Rosebuds Needed

I'll leave this up as the lead post until Friday in the hope that it'll catch your eye and imagination.
I posted it a few days back and had enough response to sense that there's much mileage here; objects that inspire memories of childhood; revisited, revealed or re-invented. 

Come on folks, reveal your Rosebuds in the 'Comments' box below...

"Rosebud is the emblem of the security, hope and innocence of childhood, which a man can spend his life seeking to regain. 

It is the green light at the end of Gatsby's pier; the leopard atop Kilimanjaro, seeking nobody knows what; the bone tossed into the air in 2001."  

Robert Ebert

Here's an interesting one.

I recently posted this in conversation with Toronto Tim regarding Paul Buchanan's 'Mid Air':

"For me, that's what's potent about Buchanan's writing TT; he details the concerns of man; seen and recognised by a worldly man; then a revelation will be qualified with a small 'child's eye' detail'; a red car in the fountain, christmas tree lights; starlight in a suitcase. Is he dreaming; pining for the safe harbour of childhood, or using signifiers that help him to decipher to confusions of the adult world? 

I suspect that Buchanan has a 'Rosebud' or two in his attic... don't we all?

Mine's a Blue Tractor. 

What's yours?"

Anyone who's seen the film 'Citizen Kane' will be familiar with idea of 'Rosebud'. 

In the film Kane's last word is "Rosebud"; one of the themes of the film is the search for the meaning of that word. This itself is a symbol of lost childhood; a cherished memory of an object that signifies or embodies lost youth.

So, I ventured a blue tractor (it's a long story).

Toronto Tim gave me an enigmatic list:- 

- Mickey Mouse "ears"

- Eskimo Pies
- Dad's tree hammock
- Mom singing "Amazing Grace" 
- Pop-Tarts!

I feel a 'list song' coming on.

Why not join in below; give me your 'Rosebuds'.

You don't need to qualify or explain them; although you can if you'd like...

Here's a chance for you to have a childhood memory captured forever in a chart topping pop song...