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