In those days, the Valley was much less populated. Maybe thirteen or fourteen houses on Blake rd. There was no garbage pick up, but milk was delivered daily. The milk man wore a tie and dressed in a white uniform. And by the late fifties it was popular to order the Humpty Dumpty Diaper service for young mothers. They came down Blake road in a tune playing truck with a picture of Humpty on the side. I remember it being very cold, even icey in winter . And in summer, lazy and warm. Bee's buzzing away in the nearby orchards.
Which brings to mind another post war incarnation, the crop duster. Liberally dumping God knows what on the nearby feilds. Diving and dipping and roaring along the tree tops. It was a very good time to grow up in Corralitos.
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