tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post1659644202346907509..comments2024-03-28T08:37:56.790+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Fish and PigsSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-38963669162997164042017-03-30T01:58:09.237+01:002017-03-30T01:58:09.237+01:00My mother collected pigs too. I think I might have...My mother collected pigs too. I think I might have one or two, but really since my dad still lives in their house most of her stuff was still there. Well, until now - his new fiancé is getting rid of a lot of things. I don't blame her - she shouldn't have to live with my mother's stuff. So I brought some more things to the new house. Poignant reminders...The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-76939417395841954442017-03-29T19:33:02.608+01:002017-03-29T19:33:02.608+01:00Some mementos are valuable beyond their actual wor...Some mementos are valuable beyond their actual worth, eh?<br /><br />And this time, the FROG was 'the one that got away'! hehjenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-56261092406566152562017-03-29T19:05:37.308+01:002017-03-29T19:05:37.308+01:00Am loving the dinosaurAm loving the dinosaurJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-19115205867224111102017-03-29T16:14:33.977+01:002017-03-29T16:14:33.977+01:00That fish looks quite beautiful. It's funny h...That fish looks quite beautiful. It's funny how little mementos come to mean so much to us. I have several things from my parents that mean a great deal to me. And, I wear my mother's high school class ring every day. I have my own class ring that I never wear but mother's is on my finger every day.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-32309142853144290332017-03-29T15:16:30.214+01:002017-03-29T15:16:30.214+01:00my dad collected eagles. I took one or two. I th...my dad collected eagles. I took one or two. I thought two but sitting here I can only mentally place one so I don't know what happened to the other one I thought I kept.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-65802810611597407122017-03-29T15:10:10.884+01:002017-03-29T15:10:10.884+01:00These two gifts must have been special to you as y...These two gifts must have been special to you as you remember them.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-71825333617361500082017-03-29T14:11:37.177+01:002017-03-29T14:11:37.177+01:00Sometimes little objects can hold entire universes...Sometimes little objects can hold entire universes of memories within them. <br />Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-29070348476529962182017-03-29T10:34:55.027+01:002017-03-29T10:34:55.027+01:00...And I suspect that your father thought about yo......And I suspect that your father thought about you and your stepbrother every time he saw those two hogs. You were most probably the one lying down staring out of the window like a librarian.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-33124036668514799612017-03-29T10:11:16.923+01:002017-03-29T10:11:16.923+01:00Being a Pisces I love anything fishy and your fish...Being a Pisces I love anything fishy and your fish is beautiful.<br /> Like your Dad I collected pigs at one time but also like you say I had so may foisted upon me and some pretty dire that I stopped collecting and gave the lot to charity. lol<br /><br />Briony<br />xcrafty cat cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251582085392890533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-35328782103199839852017-03-29T07:27:35.185+01:002017-03-29T07:27:35.185+01:00I agree with Elizabeth and also think that this po...I agree with Elizabeth and also think that this post and those objects you chose as gifts or mementos for and from your father since his passing are a wonderful tribute to your time with each other.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-47265776989637044512017-03-29T06:58:04.204+01:002017-03-29T06:58:04.204+01:00There's a quiet intensity to this post -- and ...There's a quiet intensity to this post -- and I love it. Thank you.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com