WE DROVE BY MY HOUSE SO MANY TIMES, WE FIGURED SOMEONE WOULD CALL THE COPS ON US. ONE DAY I TOLD DARRELL TO LET ME OUT AND I WALKED FROM TOWN TO MY HOUSE. THE WALKING SEEMED TO HELP ME REMEMBER.
MRS. DRAKE'S HOUSE, WHICH WAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM US LOOKED PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
MRS. DRAKE'S HOUSE, WHICH WAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM US LOOKED PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
MY BEST FRIEND, ROBERT RUTAN'S FAMILY LIVED IN THIS HOUSE, AND HIS FAMILY OWNED THE DRY CLEANERS WHICH WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, ALL OF THAT WAS STILL THERE.
THE DRY CLEANERS WAS CLOSED....I HALF EXPECTED TO FIND ROBERT IN THERE WORKING, FOLLOWING IN HIS FATHER'S AND GRANDFATHER'S FOOTSTEPS.....
OUR HOUSE WAS RIGHT BEHIND THE DRY CLEANERS.
TOLEDO AVENUE......MY HOUSE IS ON THE LEFT. THERE WERE HOUSES WHERE I REMEMBERED EMPTY LOTS AND EMPTY LOTS WHERE I REMEMBERED HOUSES.
WE HAD A SEPARATE LITTLE HOUSE FOR THE WASHER/DRYER, IN THIS PICTURE YOU CAN SEE IT....I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT WAS STILL STANDING.
THIS IS A BACK VIEW OF OUR HOUSE........
THE REASON WHY OUR HOUSE LOOKS SO DIFFERENT, IS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ADDED ON TO.
OUR HOUSE WAS JUST THIS SQUARE PART.
I WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE. I REMEMBERED THE BRICK COLUMNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT STEPS, AND THE SCREENED IN PORCH. IN MY MEMORY THOUGH, EVERYTHING WAS BIGGER!!
WHATEVER THE CASE.......IT LOOKED LIKE HOME IF YOU SQUINTED YOUR EYES A LITTLE.
WE LEFT TOLEDO AVENUE AND DROVE OUT HIGHWAY 90 AND JUST BY ACCIDENT FOUND THE FAIRGROUNDS.....I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THIS IS WHERE DADDY TAUGHT ME HOW TO DRIVE.
AND OF COURSE ONCE A YEAR THE CARNIVAL CAME TO TOWN.....THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR SUMMER! WE SPENT THE WHOLE WEEK AT THE CARNIVAL, PLAYING THE GAMES AND RIDING THE RIDES.
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