[mplsconservative]

I love your post! Having lost my father last December, I’ve experienced a busload of longing for what will not be again on this earth. And my poor mom, seeing her grief tugs at my heartstrings.

Perhaps a small free-form heart, made of tiny strings with one loose on the side as an accent to your photos.

Also, I encourage you to think outside of the visual. The scent of my dad’s cologne is a powerful trigger for me of so many memories of him. A scent card perhaps sealed in pretty little envelope that can be opened?

Also, most any garden center (the nicer ones) carry blue hydrangeas as gift plants year round. I’d also suggest the blue flowers of lavendar or pansy plants. They can be pressed and dried when sandwiched between sheets of paper in a heavy book. It takes around two weeks.

My best wishes to you on your very creative project!

[Revolting cat!]

Thank you, I appreciate it. My first album, which I am about to send out was titled A Book of Hearts, consisting of photographs of, what else, heart shaped rocks and flat thin brick triangles I found on the beach which I sculptured into heart shapes, then hearts drawn on sand or shaped out of shells and pebbles, found on bumperstickers, etc. This is to be my second project before the first one had a chance to have its effect, or to have no effect at all, which is to be seen. The whole project is almost hopeless, but I don't give up.

[Winstons Julia]

“The scent of my dad’s cologne is a powerful trigger for me of so many memories of him. “

My dad liked blue hydrangeas...a few days ago I was wandering around the Goodwill and found a pot with (fake) blue hydrangea in it and bought it.