Above is a photo of the house Mama lived in all her life and the house that my five sisters and I grew up in. (this photo was taken last week–the same time as the photo of daffodils below)
This is the last photo I have of Mama, taken Christmas 2006 after everyone was gone home but Ann and me. We stayed and visited and watched Mama do her crossword–no one stopped her from completing her crossword every day. She firmly believed in exercise–both body and mind-and would do those crosswords every day as religiously as she would do her morning exercises in bed before getting up. I wish I had her tenacity.Here’s a link to the first photo of Mama that I know of: Mama as a child.
Here are some additional photos I have of Mama, taken between 2001 and 2006. www.joewatts.com/mama/