Dreams

I'm in the town where my grandparents lived when I was a child (they are now deceased), and I have the feeling I'm visiting for nostalgia's sake. I want to take photographs of the place. I'm very excited and happy to be there, and happier still that I have a baby (mine, newborn, a girl) all dressed up in pink and snug as a bug in her baby carriage (an old fashioned pram with huge wheels). As I walk around the town, I realize I've gotten lost and I have no idea where I'm supposed to go next. I make several stops to see old friends (who I don't recognize) and wind up in the apartment of someone I knew when I was young who grew up to be a local policeman. He is handsome, well spoken, well-liked (the phone keeps ringing while I'm there). He solves the problem for me. Knows where I'm supposed to be and calls me a cab. The dream colours are mostly black, white and pink.

In another (related?) dream, I find myself in an institution, like a retirement home, except it's for adults like me. It is set up with all the things one might want to do - knitting, cooking, beading, reading, writing, pottery, etc., but all these things are not available for the moment because of all the snow. There are notices at each 'station' in the institution that house each particular hobby or activity. I am disappointed, but excited that eventually, all these options will be open to me.