Images the make me go "aaaawwww"

Two winters ago, while my cousin was scuba diving and lying on the beach in a warm climate, I spent some time with his dog Bailey. It was very early March, and we got hit with a classic late season dumping of snow. Bailey loved it. She played while I shoveled. And then we both went inside to lie on the couch. (Oh yeah, and there are two summer photos of Bailey at the end of the slideshow. I don't know how to make a slideshow in Flickr with only certain photos. ...So you can tell that Bailey has fun in the summer too.)



For me, these photos elicit some of the things that I experienced that weekend with Bailey: the exhilaration of being surrounded by white, pillow-y snow; the aching biceps, forearms, and back from shoveling; the silent loneliness of staying in my cousin's house without my cousin; the comfort of sitting in the warm wood-paneled den with a warm, brown companion.

Photos have the power to make you feel things, especially if they evoke memories. The challenge then becomes communicating those feelings through writing. That's why they're good as writing prompts.

Here are the same photos with audio added: