Was filing photos and came across photos I took of a tree removal being done at our neighbour Rhonda Owen's house years ago. It prompted me to go look for real estate agent photos of the place to see what it looked like now (and then).
The funny thing is, there's actually a few key moments and memories of my life that I have that were at that house.
First up, is that I learned to ride a bike right here!! There were a few kids over at their place playing and puttering around on the bikes. I was on a bike (this was before I'd learned to ride) and was just going round and round the clothes line. I remember the moment that I was obviously fast enough to get the gyroscopic stability and the feeling of actually "getting it". It was pretty cool.
I also had my one and only ride on a motorcycle in that back yard, as David Owen's father was there for a birthday party and was giving all the kids rides.
The Owens had a Commodore (I think) computer with an actual cassette tape drive that would take half or three quarters of an hour to load a game from tape. Excruciating!! This is where it was setup. Very likely at this exact side table!
One time I went down to see if I could play on the computer and walked into a full on orb web face first right here!! I was horrified!! I spent ages at the door trying to pull that spider web off. Rhonda let me in even though David wasn't home to play with. Awkward!!
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