"The original painting called 'Country Kitchen' was completed years ago. That kitchen has long been abandoned and left to the ravages of time. Even so, the touch of loving hands still evident in the garden and inside the house say so much about the home that is no more. The curious glance of my grandson looking into the kitchen now moldy with the years and a battle lost with nature could hardly imagine the smell of fresh apple pie that once permeated the room. The rusted Model 'T' surrounded by flowers, the trailing Clematis working its way in, the two Warblers sunning themselves are also reminders of times past."

- James Lumbers