May 2025
Dear Family and Friends, I hope you all enjoyed a fine Mother's Day. I received beautiful cards from family members, and this year the church offered succulent plants to all mothers, which I thought was even better than the usual single rose of former years. Then a few days later, I got an unexpected surprise. The former owner of Riviera Mobile Park, Beverley Hilterbrand, appeared at my door bearing a vase of lovely flowers that she said was for me for no particular reason, other than that she thought I was an amazing lady. That sweet thought warmed my heart and ‘made my day’. Beverley is such a dear soul to have thought of me that way. When she saw all the many blooming orchids everywhere, she wondered where we could put the vase. We decided that even though the kitchen table already had a little vase of petite orchids, that her large one with its flowers of various sizes, shapes, and colors would be ideal there, so that I could enjoy more freely all of the different kinds ...