I was so excited to see this weeks theme for I Heart Faces pop up on Facebook tonight! I knew the perfect picture. Last month I was running typical Mommy errands and found a beautiful field of yellow wild flowers. That weekend, after nap time, I snatched up my daughter and headed to the field. She was less-than-thrilled, but I snapped anyways. Turns out, it was a good thing that I did as just 3 days later the city mowed the fields down. I literally had tears in my eyes. I was angry that they could do that. You see, this dress that my daughter has on will never fit again. It’s not just any yellow dress. It belonged to her GiGi (my Mom) and it was made my my Mom’s Aunt Sarah, my namesake. So, the dress is roughly 57 years old. (My mother keeps EVERYTHING!) The doll that is hidden is also special. It is made from a pillow case that my Dad’s grandmother hand tatted – so it’s easily 80 – 90 years old. I was just sick that this is the only shot I got. At the same time, I love it. It is truly priceless to me. I really need to get on the ball and have it printed and hung, just need to figure out where! So, here’s my entry for week #21!
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Oh my goodness, I loveee this!! Super cute! : )
Oh so sweet! I love the summer sun feeling in this!! Lovely!
soooo precious!!!!
Such a sweet shot!
Wow! Love you photo! It’s absolutely beautiful!
That is beautiful! So glad for you that you got the shot; no matter what, you have a great capture for a lifetime. What lovely memories are wrapped up in the dress and doll… so sweet!
It is so darn sweet!
this is absolutely precious!
Wow! Absolute Perfection! LOVE this!!!
Very nice picture. Isn’t it wonderful that you have captured THAT moment in time? Very sweet and I’m sure that your family will treasure this picture forever!
Just precious, great pic
Such a classic picture! So glad you were able to capture this. You’ll treasure it forever.
So Sweet! I love it. What a beauty. You really captured the moment and enhanced it with your processing. Beautiful.
What a beautiful picture – so much meaning behind it. Sorry to hear that gorgeous field was mowed down.
Beautiful! What a priceless picture!
priceless… and so beautiful!!
This so precious! I love the colors
Beautiful!
This picture is so beautiful! Although this yellow field may be gone now, perhaps this can be a new tradition for you and your daughter. Each year take a shot in a golden field.
Best of luck!
Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! This just fabulous!
WOW! This is such a great capture for the i heart faces challenge! LOVE it!
What a beautiful picture!! Precious, precious, precious!
what a gorgeous photo!
AWW what a sweet photo. She is so precious and I love the picture, especially the editing! Great job!
beautiful capture!
I love this photograph. It’s so soft and old fashioned. It’s really striking.
SUPER love this! Awesome!
Perfection. What a perfect little scene. Great job.
What a little cutie! I LOVE the yellow dress and flowers! Good job!
Wow…beautiful everything! And I like the story behind the dress.
Oh that is GORGEOUS!
Oh wow! Touching photo and story! Making the top 10 makes it even more special! Congratulations!!!!
I love this one. So beautiful and peaceful feeling. Congratulations!
Oh my goodness. I love your picture and I LOVE the sweet memories that go along with it. Precious.
Luv it! You do awesome work girl!