Devoted to my grandparents
The thought about writing such a post came to me at one night because some sounds brought me back to my childhood. It was sounds of cars and buses. And they made me happy. Frankly speaking, for me it was quite a surprise that sounds, scents and, may be, tastes could remind me somebody or something. I thought I knew that fact but I didn't expect that it could impact me that strongly.
I live at the apartment in Moscow on such a called second line from the big road. But I still hear sounds of cars and buses especially at nights in summer when windows are open. When I hear those sounds, my heart starts beating faster and warm wave runs through my body. It is difficult to understand as most people would be annoyed with those sounds.
But...when I was a child, sometimes I lived at my grandparents, parents of my dad. It was happy times. They were very loving and very caring. And they lived right next to the road and in the nights there were sounds of cars, trolley - buses and you could even see shadows from them on the ceiling. So, when I am laying in the bed now and hearing those sounds, temporarily I become a little girl with no problems. I find myself in that little room with a carpet with deer on the wall all family had at that time. Peace, joy and love reign in my heart at this time.
If there is smell of spices and, especially, mint around, and I am again a small girl standing next to the old cupboard at the kitchen of my grandparents. Now I really like tea with mint. May be the roots are from there. And when I drink such tea I feel safe and calm.
There are a lot of things which can bring me to my grandmother. Like smell of just baked pies, combing hair (only she could do that so tenderly), semolina without lumps (I hated semolina but she cooked it that I adored it. Who knows, understands))).
But there are some things which bring me unpleasant memories. Smell of paint and crocodiles. It was difficult times for many families at that time and we didn't have much entertainment. But once we had tickets to circus and there should be crocodiles in the show. Now I don't like circuses but at that time it was different. I should go there with my grandparents. And...they painted the floor at the kitchen and tickets were at that cupboard with mint and spices. No needs to tell that my biggest dreams were ruined. It was one of the biggest child trauma.)))
And yes, it was terrible brown colour floor.
When I cook mushrooms, I recollect another my grandmother who told that mushrooms liked butter not oil.))) Sounds of dogs barking and snow crunch and I am again at the village with my grandparents (parents of my mom). Everybody on the street had dogs, dogs lived outside in special dogs' houses. And they always barked when somebody walked by. I was sitting at the sledge and my poor granny was pulling me along snowdrifts.
You can hardly meet unbelievable smell of fire, coal and logs in the cities but if I do and I am already at the Russian stove with my grandfather. It looked something like on the photo below and you could sleep on top. I really missed that stove but, of course, for my grandparents it was not fun and they were happy when they exchanged it into gas.
It is funny but when I cut nails of my little daughter. She always asks, please, do it like grandmother Sasha does (it is my mom)))). Very tenderly...
All my grandfathers and grandmothers died and I really miss them badly.
I have sounds and scents which bring me to my teen age too. First of all, if I hear Guns n' Roses "Don't you cry tonight" and I am already dancing with my first boy-friend. I am young, full of hopes and believes in my bright future. If I hear Roxette, I start smiling as I am 17 again and my first boy-friend made me surprise I had no idea of. He brought me to the concert of Roxette and I didn't know where we went.
Parfume "CK One' brought me recollections of another my boy-friend.)))
There are some things like chocolate and Claude Monet and many others which will always remind me my husband but it is another story.
Do you have any sounds and scents which bring you back to your past???
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