(dd's trainers with the dog rattles stuck in them)
Or one of these...
(Triops eggs in water)
Or perhaps a few of these...
(plaster of paris moulds and brooches)
And how about several of these....
(Airfix model planes)Not forgetting one of these...
(Quartz crystals and a potassium salt solution to grow crystals)
Plus the pieces of one of these...
( a semi-dismantled remote controlled car)
And then perhaps a few items from the leaning tower of junk shelves...
And perhaps you have all of it on your table at the same time and it might start to look like this...
As you can tell, we've had a busy day...plaster of paris, airfix models, setting up a triops tank, starting a crystal kit, taking apart a remote-controlled car (plus reading out a few chapters of 'Dragon in the Cliff', driving out to see if we could buy some fertile chicken eggs, baking pizzas and bread and trying to sort out the shelves in the conservatory). I'm shattered! So much for a quiet day at home!