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A Place of Sweetness in my Consciousness

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Blog City – Day 283

Prompt: Have you ever visited a place that remains in your consciousness, long after you left? Was it the people? The architecture?

Now this prompt has me scratching my head... is this a tangible memory that resonates with you?

I am thinking that a memory like that links people and place. In my case, it would be my grandparent's farm outside of New Liskeard, Ontario. The place is a small yellow farmhouse but it is swamped with happy memories of many different kinds.

Summer playing in the long grass with my imagination.
Walks with my Grandfather to the creek with his dog cutting out into the bush and then rejoining us in a run to get ahead.
Family celebrations with a meal cooked on a wood stove and served at a huge table - that later became a sweet place to hide under everyone's feet and adult conversation.
Sunday meals shared with my grandparents and my mother. We would bring a block of ice cream in the summer and cut it into four to enjoy the treat (there was no freezer so we needed to eat it right away)
The family reunions with everyone camped out in the yard.
The painting party to add the yellow to the house (at five I was not allowed to paint even a small bit).

Happy moments that make me smile and know there were good times throughout the rougher ones. Such is the way of life.