When I think of my hometown, I think of North Reading, Massachusetts. This is where I grew up. But, if asked where my home is, I would say that Hawaii is my home. I have decided to do two posts. Today I will talk about my hometown and tomorrow I will do a post on my home.
My family moved to North Reading when I was three years old. I lived there until I started college. I returned in the summers and during the holidays while in undergraduate school. I moved away to Colorado for graduate school and then to Hawaii, only going back to North Reading for visits. My mom and dad sold the house about 10 years or so when they also moved to Hawaii.
North Reading has changed a lot since I grew up there. When I lived there, we only had 2 stoplights in the town. There were about 200 in my graduation class. I can't say what the current population is or how many stoplights there are now but I do remember being quite amazed with the town the last time I was there for a visit.
This is "a picture of a picture" of the house where I grew up. My mom sent me this picture one winter after I moved to Hawaii.
I searched my photo albums today, but could not find any photos of North Reading. I did a google search and did not find much else there either. I was able to find two nice photos of the town common which I will try to link to their web pages for copyright issues (I think it is ok if I do a link to the original page?).
Staying in the winter theme, the first photo is of the town common in the wintertime. Do you see the big tree to the right of the flag pole? I used to go sliding down that hill when I was little. One winter, I crashed head on into that tree.
The second picture is of the town common in the summer time.
If you are interested in more photos of North Reading, I found a real estate site which has a few more photos of the town. Ryer's Store was one of the big hang outs. I heard it moved so the photo on this site my not be the original Ryer's Store.
Comments (2)
Oh I loved that. It reminds me of Stars Hollow. I just watched the whole of Gilmore Girls because I secretly want to move to (imaginary) Stars Hollow.
*sigh*
Posted by Leslie | February 10, 2008 10:58 PM
Posted on February 10, 2008 22:58
That's so funny Leslie. I also love Gilmore Girls and never thought of my hometown as a "Stars Hollow" town. I guess it is closer to one than where I live now though.
Posted by girasoli | February 11, 2008 6:42 AM
Posted on February 11, 2008 06:42