A Childhood Home

The top photo at the left shows a view of the front yard of the home where I mostly grew up in.* The bottom photo shows the house; and it shows some children playing on the swimming pool in the winter. [Don't have permission to display their faces and it's not practical for me to seek permission, at this time.--Hope this will do, for now.]

My family moved into the above home around the time that I was turning 7 years of age. But this photo was taken a few years later, after a lot of renovations were done. The property originally consisted of two acres; and there was a poultry barn behind the house which had been used for raising chickens in the past. There was also a large garden and an orchard, although the orchard had mostly gone wild. [There were a number of apple trees, two pear trees, and a cherry tree.--We did get some fruit from them.]

There was a full apartment on the second floor of the home but the main floor had consisted of two garages. The main floor was completely renovated and used for living purposes--although it took a little time. The "barn" was partly demolished and partly renovated [over time]--for storage, living, and business purposes. Approximately half of the property was sold, since we didn't need it and it was wanted by developers. Today, our former property is part of a new housing subdivision. [The old house and barn no longer exist.]

When I was 4, 5, and 6 years of age, my family had lived in the first home my parents had ever bought. It was in the city, not too far from the downtown area, but it was a very quiet and pleasant neighbourhood. I seemed to have a lot of friends there--more than I even knew of!!! [See my first blog.] It was a relatively modern neighbourhood, at the time, consisting of modest brick bungalows. [When I was growing up, I consciously and unconsciously wished we could live in a "normal" house, etc. but the second home wasn't all bad! We had a lot of space and we had bright, sunny windows. The pool was there for only a few years.]

*The faces in the top photo are mostly unrecognizable and I won't worry about them. [The individuals seem to be my family members.]