Lauren Gardner was congratulated on her engagement to Justin Lipe. Everybody was very happy for her.
Sue Mitchell has her mother who is 99 living with her and healthy and she's happy about that. She's also happy that a horse is being adopted at Shephard Meadows and that there is a new rescue horse coming. Sue warned members to be careful to protect against COVID 19. She recommended cleaning off shoes after a trip to a grocery store, etc.
Kershwin Singh was happy to be part of the meeting. He is in sheltering in place with his wife and three daughters. They are fostering two puppies, so he had to take them out at 5:30 a.m. and will do continue to do so about 10 times a day.
Gary Miller was happy to get out of the house yesterday. He went with wife Debbie to Millerton New York and they went to Sharon to see the raptors. It was nice weather and there were no humans closer than six feet.
Sue Budde was happy that it was Bill's 60th birthday on Friday. He was still asleep when she joined this meeting. The party was canceled but a friend might join them for some sort of get together.
Craig Buhrendorf joined the meeting from North Carolina. It was going to be in the 80's for the next three days so he and Jeane were going to get out into the boat. They were doing a sort of Animal Safari. He thanked Mike Mezheritskiy for helping him to set up a Zoom meeting for his North Carolina Club.
Bill Barnes mentioned that Gary and Debbie would have gone through Lakeville on their way to Millerton. His first work after retirement was a part-time position at the Lakeville Methodist Church. One day this week he went all the way to Simsbury to see the park and bridge and come back again. He thinks the Zoom meeting is a great idea,
Dale Bronson misses his grandchildren, and they clearly miss him. Last Wednesday his grandson Lucius called him in spite of his autism, which makes it hard for him to use the telephone. He didn't say much, but the call itself was a great gift.
Katelyn Kaplan was happy that many people are using the trails at the Roaring Brook Nature Center. She enjoyed seeing neighbors she hadn't known before.
Gary Hyde was happy that tax returns can be deferred by 90 days and that quarterly payments are also deferred.