EcoLog09 - Xuzhou to Crossroad

Day 2 - Xuzhou to Muddy Tracks between Rice Paddies - 20 June 08 (13km walk)

Needless to say after a very late night it was a bit of a slow start to the morning. Breakfast finished at 9am so we headed to the 26th floor dining room just before 9 to partake in a rather sumptuous buffet with Paul, Konomi and Yuji, a young Japanese guy who had been walking with them since February this year (http://yoyoyuji.spaces.live.com/). The view from the restaurant would be stunning on a clear day. What we could see were the many solar hot water heaters on the roof of the apartments. There are more per building than we have seen anywhere else in the world. The plan was to start walking at 1pm…which was good as we were still a little tired due to late several late nights. Had a bit of a kip after breaky and then we all set off from the hotel at 1.30 – in the pouring rain!

The first part of the walk was through the northern part of Xuzhou city along the main road and then a smaller more ‘local’ road with small doorways opening to one room home/work areas or small local cafes with woks and BBQ burners outside under awnings, glass cases filled with delicacies of your choice…including a dog’s head striped of its skin waiting to be boiled or deep fried. The first thought was oh, this is a pigs head but then the cogs of the brain registered that this pig did not have a snout!

We got to the river and crossed a rather pretty bridge with a covered walkway, with many people sheltering from the rain and fishing from the sides. Of course, here again we were celebs.

Stopped for a while to take in the view and also shelter from the rain, watching people trying to cross the road at the end of the bridge getting soaked by vehicles speeding by and sending up a curtain of spray, always honking, honking, honking their horns. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fPUxyzzrv0

As with many Asian countries horn honking to tell people “get out of the way, I am coming through” is the norm. Even here sitting in our hotel room on the 13th floor writing this, one can hear constant horn honking in spite of the double glazing that is dulling the noise.

We walked along the river for a bit then headed north literally walking to the end of the road. A nice surprise along this road was a temple built long before the road about 600AD. The tiled footpath suddenly stopped and we walked around the corner of the very old building jutting out into the road which turned out to be the entrance to the temple.


We also saw signs of how the change by nurseries from clay pots to plastic pots is impacting on the environment.

We reached a T junction in the road and to save about 40kms instead of following the road we headed off into the unknown. Paul had planned each days walk using Google Earth. He could see that a path traversed the fields and ended at a commune and then back on to local roads. The going was pretty reasonable then we reached a point where Paul had planned to go right but the straight ahead road still looked ok so I voted we keep following it. Well this track eventually became stepping stones between flooded fields and then a rather wider muddy embankment. This was when things turned a little bit to custard…or should one say mud. Giggling as we all tried to navigate our way down the sticky path soon changed to slightly hysterical laughter as Louise literally got stuck in the mud. We all made it to firmer ground none the worse for the experience except for an extra few kilos of China stuck to our boots.


On we walked through the rice paddies and eventually found a road through a commune. The brick buildings all had vegetable patches outside them with the most exquisite looking aubergines, peppers, beans etc growing. We eventually came to a cross roads which looked to be a likely place to finish for the day. Konomi can read but not speak Chinese so she wrote down the name of the streets we were at and we took photos of road signs so that we could get a taxi back out to this point to start walking tomorrow.

Next we figured out that we could catch a local bus back to town. This was an experience in itself. This gave us first hand experience of an angry driver honking VERY loudly for anything in our path to get out of the way. The horn was so loud it blasted your eardrums each time he honked. Then a passenger down the back of the bus decided to have a very loud conversation on his mobile phone. Paul is convinced that most of the population is deaf from the constant cacophony that they have to put up with. After one day in China have to say that he may have a point!! The bus took the long way home and we ended up in a part of the city that required a taxi ride back to the hotel. It was raining heavily by this stage and we finally hailed one with four of us piled in the back and Konomi in the front next to the driver in his caged off area giving directions.

We went straight to a local restaurant for an early dinner. Yes still muddy and wet, though this did not appear to upset the owners. Great experience! Got to choose the food (stuck to mainly vegetarian). The restaurant was very popular. A noisy smoky atmosphere but good to experience! A meal for five meal including beer only cost US$15.



