Alexis hands the newspaper to Alvin and she says,

"Please look at this and tell me what you can"

He gets out his glasses and looks at the picture and says,

"The love tree!" "Have you read this article?"

He looks at her and says,

"Not until just now when you showed me this, I don't read the newspaper often"

Alexis shifts her weight on her foot being a little nervous and she asks,

"What can you tell me about this tree?"

A slow smile comes to him as he remembers this tree and Alexis can almost see the memories coming back to him in his eyes and he tells her,

"This tree has a lifetime of memories for me. My grandfather and I spent many a time around it. But I have something that could really tell you" "What?"

He turns around and signals for her to follow him with the crook of his finger. They go inside the house and she sees a grand formal living room with nice furniture but that's not what she notices most. The pictures! Pictures of family surround the room.

But she continues to follow him down the stairs leading to the basement and he says.

"I could tell you more but I think this will help you better" "What?"

He opens the basement door and he goes into the room and looks around then finally picks up a box and says,

"Well, in this box is a journal that my grandfather kept all his life. He talks about the tree" "Your grandfather kept a journal?"

As he rummages around the box he asks her.

"Have you heard of Laura Ingalls Wilder?" "I've heard the name but never read the books" "Well, that was my great aunt and she encouraged my grandfather to keep his memories written down, he didn't want to be a writer but he wrote things down, kept this all his life"

He hands her the small journal that's filled with Albert's words and she touches the antique book carefully and he asks,

"Can I ask why you are interested?"

She looks up at him and thinks on that.