Duncan, B.C. –
Tim Joseph will never forget the day he and his wife Mary-Ellen moved into their first house.
“It wasn’t the best house in the world,” Tim says. “But it was our house.”
After fixing it up as much as they could, Tim set up a security camera to deter criminals in the area. But he was surprised to find footage of sad-looking seniors.
“It really touched my heart,” Tim says.
It was during the pandemic and his elderly neighbours looked lonely.
“They couldn’t go to the mall,” Tim says. “They would walk around the block and there was nothing really for them to do or see.”
So, Tim and Mary-Ellen started putting flowers around the yard to brighten the moods of people passing.
“They liked it,” Tim says. “We put an abundance of flowers!”
Tim says it inspired an abundance of smiles, so he started decorating his yard with hundreds of other pieces of positivity — from …