I HAD ALWAYS LOVED BEAUTIFUL THINGS ; BEAUTIFUL SPRING FLOWERS , LITTLE WHITE CHURCHES . I GREW UP IN MANSFIELD , LOUISIANA WHERE THE SKY WAS BRILLANTLY BLUE , TREES WERE TALL AND LEAVES BLEW SOFTLY IN THE WIND IN DIFFERENT HUES. MY HOBBY WAS READING , AND SEWING. ALWAYS A LONER ,WITH FOUR SIBLING , I WALKED ALONG DUSTY ROADS PAST OLD HOUSES WITH OLD MEN AND WOMEN SITTING ON PORCHES . LAUGHING AND TALKING AFTER A HARD DAY AT WORK. I REMEMBER WASHING CLOTHES IN A TUB ,RUNNING THRU SHEETS BLOWING ON AN OUTSIDE LINE. LOVING ART...more