waking dream reminders or signs

Woke up this am with frustration. While meditation and repeating a “once lucid I will ask a DC what they have to say” … Fell asleep, woke several times (as usual). Concentrated on licidness, what I planed to do.
Woke up in the morning in failure.
My only recall, short bits and pieces of different dreams Ide had thru the night.
What I’m getting at?
After nights of little recall I have a lot of what I call dream signs the next day.
When I see a object or situations similar to what I’ve dreamed, it brings dream recall. (Just a bit or whole dreams) like, oh yeah, I saw that in a dream last night.
Today has been one of thoes days.
What I’m hoping to hear. Its normal. Hoping.

It happens rarely to me now because i usually manage to remember anything retrievable when i wake up. But they are common if you have poor to fair recall.

The things are called triggers.

I personally call dreams recalled in this way ‘flashbacks’ because they suddenly come to you.

Thank you Moogle, you’ve been kind in answering my questions.
Ok, they are called triggers. Thanks for the heads up on the lingo.
Being new I don’t expect to measure up to your experience. But with work…I can try.
For so many years I’ve kept this to myself I feel behind everyone rs else.
Thank you for ur patience.