A Walk Down Memory Lane

Today I scrolled through my folders to see what was the time when we started sewing seeds last year. I know it was January as my dad is always restless and wants to get ahead of everyone else. Sometimes he's lucky and the seedlings he's growing get a good start, but when the weather is playing pranks on us, his efforts are in vain.

While browsing my folders I came across a lot of photos I took last year, with different occasion and never posted them. Like this grape photo, that I took in September 2019. These are the times when I could appreciate these grapes, enjoy the flavor and let the vitamins be absorbed my my body. As it's January and (supposed to be) winter, grapes are only available at the supermarket and those have a totally different taste.

This photo was taken at the same time at a different location and I remember how angry I was for not getting there in time. The wonderful ivy leaves were on the ground already, so this is all I could capture, instead a wonderful red leave carpet. Last year, I mean in 2022 I made sure to be there in time so I don't miss the show and what do you think happened? Someone cut the ivy out, there was not one stem left. 😳 Was it a slap on my face? It was. A big one. I don't know who's idea was it to get rid of it, but was a very bad one.

A few years ago I was lucky to go to the cemetery after a light storm. The wind was blowing hard and being the end of October, leaves were already dry and ready to fell. The wind did the job perfectly, in a couple of hours the whole city was full of leaves. Obviously streets are cleaned fast as that's a priority, but the cemetery being on a hill, cleaning was slow. I can't explain why, but a cemetery covered by lovely colorful leaves foe me means time has stopped. I took a bunch of photos and was hoping to catch similar scenes on camera next year, but this was all I could do. We don't always get what we want.

Then in January 2020 this happened. It's a phenomenon that should not happen as these windows have isolation, but one of mine is faulty, should be changed, so when it's very cold, this happens. To be honest, I only see this once in 5 years, which tells you how warm winters are nowadays.

I haven't seen such ice flowers (as we used to call these), since I was a kid and even then only at my grandparents' house as those windows were the old school ones.

So when I woke up and saw the nice print on the window, I spent 20 minutes taking a bunch of photos to have as memories as I knew I may not see such thing again. Especially if I decide to replace the window.

Then there was this scene, which I love so much and it is expected to be seen every year in April or May, depending on the weather. I don't know how to describe it, but for me it is like fresh air, especially paired with the blue sky.

There's a long way to go as we've barely started the year, we haven't even had proper winter, but it's nice to remember the good moments. At least you know what is coming and when and you can prepare your camera.

So today I showed you a bunch of different themes, as I usually do. Let's see which one is your favorite today, if you have any. Don't be shy, throw one or two in the comment section.

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