Home Sweet Home...........The correction is: Harold M. Wells, my father bought this house and orchard from his uncle William "Bill" Clark. Bill was my grandmother Wells younger brother.

My father built all the rock walls and a huge patio next to the creek in the late 1940's and 1950'. Many a picnic and family reunion was held on that patio, with kids playing in the creek that at one time had a dam in it, so the water would back up.

My mother planted that red wood (Sequoia) when it was just a tiny seedling.
Believe it or not I have skiied off the roof of that house when the snow was 5 feet deep and Dad had to shovel, so it was piled up to the eves.

My father loved his flowers, especially his dahlias and always had a wonderful flower garden on the opposite side of the creek to the house.

Such a wonderful growing up we had on this ranch and in that creek.

It is still in the family, as after the death of my mother my nephew and his late wife bought it.

Charlott on 3rd February 2021 @ 7:14am

Thank you Charlott for the happy memories.

L.E. on 3rd February 2021 @ 7:37am

Charlott, what schools did you attend while living here?

L.E. on 3rd February 2021 @ 7:49am

Such a cozy looking little bungalow.

Kyle on 3rd February 2021 @ 8:31am

Thanks Charlott, I corrected my typo. The text reads, "Bill's nephew" not "Well's nephew."

It certainly looks like a great place to grow up.

ArthurB on 3rd February 2021 @ 10:49am

sure, love the snow.....growing up one of my memories is shoveling out the mouth of the driveway on Belmont only to have the road plow bury it again.

Arlen L Sheldrake on 4th February 2021 @ 8:27pm