Memory Prompting Scenes

A row of daffodils blooming between the house and the road – connecting to outbuildings. In the other direction, the daffodils continued and a pear tree was in full bloom. The picture will remind me of the day I flew to Texas and drove to Oklahoma…to visit people that have known me my whole life and are now fragile. Every time I see them now is precious since there might not be another time.

The next night – the moon came up and a big crowd celebrated a birthday. I stepped outside into the cold and quiet for a few seconds for a few seconds…to create the memory scene of the event.

Back in Texas a few days later – a 20+ year old rose bush that was a birthday gift for my grandmother (maybe for her 80^th  birthday) was blooming.

 It has a dense stand of other flowers planted around its base.  The scene always reminds me of her and the gardening she enjoyed. That rose bush is a memorial to her more than the monument is the cemetery further away.

Last but not least - a garden scene...with pieces of travels and earlier times of our lives surrounded by greenery that gets more lush each year. Even most of the plants were obtained from other family gardens...evoking lots of good memories.

Art Seen on the Move

I made a quick trip from Maryland to Texas then Oklahoma…back to Texas and then home to Maryland….and used my new cellphone to take pictures of the ‘art’ along the way.

At BWI airport early in the morning, I noticed the Maryland scenes depicted in mosaics on the floor and on tables that are probably very busy later in the day.

Driving from the Dallas area toward Tulsa on I75, we stopped in Durant for lunch. Salitas (Tex-Mex food) is not far off the highway and has desert murals painted on the side.

After visiting family near Tulsa, we headed to Stillwater, OK for a visit with friends and then headed for home along I35. The rest stop had Teepee shaped structures over the picnic tables! Note that I didn’t take any ‘on the road’ pictures this trip; that is because I was the driver for the entire part of the trek made via automobile.

As I arrived at Love Field for my flight home, I paused a few extra seconds while I retrieved by boarding pass and driver’s license from my bag to take a picture of the colorful mosaic beside the security checkpoint. It’s size and position make it difficult to capture…but I always notice it and celebrate because I am heading home.