A visit to Hopewell

Yesterday we drove down to Hopewell to visit my 91 year old stepmother in Hopewell. She is full of energy and opinions, and a delight to spend time with.   Ada and I went out on the farm to do a bit of hard labor removing invasive Russian Olive trees.

Don't mess with Ada:

Ada and her grandmother:

  We also went to see my former family home of 40 years, as it has been sold and completely renovated.  The new owners were eager to show us everything.  The house had not been fixed up for almost 50 years, so they had a huge job in renovating.   While it can be alarming to see something you've known for 40 years completely transformed, there was enough of the original remaining to make me happy.  Plus they had kept some of the idiosyncratic bits of furniture that we left them, which brought back memories.