You Say Salt, I Say Pepper - Rural Thursday

My grandmother has been cleaning out her house and recently asked if I'd like an assortment of salt and pepper shakers.  She thought I could try to sell them in my Etsy store.  Well, they arrived and although I haven't been collecting salt and pepper shakers, I immediately fell in love with about half of them, and this, apparently, is how a collection is born.  This was my favorite:

 Although I also loved this Asian couple:

 And these overly happy purple cows:

 My Mom says these serene farm scene salt and peppers belonged to my great great aunt:

Now I truly love these cute little elephants.  However, my sister-in-law collects elephants. And she just popped out a 9 lb. 10 ounce baby boy (congrats!!).  I think she deserves these elephants, don't you?  So I'm saving these for her.

And I kind of liked these white ears of corn on the cob:

These two were my grandmother's favorites, so I'm hanging on to them as well.  

There are many others I saved for myself, but there are also a great many in my Etsy shop if you'd like to check them out.  I certainly think it's a fun way to dress up a dinner table!

It's Rural Thursday, so time for you to link up with Nancy from A Rural Journal and myself with your tales of the country life.  Do you have a collection too?  We want to hear about it.  Or tell us about your gardening adventures, spring flowers, or hunting for eggs.  Just grab the code below the button and paste it into your blog.  Then come back to link up to your url.  Don't forget to please visit the blogs of at least 5 others who participate, and leave them some comment love!