great-great aunt lenore

at 94 years, (!) she is full of life and vitality. she smiles and greets me with an awesome hug and smile, my great great aunt lenore. she lives in the house that her and her husband built 60 years ago, situated on the big piece of land with a few cows and barns in tennessee. she has lived in the area her whole life, her and her nine siblings being born in a house right down the road.
she is the one second from the right, next to smiling me.

i hung out with her after everybody left, the house got quiet while azyah and my dad took their naps. we talked about everyday things, looked at old black and white pictures of my great grandfather who loved horses, cool cars, and boats. she gets up early and stays up late like i do. she thinks natural cures are the best for what ails her, so she doesn't take any prescription drugs, just one aspirin a day. she makes her own wine and vinegar from things that grow in the valley around where she lives, and each are very tasty! she has been making her own wine for many years, and i heard many stories about my great grandfather and his "wine."

on her land there are two old barns, i took some pictures...

... one of them was for hanging tobacco a long time ago, since then it has sort of been falling apart. makes for really good light shining through the wood angles though...

and all around it was indeed beautiful...

and the cows were chillin at home