Back to a very nice shower to wash the mud off the body.

Grow well
Dr Merrin

EcoLog08 - Hong Kong to Xuzhou

Day 1 - Hong Kong to Xuzhou - 19 June 08

We left Mui Wo at 12. 50 setting off to meet Konomi and Paul at Exchange Square in Central. Merrin attired in shorts t-shirt and tevas, Louise in town clothes! Cycled down the valley – Merrin with a 20kg pack on his back, Louise with two small backpacks carrying important things like passports, computer, makeup etc in the bike baskets.

It sure was a, planes, trains, automobiles (and ferries) day. From Central we caught the MTR to Kowloon Tong, changed to the KCR to the Lo Wu border crossing from Hong Kong SAR to Mainland China. In Shenzhen, the bus terminal for the airport bus was next to the station with the bus stop in the middle of the road. The only indication a number marked on the road. Travelled through the busy streets of Shenzhen then pulled up at another bus stop where it soon became obvious that we all had to pile off the bus and buy tickets to get on the “real” airport bus. From here about a 45 min journey to the airport. Check in was exceedingly simple but things became a tad more complicated after that! Firstly the boarding gate we were given had been changed….but that was the least of our worries. We found the correct gate and after experiencing our first photo as the celebrities we are (a local Chinese man wanting a photo of his wife with us) we boarded on time. Got the take off spiel and then….nothing! Next a message telling us takeoff would be delayed for one hour…so they proceeded to feed us. Finished our meal (and all the beer on the plane) and strapped in for takeoff accelerating down the runway only to abort about halfway down! Taxied back to sit and wait while the pilot figured out what to do, which included walking from the cockpit to the back of the plane a few times. Finally took off about 2. 5 hours late and made it to Xuzhou by mid night…thankfully. Piled on the bus at the airport and set off on an hour long journey to our hotel.

Paul and Konomi had been staying at this hotel before they went back to Hong Kong for their visa run and had assured us it was very nice…which it was indeed – a five star hotel called Bayview Holiday Hotel (http://www.xzhtjr-hotel.com/) with very nice rooms but…rock hard beds, which we finally fell into at about 2am.

Grow well
Dr Merrin

Lantau Island in 2026

It is not very often you stop and think 20 years into the future and imagine what a place will be like.

Lantau Map 2026 is just that.

It is written by a good friend, Gordon Andreassend.

The comments shown below were prepared in January 2006 in a project where writers gave their views of development in Lantau in 20 years time. Here is what Gordon wrote at that time.

I have known Lantau’s tracks and trails for about 40 years, and as a surveyor and a mapper had almost 30 years to look at Lantau in greater detail on Lands Department aerial photos and maps.

If I may, please let me do some crystal ball gazing, and optimistically give my views as a surveyor, as I open up the January 2026 edition of a brand new map :-

LANTAU ISLAND, JANUARY 2026

The first thing I notice is the amount of Country Park on the island. Approximately 75% of the total area ! Hong Kong is indeed fortunate that so much of Lantau’s hinterland and scenic coastal areas have been preserved this way.

The network of major roads has been developed, but not extended over the past 20 years. The most prominent route is the Expressway from the Airport and Tung Chung along the NE coast to the Tsing- Ma Bridge. The major route on the southern side of Lantau is the road from Mui Wo to Tai O, now widened to provide 3 lanes for most of its route. The link road to Ngong Ping is two lanes with passing lanes that adequately handle tourist traffic fed by the Cable Car.

The Tung Chung Road to Cheung Sha Beach is a two to three lane road, that is sufficient to handle the tourist and local traffic. All minor roads providing access to village areas are well developed.

Vehicle access on most Lantau roads is still controlled to allow use to permit holders only, and a speed-limit of 50 kph on all roads other than the expressway, has made the roads safer.

Tai O, one of the oldest settlements on the island, has expanded slightly and has been cleaned up to fit in better with its title of “the Venice of the East”. It has a flourishing cultural complex, and its harbour is well served by high-speed ferries from Hong Kong and Tuen Mun.

