December Days: Day 20: #tbt

[nanila]

This is a scanned snapshot of me, aged about one, in my grandmother’s arms. We are at Kalalau Lookout in the Na Pali Coast State Park on Kauai in Hawai’i. When I was very small, my parents had a condo on Kauai and we went there for our holidays (from Honolulu). It was wonderful. I have vivid memories of the hike down the cliffs to the fine white sand of the deserted beach below the condo, and of playing for hours in the crystal clear water. My parents always found this surprising as I was, at the time they sold it, only about four years old.

Comments

[whereisirisnow]

What a great similarity between you and Keiki! :)

[nanila]

Yes, I can see it in this photo! It makes me happy. :)

[ironed_orchid]

That's a lovely photo.

I have some vivid memories of walking up hills over twisty manuka roots from when I was about 3 in New Zealand. I also have memories of "helping" to push my brother's pram, and I was 3 when he was born.

[nanila]

Thanks! Yes, my dad wasn't half-bad at composition.

I love those childhood memories. I don't know if you (or anyone else) feels this, but mine are these crisp, detailed snapshots and/or short videos and they're crystal clear when I think about them.

[ironed_orchid]

Mine are the same. Like a 10 second video - omg it's a gif

[gwendraith]

What a sweet photo and lovely memories :)

[nanila]

Thank you. I loved my grandma very much. She wasn't much of a talker, but she was always there and her presence was so comforting and serene.

[alatefeline]

That is lovely.

Yes, sometimes vivid early memories stick in odd ways.

[nanila]

Thank you. My early memories are quite clear, and some of them are really odd. I remember important stuff, like battening down the hatches for a hurricane. But then I also have a vivid memory of eating a guava one particular morning, which was hardly an unusual occurrence.

[alatefeline]

Yeah. It's a strange place, the brain.

[emelbe]

THAT BONNET.

[nanila]

It's quite a thing, isn't it!