Week two of Hugh’s photographic challenge. Check it out here!
Open up your cupboard door
Show us what’s in there
Is it full of knick knacks
Or like Mother Hubbard’s? Bare?
Take some time and post a pic
And link it back to Hugh
You never know… if you’re lucky
He might just Instagram you!
This week I was thinking I might not take part! My cupboards are such a mess, I’d be embarrassed to show you!!!
Then I remembered that there was something pretty special in my own wardrobe, that I would share with you.
It’s a total mess, I am sorry! But along the top shelf.. now that is where the special stuff is! I know it states in the challenge, a cupboard that is hardly opened… well I don’t have one that is hardly ever opened, but this particular shelf, I don’t rummage around very often, so I hope it will do!
When I was young, my mum had a space in one of my wardrobe. a shelf which was chock full of beautiful jewel coloured shawls Gorgeously soft and warm woollen silk shawls in all the hues of the rainbow, and even displayed like that too, sorted into the different colours.
She would choose the right one to match what ever she was to wear, when we went out, and I was so excited when I was deemed old enough to venture into this shelf myself, and borrow one!
I went to India to do all my shopping for my wedding, and the place we did a lot of the buying from, well they more or less adopted us! They directed us to all manner of places, and got us discounts for plenty, but for my mum, the icing on the cake was when they took us to a pashmina shawl warehouse! Seriously, I cannot describe my mother’s face when she saw these amazing shawls! A warehouse full! Kudos to her though, she was pretty restrained. She bought 4-5 and tried to convince me to get a whole load, but I was trying to be sensible… we had already spent a small fortune on clothes that I wasn’t sure I would ever wear!
I bought about 4, the basic colours that would go with everything, and one special pure pashmina for my wedding day, as I was getting married in November, so it would be cold.
What this has to do with my cupboard picture?
Well as I said, along the top, haphazardly, and nowhere near as organised as my mum’s, are my shawls. My collection has grown over the years, and I have some beautiful ones.
But the special ones… I am very sentimental and the ones that are the most precious to me, are two shawls, one that belonged to my maternal grandmother, and one that belonged to Hubby Dearest’s maternal grandmother. I won’t wear them, but knowing I have them makes me feel close to two very special ladies on our lives.
My Grandma’s is the one on the left, my Hubby Dearest’s Grandma’s one is on the right.
If I feel the need, I can take them out and smell them, and remember those fine ladies, those wonderful souls who aren’t with us anymore.
So there you have it… my cupboard secret!
What’s in your rarely opened cupboard????
But I Smile Anyway... 
Oct 22, 2015 @ 14:06:48
Beautiful Sis. Cupboards/drawers/wardrobes can hold such amazing memories.
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Oct 22, 2015 @ 19:42:38
Oh they can indeed bro! Mine also holds loads of stuff I need to get rid of!!!
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Oct 22, 2015 @ 19:47:58
Yup that’s the idea😉
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Oct 22, 2015 @ 19:50:50
😂😂😂
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Oct 22, 2015 @ 13:12:35
Oh Ritu, wear them at least a time or two so your little ones will remember and tell this story. Thanks for sharing.
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Oct 22, 2015 @ 19:38:54
I shall make sure I do Linda. I tell them all sorts of stories all the time, so hopefully they get embedded in their memories too! ☺
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:22:04
What a lovely story about the shawls. and how lovely that you have those of yours and your husband’s grandmothers 🙂
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:23:15
They are special, and I’m very lucky. What great things to pass on to my children, eh! 😊
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:30:16
Yes, they are beautiful heirlooms 🙂
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:38:21
😊
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 15:34:24
Wow, Ritu, I’m so glad you decided to participate in this week’s challenge. What a wonderful story you have told us about those items on that top shelve. Memories are so precious and when we have items that bring back those memories I think it makes them even more special.
Thank you so much for participating in the challenge this week and for also writing the lovely poem to accompany it.
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:21:29
Thank you for the challenge Hugh! It helped get me out of my sadness for a little while at least… 😊
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Oct 22, 2015 @ 11:40:30
I’m glad it helped, Ritu.
My mum passed away last month so I know what you are feeling at the moment. I was so sad to read your post about your cousin and great aunt. It takes time to get over situations like this and I’ve still not recovered yet. However, my writing, blog and the blogging community here have been a huge help to me. I hope you will find the same as I did and get comfort from your writing and the people on here.
Take care,
Hugh
x
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Oct 22, 2015 @ 19:36:29
Thank you Hugh, you’re right, our little community definitely helps, and writing about things helps you get your feelings our, so things aren’t bottled up.
I was so sorry to hear about your mum, I knew you would understand the feelings…
☺
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 15:07:54
Beautiful memories and sentiments, Ritu… Thank you for sharing.
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:19:52
Thank You Syl… It was good to get them out again yesterday 😊
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 20:40:53
You’re welcome…I’m glad they helped boost your spirit some.
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 20:49:44
Oh they did indeed! ☺
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 21:32:33
😀
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 11:59:35
Beautiful post. Nice to have something to remember people by. Love how you described your mother at the warehouse.
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:17:02
Thanks Charles! She was like a child in a sweet shop!!!
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 09:30:42
Beautiful and it was interesting to know you cupboard’s secret 🙂
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:15:17
Thank you NJ!
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Oct 22, 2015 @ 19:33:45
🙂
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 09:18:57
Thank you for not skipping that challenge this time. It was beautiful and poignant to read that story and to feel with you the appreciation and memory of two wonderful souls. It is not the shawls, it is about the history they tell and the memory the hold. Beautiful!
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:15:02
Thank you sis… I felt I had to do it, to share that set of memories!
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 19:58:04
Very beautiful, Ritu. It was so heartfelt and I love that, sis 💖
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 20:06:49
💕💕💕💕
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Oct 21, 2015 @ 20:11:40
😘😘😘
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