Looking at the aloe plant

It was my first or second full summer. I was born in July of '42, so this was '43 or '44. I was in a playpen on our front stoop. It was sunny. I was looking out between the vertical slats at a spikey plant with green leaves with yellow edges (I believe it now to be an aloe).

I can see my left hand gripping the wooden slat. I can feel the sun on the right side of my face.

[This memory was originally submitted on Tuesday, March 16, 1999 at 05:02:57 (PDT) to the Exploratorium Earliest Memory Website, which ceased accepting input in 2000.]

Posted By: D. Cassidy