1976

I think that this must be our neighbor Tim B, since he's the only guy I know who had horses in the neighborhood. This slide was processed in December 1976, but I would guess that it's taken a few months earlier than that, based on lack of snow.

Below, a few shots of the house, also from 1976.

The kitchen. Note the slate painting on the wall. I can remember many spider plants like the one on the right from growing up. The natural light coming in is from the glass door that led to the back yard off of the kitchen, before the addition. I think the hutch is still in the house, but painted blue.

The living room.
My bedroom. My mother painted the Winnie the Pooh murals on the walls. Sadly, they no longer exist. I like the Winnie the Pooh doll leaning up against the Winnie the Pooh wall painting.

Slate painting

Here's my mother, painting Winnie the Pooh on a piece of slate. This is November 1975, but I'm pretty sure I could take almost the exact same photograph today, just substitute in a different craft project. This photo was taken in the upstairs living room, now the dining room.

I can remember there being many slate paintings around the house growing up. I'm not sure any of them are currently on display, but I think we should pull them all out of storage (if they're there) and have a gallery viewing.

Notice the Woolworth bag to my mother's right, on the couch. Woolworth stands out to me as the place where I would get plopped at the soda counter, with a milkshake, while my mother looked for deals. It was located on Main Street in Northampton. Some of the space that was Woolworth is occupied by CVS now.

From Wikipedia, on Woolworth:

The F.W. Woolworth Co. was among the first five-and-dime stores, which sold discounted general merchandise at fixed prices usually five or ten cents, undercutting the prices of local merchants. Woolworths, as it came to be known, was one of the first stores to put merchandise out for the shopping public to handle and select without the assistance of a sales clerk. Earlier retailers kept all merchandise behind a counter, and customers presented the clerk with a list of items they wished to buy.