Childhood Memories

When I was a little girl we used to live in a old white farm house in Illinois, and on the side of that house grew these beautiful lilac shrubs. I can still remember picking the lilacs for my mom whenever they were in bloom throughout the spring and summer. The lilac shrub has the most amazing fragrance, and whenever I smell that aroma it instantly takes me back to when I was little.

I only have two things that I ever really wanted in my life, and one of them is a large garden. A garden somewhere in the middle of nowhere that is filled with lilacs and roses. I want to be able to walk outside in the morning and pick myself some flowers and just consume myself in their scent. I would spend my whole day out there if I could, and would be as happy and as content as could be. These pictures take me back to a much simpler time.  They also make me dream of that day when I will have a lilac shrub of my own again, and  be able to pick their flowers every spring just like I did when I was a little girl.  XOXO, Tara