark).
It was a great post, because it didn’t have words, she just posted pictures of what she loved. You should pop over and take a look.
OK, time’s up. Get back here!
Anyway, I thought it was such a great idea that I stole it. Obsessions are such fun things to have. So, here we go … now, what’s first, I wonder?
Oh, look! It’s Mr Depp! What a surprise, eh? I met him, you know, and I took those two photos with my own fair (and slightly shaky) hands!
Also, those of you who read my blog regularly, or get to it through Blogger’s back door will know about the other love of my life*, which is dogs. Specifically, greyhounds. This picture is made up of images of the dogs we have owned since 1994.
Aren’t they beautiful? The little chap with the hat on at the bottom left isn’t a greyhound, of course. He just happened to be giving Sid a very sweet hug at a local show where we were helping to man (dog?) a stand.
What’s next? Well, I’ve always loved to read, and this is a part of one of our bookshelves.
The fact that it’s only a part confirms the ‘obsession’ part, probably .. but anyway. One author I’ve been guilty of being a little obsessive about is this one -
Luckily OH shares my obsession, which is why we have them all in hardback. As well as in paperback.
What have we here, above yet another bookshelf?
Well, well. It’s Johnny Depp in his role as Captain Jack Sparrow, in all three of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Pretty, ain’t he? Even OH thinks he makes fine wall art – but then he has always loved cinema posters.
And talking of tasty -
Chocolate. I do love chocolate. In particular I love good, dark, quality chocolate. And all these were bought on a single shopping trip to a new supermarket which had clearly decided to lead the field in chocolate for the discriminating. Oh, it was fun, trying them all out! Except that one in the white and blue wrapper. That one is flavoured with cinnamon and I can’t stand the stuff. OH had that one all to himself and he was welcome to it. Of the rest, I think probably the Peruvian 70 was my favourite. Rich, dark, earthy, and yet not bitter. Excuse me while I drool.
Oh, are you still here?  Um.  I think I mentioned Mr Depp already, didn’t I? And reading, come to that. OK. I’ll stop drooling and move along.
Here’s a hobby which I find absorbing and relaxing.
Every so often my bank account takes a beating when I go on an Ebay binge, or Etsy, or just random jewellery supply shops. You see, I can’t help myself buying up those cute little findings …
Oh well. At least it leads to something constructive. These I made as Christmas gifts for my Depp friends one year.
Then there are movies! I haven’t watched many lately, but I do love a good movie. And I’ll watch them over and over again, especially from this drawer -
Aah, there’s some good stuff in there! There are also some that aren’t that good, like Before Night Falls, and Private Resort, and I didn’t much like The Brave, but I have to have them because … well, they’re part of the Depp collection, aren’t they, so they do have Johnny in them. And that’s always a good thing.
You might also notice that I appear to have more Pirates of the Caribbean movies than they’ve actually made, and also that I have three four copies of From Hell. So? What can I say. I refer you to the title of this post.
Oops! I nearly forgot one of my lifelong obsessions!
Insects and bugs! And, of course, taking pictures of them. I love taking photos and I love macro photography in particular. That’s two obsessions in one, right?
Did I remember to mention this one?
I did? Oh, right. Okay then.
Before I go, there is one obsession that I have neglected to mention. I know what it is, OH knows what it is, my boys know what it is, and I suspect that you do, too.
No pictures! We don’t want any incriminating evidence, do we? Someone might feel they have to DO something about it, and we can’t have that.
*OH is, of course the original love of my life.































