Wednesday, August 30, 2017 – Visitor’s Center New Flowerbed, Sis. Johnson’s Flowers

REPORT ON SIS. JOHNSON - Sis. Johnson slept through the night well in spite of the tremendous pain in her head and on her scalp. She stayed home from work today and rested. This afternoon she was feeling much better and received a pleasant surprise. The driver from the Hy-Vee Florist in Fort Madison delivered a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers to our home. They were sent by our son and daughter-in-law, Nathan and Valerie and their family. Wow, Sis. Johnson was surprised. Thank you so much for your thoughtful gift, it brightened her day. Sis. Johnson loves to receive flowers.

And speaking of Sis. Johnson saying “Thank You.” Sis. Johnson has received an overwhelming number of expressions of support, prayers, well wishes and even food. To all of you who have been so thoughtful, Sis. Johnson wants to give each of you a whole hearted “Thank You.” She appreciates your love and concern on her behalf.

Sis. Johnson wants all of you to know that she is feeling much better now. In fact all of the pain from the stings is gone! However she still has a lot of swelling, itching and burning. And those things really are “A Pain.” Each sting site is very sensitive to the touch. But she is 100% better today than yesterday. She is on the mend and recovering much faster than anticipated. Another one of those small “Nauvoo Miracles” and an answer to prayer.

 

Today at work we did a lot. The most significant project was planting a brand new flowerbed on the south side of the Visitor’s Center. The area used to contain a hedge of bushes that were badly overgrown and blocked the view of the Women’s Garden from inside the Visitor’s Center. Now all of the bushes are gone and a beautiful flowerbed is enhancing the view from the Visitor’s Center windows. 

Yesterday, Louie Hernandez and his crew used the small backhoe and pulled all of the bushes out of the ground roots and all. Next the whole area was rototilled to loosen up the soil and the flowerbed was prepped for today’s planting.

Richard set out a lot of his new hybrid, specialty grasses along with perennial Echinacea and Gaillardia for us to plant. Then we put a layer of mulch on the soil around all of the new plants and the whole area looks great now.