Made Local Magazine May/June 2021

Riding on a wicker throne, Frances Louise Thomas, 81 years of age, is carried out from beneath an unseasonably hot sun by four young men to the shade of a mother willow tree. A dog and cat kick up dirt at their feet while a hawk circles above. Only a week past the Equinox, the orchard around them explodes with peach, cherry and pear blossoms.