This is the house that I grew up in.  It has been through many changes over the years.  It will soon be gone.  Momma's flowers were in full bloom not long before construction started on the new house.  I decided to document the old house and Momma with her flowers.  The trees are the ones that I climbed as a kid. The swing on the front porch assisted me with my courting days.  Jackie and I did swing in that swing a few times.  I did get a chance to stop in the middle of Hwy 112 with no traffic coming and take a shot or two of the house from the road.  Wow.  That was scary.  Never done anything like that before.  Well, the new house is finished and momma has moved in.  Soon the old one will be torn down or moved.  It is like loosing an old friend.  Now the front yard is messed up.  The new house hovers over the old one, trying to kick it out of the way.

The flowers have hidden for the winter.   By this time next year there will be a new face on the place.  A much larger house made of logs will be highly visible from the highway.  Hopefully momma will enjoy the new house for many years to come and I am gonna enjoy it too.  I feel like I have a new house, too.  I will visit momma and help her with various things at the new house.  I think it will be OK and I won't miss the old house.  She really seems to be enjoying the transition.  But I have noticed that she is bringing all the "stuff" (memorabilia) from the old house.  She is trying to make it feel like the old house made her feel.  Like home.  Lots of things are changing but momma's love of flowers, especially her day lilies has not changed.  She talks about them like they are people.  In fact, she has named some of them after someone special.  I don't know if I have one named after me.  I'll have to work on that.  Hope you enjoy the slide show.  Comments are welcome.