The basement apartment

I remember being in a crib and looking up at a window which was unusually high up on the wall. While looking out of the window I could see a tire of a car and the trunk of a very large tree.

Years later, I explained this memory to my mother and she said, "That's impossible! You were only six months old when we lived in that basement apartment!" I believe that to be my earliest memory.

[This memory was originally submitted on Monday, May 17, 1999 at 17:39:55 (PDT) to the Exploratorium Earliest Memory Website, which ceased accepting input in 2000.

Posted By: Greer Bodenschatz