If I Hadn't Started Painting, I Would

I'll Get An Inspiration And Start Painting; Then I'll Forget Everything, Everything Except How Things Used To Be And How To Paint It So People Will Know How We Used To Live.

I Look Out The Window Sometimes To Seek The Color Of The Shadows And The Different Greens In The Trees, But When I Get Ready To Paint I Just Close My Eyes And Imagine A Scene.

I Would Never Sit Back In A Rocking Chair, Waiting For Someone To Help Me.

I Look Back On My Life Like A Good Day's Work, It Was Done And I Am Satisfied With It.

Even Now / I Am Not Old. / I Never Think Of It, And Yet / I Am A Grandmother To Eleven Grandchildren.