100 images that ‘inspire and inform a potential artifact’ from my place of memory.
This is a photo of my sisters and I jumping into the pool together for the first time. Personal photo.
Personal image. This photo shows a few memories from when I lived at this house. I loved inviting my friends over to go swimming and loved seeing the reflections the pool made. There is also a photo of the flowers in one of the planter pots that my mom planted each year.
Google maps photo of the backyard.
Google maps photo of the front of the house.
Images found online. Reminds me of swimming in the pool because I was very young when we first moved in and needed floats. We had so many floats in our cabana and I loved pulling them all out every time I went swimming.
Images found online. These towels remind me of the towels each of my siblings had. We all had our own towel that we used every time we swam. I included 5 photos of towels because there were 5 sisters.
Personal photos. These are photos of towels that we used at my childhood home for the pool. I loved my towel so much and felt so safe and secure after I had gone swimming when I wrapped myself in it.
Photos found online. These photos remind me of sitting in the backyard by the pool on lounge chairs.
Personal photos. These chairs and fireplace were in the backyard of my childhood home. They were by the pool.
Images found online. These images remind me of sitting by the pool at the table eating snacks. We had a round outdoor table and I loved sitting at it by the pool. The table had a glass top and when I was young I was very interested in how it was cut to a perfect circle.
Images found online. These photos remind me of the planter pots that were always brightening up our backyard. My mom put beautiful flowers in them every year. I also included photos of bleeding heart flowers. My mom had two big plants of these flowers and they were so beautiful every year when they bloomed. Waiting for them to bloom was a big part of my childhood and I looked forward to it every year.
Personal photos. These are images of flowers my mom has planted over the years. The lobelia flowers remind me of my old backyard specifically because my mom planted them every year.
Images found online. I have always been interested in how the light reflects through water and I loved sitting in my pool admiring that.
Images found online. By the pool we had a shed/cabana where we kept our pool toys. I loved going in there because I was always so excited to go swimming and we had so many fun floats and toys to choose from.
Images found online. Our pool was a peanut shape and I always found this so interesting because I thought all pools were rectangular.
Images found online. We had a rock waterfall by our pool. I always loved jumping off of it and it was such a unique thing to have in the neighborhood.
Personal photos. These are photos of the front of the house and the backyard from when the house was being sold. These photos represent how I remember the backyard.
