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known as that old woman who swims!"
Business, farming, raising a family, needlepoint, painting, and polar bear demonstrations — she’s done them all well. Now as her deteriorating vision forces her to put away her paint brushes for the last time, she is looking forward to facing a new challenge. “I have to do something. If I don’t, I’ll die,” she announced matter-of-fartly. “Now that my eyes are finally giving out, I’m going to try writing my memoirs.”
Her step is firm and sure as she escorts a visitor from the cottage. Her grip is firm as she shakes an outstretched hand. Her voice is firm as she talks of the future project. The sprightly little silver haired lady smiles, crinkling her nose and tilting her head to the side, as she thinks about the stories she’ll tell. Her eyes may be nearly blind but they still shine and twinkle. “I’ve been blessed with an interesting life,” said the grand dame whose adventures have ranged from a dinner date with the slightly inebriated and less than circumspect Prince of Wales to entertaining the former Shah of Iran. She eiyoys life so much that she threatens to still be around at 101. “I was bom in 1899 so if I made it that long, I'll have seen three centuries. Not many people can say that!” she concluded, nodding her head in satisfaction at the prospect.
(Recent Watercolon by Lelia Noyes Lucas, an exhibition of 50 some paintings, opens at the Middle St. Gallery in Washington, Virginia, on Sunday, December 9, from 2 to 5 p.m. Mrs. Lucas’ works will hang at the gallery through December 31. Hours are usually from noon until 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. To arrange for viewing at another time, call (703) 6753440.
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