Thanks for more art images based in memory of the past. It's amazing how visual images of place from years back still elicit such strong emotions. I have such strong memories of place and those within, from growing up.
I made the mistake of again going by Mother's house a few years back, and it had been decimated by the new owners. Wish I hadn't seen it, but then, as you say, the times shared and people w/in the home, not the house, are what are the true remembrances to keep and what is truly important. Thanks for sharing your art and history.
Yes, when a memory is so strong in your mind it can be challenging to see the reality of change. It does bring about many questions. Is it good to revisit these special places, or should we purely maintain them in our minds in the way that we remember them?
It would be hard, if not impossible to diminish much of the memories, but it sure doesn't help. If to do over, I would probably not have gone by. But that pesky hindsight has always been 20/20...