1970s

I got carried away scanning old albums so I had to sort these pictures into separate pages.

Mother, Wendy, Anne - 1970

Shelton, Dad in front of 11830 Rocking Horse Rd. - 1970

A levitation experiment during my sleepover party for my 13th birthday.

Dad, Grandmother and Granddaddy Dyson - 1970

Anne got gerbils in 1970. This is Vally on her arm and Zally in the cage.

Then Vally and Zally had babies. This set of gerbils is from 1974.

Grandmother Dyson enjoys the backyard waterfall.

Anne's new bathing suit. A daring 2-piece design!

The backyard pool with Grandmother Dyson in it. Granddaddy Dyson chose to just watch.

Taking the math tests for the Johns Hopkins Study of Mathmatically Precocious Youth. I scored high enough to be included in their longitudinal study and still get questionaires periodically.

Prize-winning afghan, made by Anne.

Planting my garden.

I grew pumpkins in 1973.

And here are the fruits of Grandmother Dyson's garden.

Gingies have been traditional for me ever since I discovered the recipe in Mother's cookbook.

I dressed up as my favorite historical figure, Queen Elizabeth I, for historical dress-up day in 9th grade.

I won a blue ribbon for my bread-dough rose at the Montgomery County Fair.

NBS sponsored garden plots for several years, so we took advantage of the opportunity.

First driving lesson in the Datsun, aka 'Red Shadow'.

Mother and Dad took a month-long trip to India in December, 1974, coming back on the 21st. They left me in charge. We were so glad to have them back that we celebrated with a ham dinner. The car had suffered a small breakdown which Ernie Wolfe had fixed by disconnecting the pollution control device. The dishwasher had broken. And just as they arrived home, I needed help getting the whole dinner on the table. But generally we managed, thanks to our friends and neighbors. We went Christmas tree shopping with the Wolfes; we had Sunday dinners with the Morgans; and our neighbors invited us for several dinners. I had a brand new driver's license so we could go grocery and Christmas shopping.