Silver

One of my favorite memories as a child is polishing my mother's silver. I loved taking those tarnished utensils, magically wiping the lavendar colored cream over the dark grey spots and watching them shrink and disappear as I rubbed them away. Polishing the silver also meant something special was about to happen; a holiday, a celebration, a milestone. When mom asked me to polish the silver, I knew I had something to look forward to. I still love to polish silver, but in a more nostalgic sense. The pieces I have are little silver treasures and reminders of special things or people in my life. (From left to right: a yard sale find that had a beautiful menorah etched in it; my baby spoon with my initials; and two ladles my grandmother gave me when I got married. Not quite in the picture- my mother's silver salt and pepper shakers)

[Colleen]

What a wonderful photo and beautiful memories to go with, tremendous!

[Cindy Ford]

What a beautiful memory! You are so good at expressing the love you have for your family!

[Kerri]

Lovely

[Roe Jan]

Beautiful way to preserve your memories.

[Mrs. Smith]

Beautiful picture! You captured the emotions as well.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@httpgeffed @cdford @kerristephens @roejan @mrssmith Thank you so much everyone!! Your comments mean so much to me!

[Rick Schies]

Aren't memories like that cool. A beautiful photo Ann

[bkb in the city]

I remember my mother polishing the silverware. Just like you it was always before some.thing special. These for sure are great keepsakes

[alia_801]

Lovely shot - nice light and textures. I loved reading about your silver-polishing too :)

[Tammy Dee ♥ૐ]

Beautiful Shot! Love the lighting and your story too....Thank you for sharing!! =)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@digitalrn @bkbinthecity @alia_801 @tammylarson Thank you Rick, bkb, Alia and Tammy! I'm glad you all liked the picture and story- I really liked setting up and taking this shot because I had to polish the silver to do it!

[PamSnaps1]

Beautiful :)

[Kerry Bergman]

Such a timeless shot! Well done.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@potsbypam @kezzam Thanks Pam and Kerry! I'm enjoying the S challenge.

[Jennifer Jones]

Lovely shot. I too love polishing my bits of silver - there's something very therapeutic about being connected with the past.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@jmj Thanks Jennifer- yes the connection is priceless!

[Samantha]

The picture shows beautiful things, the story brings the feeling of something beautiful. ~

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@sanera Thanks Samantha- for all your comments! I do treasure these things both for their beauty, but more importantly the connections I feel to special people becasue of them. I really appreciate all your comments today!

[bruni]

Beautiful items which bring back nice memories to you.. treasured keepsakes.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@bruni Thank you Bruni- they are treasured keepsakes. I'm glad you liked the photo.

[carole albrecht]

Really nice shot - and I love to hear the story behind items that we treasure. Some times when I buy something 2nd hand I ask the person if there is a story behind this item.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@friendie Thanks Carole. It would have been interesting to find out the story behind the spoon. I wonder what it was used for and when. It appears to me to be one that was used on a festival day, but who knows?