In a previous post I wrote about the power of our senses to bring back past memories. I was reading our local newspaper yesterday and came upon a fascinating article entitled, Christmases past live on with plants as reminders by Helen Chesnut. I hadn’t thought about plants as a way to bring back memories but reading her article made me think. And you know she has a point. Bringing home a fresh Christmas tree always brings back childhood memories for me. When I was a child, we lived for many years on a rugged island off the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Long before Christmas I would have found the perfect tree. Then a week before Christmas I would haul my mother off into the bush with axe in hand to chop down the tree and haul it home. It’s still a vivid and happy memory for me.
Do you have any plants that bring back memories of Christmases past?
Photo by Randen Pederson
