Fresh Market once again provided us with some gorgeous, brightly colored flowers.  They are fast becoming one of our most consistent supporters, committed to recycling and not wasting all that beauty.  These flowers we took both to Hospice and then to Shadybrook.  This was our first time at Care Partners Hospice.  Danny Johnson, the volunteer coordinator, is pictured here with the flowers we brought.

The Hospice was spacious, warm and supportive.  It felt good to be there.  We had plenty of flowers for everyone, with a few large bouquets for the nurses’ stations and the large, brightly lit gathering room.

We still had one more bucket of flowers to distribute so we headed back to Black Mountain and to Shadybrook.  We had help with the flowers and more residents came in to visit us and to get their own flowers.  We’ve been going to Shadybrook from our beginning days and the residents now recognize us.  They wave as we come in, someone always rushes to the door to open it for us and they crowd the room where we’re making bouquets.