Family Portrait.....

This portrait sits on our mantel, and in case of fire, it's probably the second thing I'd grab. The lady reading is my great-grandmother, Lela Mae, who dies when I was a senior in high school. She was the spunkiest lady -- I owe to her my love of gardening and of antiques; I own many of the knick-knacks that graced her little cottage. This potrait shows her reading to my grandmother, Blossom Mae and her younger brother, Robert, who died long before I was born.

I love the antique wooden frame, the delicate watercoloring added to the photograph, and that I knew and dearly loved two of these subjects. I feel their love every time I look at this portrait, sitting on my mantel where I can easily see it from anywhere in our great room.