SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
Now that’s a familiar tune, isn’t it? One of my favorites from My Fair Lady. Fred suggested that I write about the places we’ve lived, and I thought it to be a good idea, since a lot of these “memories” I write about are for our descendants. So here we go.
To start with myself, I was born in Dallas, Texas. For some reason, I can remember the address of that house quite well – it just seems to resonate with my brain. I’ve never been back to Dallas to see that house, although I’ve looked it up on Zillow. Looks like it has been well taken care of by all those who have owned the house. They even have a swimming pool in the back yard! Wow! In that Texas heat, they probably need it. I have some pictures of the house – front, back, and the bedrooms Bill and I had, but I have no memory of it.
Judy in front of our house
My brother, Bill
Backyard, Bill, Judy and Aunt Jessie
Now there’s a house I remember! Daddy went to Albuquerque before we did (Mom, Bill and I) and purchased the house.
We lived in it the entire time I was growing up, and Mom lived in it after Daddy died, and until she and my step-dad moved into an apartment in their later years. It was a neat little house with three bedrooms and one bath. Oh how we ALL wished for more than one bathroom!! Daddy kept threatening to add another one as we were growing up! But he never did.
According to Zillow, it has 1,065 square feet of living space. Considering the houses Fred and I have lived in, in the past 30 years, that is really small. But it didn’t seem small to us – it was just right. It was built in 1940, and we purchased it in 1945. The lot size is 6,251 square feet. The front yard was not huge, but the back yard was much larger.
While a bit of a double exposure, it shows the size of the front yard. Mother talking with our neighbor, Leon, and granddaughter, Charlene
Our backyard. Smokey, Bill & DiVoran’s dog
One addition they did make was a patio between the house and the detached garage. It had a roof over it, and because it was facing West and the sun was there in the evenings, they had a long roll-down shade on that West side. We had many meals out on that patio. It actually attached to the garage, which was nice. Mom and Dad set up a picnic table with bench seats, for our meals. A couple of lounge chairs and we were set.
A birthday meal on the patio – Mom, Aunt Lillie and Granny
On the patio – Judy with Boots, DiVoran with Smokey under her chair
Part of the patio – Our cat, Boots, liked to sleep in the flowerbed
The detached garage was neat. It consisted of three rooms – a storage room, the laundry room with washer (never did get a dryer – we had clothes lines for that) with a small space heater, and later a large standing freezer, and the last room was for the car. There was a full-width shelf above the car space that was always full of Mom and Dad’s “stuff.”
~~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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