Day 2740 These are for you.

14th February 2025

We had a completely different day. It was Valentine’s Day, so we spent our time delivering flower displays to addresses in and around Saugatuck. Kelli used to work with Jean, the owner of Back to the fuchsia flower shop, and is still good friends with her. This was the first time in four years that Kelli has felt strong enough to tackle this. I was excited, not only doing something different, but because it was another significant step in Kelli’s journey.

As we had our breakfast, Kelli had a phone call from Larry across the road asking for some help to move his rubbish bin from the side of the road  back to his house. Also to sweep the snow from his Jeep. Since being released from hospital his recovery has been slow, and the cold weather has not helped. There is nothing worse when you are sick than being cold.

I was happy to help, essentially as Kelli was still deciding what to wear.

We set off for Saugatuck, and arrived about 11.00am at the shop to find all the arrangements waiting to load up. In total we had seventeen deliveries for Zeeland to Hamilton.

Kelli was the driver and I was the navigator/ delivery person.

Thank goodness for GPS, we started strongly, the first house was massive, obviously quite well to do. I had a large flower arrangement and a box of chocolates in my hands as I walked up to the front door. The lady of the house greeted me, in turn I handed over the vase and the sweeties.

 I could see the man of the house sitting in a large arm chair with a big grin on his face, he had done his bit, and was pleased with himself.

Then it was off to the next stop.

There was one place that I wasn’t expecting, a church. Now this was not a normal church, as most over here are, they are like giant God factories.

I walked up to that front door, that looked like a high security entrance with combination finger pads and intercom, of which I pressed, but nothing happened. I pressed it several times without anyone answering. In desperation I tried the door, and to my surprise it opened. In I went, the place was deserted. I entered every room with the exception of the toilets, there was no one about. The screens in the workstation were on, it was like the occupants had been spirited away. In the end I left the arrangement on a reception desk.

I only had one mishap, where one of the arrangements fell over spilling most of the water in the boot. I had to apologise to the lady that her flowers needed some refreshment. There was also an arrangement that included a teddy bear and a box of chocolates. The leg and hand got wet, so I had to hold it against the hot air vent in the car trying to drying it out.

Kelli had brought along some food, as she always does, that we ate on the way. There was only one place where we had to return, but we had one bank, one school and a massage parlour on our list.

We finished about 5.00pm, and must have covered a lot of miles, but it was different, and it was fun, although standing outside waiting for the door to be answered was not fun.

I also believe that for all the attention I got holding and presenting the flowers, I could have been bollock naked and no one would have noticed.