So many thanks to the Orlando Family for again opening their home and hearts.
Joe, Maryann, and Grandma Orlando
The singing and prayers are beautiful. We recorded an entirely different selection of songs (compared to the previous evening), followed by a delicious and lovely spread of homemade pastries and cakes, with much laughing and joke telling in the family’s kitchen.
Rosalie and Maryann
Maryann’s Sister Vickie


Felicia’s Viva San Giuseppe Bread
Vintage angel figurine
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About Kim Smith
Currently creating documentary films about the Monarch Butterfly, Black Swallowtail Butterfly, and Gloucester's Feast of St. Joseph. Landscape designer for the Gloucester Harbor Walk Gardens. Designer, lecturer, author, illustrator, photographer. Visit my blog for more information about my landscape and interior design firm- kimsmithdesigns.wordpress.com. Good Morning Gloucester daily contributor.
Author/illustrator "Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! Notes from a Gloucester Garden"
Thank you so much Rosalie, Joe, Marianne Orlando for us in your home to celebrate st. Joseph novena. Your altar was beautiful the music so wonderful company was grand and the pastry and sphinguni(spelling) incredible. You are a beautiful family