CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO Esther Hunt
From the floor-to-ceiling windows, in every room of Esther Hird Hunt’s home, the view of Dering Harbor is breathtaking. But the first thing that catches the eye is a 9-foot-tall avocado tree growing in a large pot.
“My mother planted that avocado from a pit,” Esther said. “I took it over in the late 1960s and kept it going since. It must be more than 70 years old.”
Esther is the 95-year-old matriarch of a family that doesn’t part with things, whether avocados or islands. (more…)
