Mr. Forager’s sister has been visiting with us since Saturday and it has been so fun watching this bro & sis duo together!  But it’s got me missing my own brothers like crazy.  Our siblings are our first conspirators in adventure, first sharers of secrets, first partners in memories.  The Point of View series by Beth Hoeckel captures that time of imaginative connection we have with our earliest companions.

There are places and objects that have deep meaning for us due to the memories they hold.  Even more than that, the things that we experienced together can immediately take us back to that moment in time.  To this day, anytime we hear a certain type of whistle– my brothers and I do a double take, thinking that it’s our dad, calling us home for dinner.

As we grow older our appearance changes, yet when we look into the faces of our siblings, we still see the mischievous countenance that signaled the beginning of an adventure, a game of hide and seek or a deeply competitive game of Monopoly.  We don’t see the gray hair ( or lack thereof! ), the extra pounds, the wrinkles.

I was really hoping we’d be in Seattle long enough to get one or both of my brothers out to visit.  They have to see this.  And we need to make some new memories together!

Want to see more of Beth Hoeckel‘s work?  Be sure to check out her website ( click on her name for the link ).  And, bonus, she has prints of some of these pieces available at great prices in her Big Cartel shop!

All images are via the artist’s website.