of bricks and cobblestones

newly-shined brick floor

I've always been fascinated with floors made of bricks or cobblestones, especially when it shines.

It makes me smile like a kid again.

It makes me remember a female pen pal way back in college who lives in Denmark.

It makes my vision of the house I kept on dreaming vivid.

It is the reason why the movies "Only You" and "Hannibal" are memorable to me.

It just brings out lots of memories I hold dear.

Maybe someday when we get to build our house, it will have brick floors and cobblestones somewhere where I can walk and linger for as long as I want to. It'd then be like surrounding our house with wonderful dreams and memories. I'd really like that.

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