Looking around at Dad's home for a macro ornament shot.. this Ladro triggered some memories. Yesterday we spent attending to father in law and father at either end of the day, with a long journey in the middle, so I am having to steal from today's photographs to fill this slot.
My first ever job was in a kitchenware shop which had a gifts section on the upper floor. Mr and Mrs Romani were most severe in their oversight of staff and as a 17 year old with little confidence I lived in fear of their admonishment which was regular and fierce.
I was selling glassware and tableware, but the most scary of all was the handling of the Lladro figurines held in a locked glass cabinet. I never did break anything, but I did leave a bird cage hanging on the balcony outside the shop on the first floor one evening when I had been entrusted to lock up. What would have happened if it had not been there the next morning, I dread to think.
Well this Lladro here, belonged to my Mum. I was never very fond of these figurines, but I guess it is worth a few hundred. I attach more value to the bowl placed behind, which used to be our fruit bowl when I was a child and sat in the hallway for many years. Both pieces now sit in the room in which we sleep when we visit Dad's home and remind me of Mum, who died on 1 January 4 years ago.
These precious ornaments hold so many memories of days gone by. I would have been petrified working in a shop with do many breakables but you survived to tell the story. Beautifully captured - the Lladro girl is still dreaming.
Happy New Year Helen. Hope all runs smoothly with everything you encounter with elderly parents. Very best wishes.
Those kinds of employers are so hard to work for- the criticism always makes you doubt yourself. I'm glad you survived them. I like the tones in this shot- the bowl and figurine go so well together. Hopefully your memories and life as it now blend as well. The holidays are always hold a tinge of sorrow when there's someone we miss.
Your story reminds all of us that images evoke memories, and your image is particularly strong in how you have combined beautiful photography with strong memories. That Lladro does feel contemplative, doesn't it?
January 3rd, 2020
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Happy New Year Helen. Hope all runs smoothly with everything you encounter with elderly parents. Very best wishes.