These are the only photographs I have of the backyard on Cypress. When I have visited the house in recent years, it appears that the entire space between our house and the smaller house in back has been cemented over. The driveway itself was, when we lived there, two cement strips with grass inbetween for a car to drive on, backing out as mom did every morning after she parked in the garage (the old woman and her old son did not have a car and did not drive). As you can see from the current photograph in the last post, the entire driveway has also been paved over. There was even a narrow space along the left side of the house where irises grew. That, too, is cemented over.
So the grapefruit tree in both pictures is gone. The avocado tree, in the right corner above, was just outside my back window. That, too, is gone. The irises along the house are gone. There was also a lemon tree behind the small house in back. I suspect that is gone, as well. All the plants and greenery that gave our little house some cheerfulness and color and character have been eliminated. It's become like Joni Mitchell's song.
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