Inanimate Love

I was tagged by the lovely Tania McCartney for this one - my love of inanimate objects. The game is to choose five objects that set my heart aflutter when I see them...

When I first saw this blog tag, I did what I often do as I sit at my computer in my dining room - I looked up at my photos to think. Our house is scattered with photos that I've taken from our travels - this one is a few different angles of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, one of my favourite cities.

Abbey's old shoes are stored in her cupboard and whenever I open that door and see all the little footwear lined up, my heart skips a beat. Memories of things she did while she wore each pair come flooding back, and the vision of those little feet is ingrained in my mind.

The more I enjoy baking, the more I love adding to my cook book collection. It's a small one so far, but slowly getting there. My latest addition is The Silver Spoon, an old Italian book I'd been coveting for a while. Drool.

The inanimate object that receives most of my attention - my Macbook. It holds my life in its little silver casing: my photos, my recipes, my writing, even my friends. One word: love.

I don't own a lot of jewellery, but the pieces I have mean a lot to me. The sapphire earrings that were my Nanna's, given to her by my Grandad for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. The black pearl from mine and Steve's honeymoon in the Cook Islands. The diamond earrings Steve bought me for my twenty-first birthday, and the diamond pendant for my thirtieth. The watch I bought in Lucerne, Switzerland. Every piece of jewellery I wear has memories.

How about you? What are your favourite inanimate objects? The ones that set your hear aflutter? (Share them on your blog or leave a comment.)


Megan