Around Town – May 19

Orchids to …

• United Way volunteers Gary and Xolaani for cleaning out my gutters and hauling away the brush.

• Kay and the St. Peter’s Lutheran Boy Scouts for helping plant daffodil bulbs on U.S. 31, and for the kindness to help others, from Daffodil Dale.

• the two wonderful ladies at the Social Security office in window C for their help filling out the return to work form on Thursday afternoon.

• Lowell Daffron for his great letter telling it like it is.

• the nice lady who paid for my groceries at Kroger on Friday.

• Gigi Shipley for graduating from McDowell and her wonderful speech, and Mitchell Shipley on her wonderful speech at the McDowell graduation, from Mom and Mamaw Howard.

• Democrats who have not gotten over a freak election.

• John Foster.

• all the great conversations going on around the community and the building excitement for this year’s Exhibit Columbus.

Happy Birthday to …

• Clinton Rogers from your family and Donna.

• Wyn Barnette from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.

• Sheri Henderson, from The Outreach.

ANOTHER beautiful morning