I discovered the most amazing thing yesterday on a friend's blog. OK, maybe I'm just really behind the times, but I had no idea that Google had one-upped its satellite view of your street to now include a 360° view of the front of your house and block. I immediately checked our old address in Aberdeen, and my heart skipped a beat when I saw my beloved orchid in the front window. Zoom in and you'll see its glorious whiteness too. Using my powers of deduction, the panoramic shot was probably taken sometime in July or August 2008 after the speed bumps came to Orchard Road, which this blog entry puts around late June, but before we moved in late August when I gave one of my friends the orchid for safe keeping.
I know it probably sounds really silly, but seeing our old home so unexpectedly up-close and personal took my breath away. I just stared in awe at the image. Technology is amazing.
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And here is our current home (address is not accurate).
2 comments:
i know i have looked at that site in the past and since we moved from california to Pa i keep relooking at our old house with sentimentality too. Our pic was taken around 2pm when the kids were getting out of school and i keep looking for us in the images since i know i was there picking up the kids somewhere.You can see the crossing gaurds and the kids walking with backpacks etc.. so i assume the our pics were taken in 2008 as well early spring. when at look at it i feel like i am right back there all over again.
Nope, I'm with you...didn't realize that they'd gone that high tech! I think I knew some places had street views, but didn't realize they all did. Kinda scary!
How ya feeling? Been praying for your recovery.
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