Mui Wo has been developed to cater for local residents, many of who work in Hong Kong and Kowloon, and as a tourist area - and locals and visitors keep the restaurants and beachfront areas busy. The face-lift given to Mui Wo beach about 10 years ago has improved this asset considerably. Part of the area has been developed with low-rise blocks, so that some areas resemble part of Discovery Bay. The improved ferry services to Central and Tsim Sha Tsui make access easy. The upgraded walking path from Discovery Bay to Mui Wo has proved to be a most popular hiking route.

Discovery Bay reached its full capacity 15 years ago and has concentrated on improvements within its allocated area. The beach area and watersport facilities have been improved to cater for locals and visitors alike. The Central ferry service, and bus routes to Tung Chung and Sunny Bay function well.

Nearby Disneyland has been extended to occupy all the Government land allocated for its use and its Disney Marineland facility is most popular. The road past Disneyland to Pa Tau Kwu gives access to the 36 hole Disney Golf Course, and is popular with local and visiting golfers. The five hotels and resorts managed by Disneyland are operating at almost full capacity.
The Lantau North Country Park and Marine Park to the north of DisneyLand, and adjacent to the golf course is well-used by visitors.

The area adjacent to the Sunny Bay MTR Station has also been developed as a recreational and waters sports area. The old buildings and jetty at Luk Keng in Yam O Wan, have been preserved as part of a heritage area, with other fishing village artifacts also on display. The log pond areas have been removed except for one log-filled display stand near the heritage area. The company hiring boats to visitors wishing to fish in the Cheung Sok area is doing well.

The CLK Airport has been expanded with the opening of the new X-terminal to the west of the old Y-shaped terminal, and the twin runways are probably running at their full capacity. The throughput of passengers has more than doubled in the post 20 years, and the use of the Conference facilities and the nearby CLK Sky City are bringing in a good return. The Heliport facility and the Business Aviation centre are functioning well.

The New Town of Tung Chung, which recently celebrated its 25th birthday, has been developed to capacity, without the reclamation that was proposed 20 years age. Its shopping malls, and its hotels are doing good business and many of the residents are employed at CLK in the airline industry, or at Disneyland. Tung Chung promises to be one of the best of the new town developments, and it is pleasing to note that the additional reclamation mooted in the past has not eventuated. The retention of the waterfront and some buildings near the old Tung Chung wharf, is a fine example of historical preservation.

The Ngong Ping 360 Cableway stands out prominently on the map, and this facility which is to feature its 20 years of existence on a Hong Kong stamp issue this year, has also helped to put Tung Chung on the map. Ngong Ping development also features on the map, and this tourist drawcard is something that Hong Kong can be proud of, while the Big Buddha still sits and smiles benignly at all he sees before him.

Cheung Sha Beach with its adjacent resort development is doing well and is popular as a tourist destination. The other resort built on the site of the former Ma Po Ping and Tong Fuk Prisons is most popular with those seeking access to the higher ground along the Lantau Trail. It is indeed fortunate that the SAR Govt was able to negotiate the repatriation of Mainland prisoners back to the PRC, to serve their prison terms. The reduction in inmate numbers has cut back on expansion, and other prisons may also be phased out soon.

Hei Ling Chau also gained a new lease of life as a resort and windsurfing centre once the prisons there were cleared.

On the northern coast, the Tai Wan Ho basin with its surrounding development of recreational and watersport facilities, has proved to be extremely popular.

The coastal walking trail from Tai O to Tung Chung has been upgraded for its entire length, and is an increasingly popular hiking route.

Following the improvements made to the Lantau Trail and other major tracks, and to the provision of designated trail bike tracks and nature trails, there has been a phenomenal increase in the use of the trails, and this has pushed Lantau ahead of the Sai Kung area as Hong Kong’s most popular recreational area. The Lantau Island Countryside Map is now the best seller of all 5 maps in the Countryside Series.

The walk from Shek Pik via Fan Lau to Tai O is very popular following the construction of the Fan Lau Historical Centre. The development of the Fitness Centre at Yi O, and construction of the fitness trail through Shui Lo Cho up to Man Cheung Po has also made this walk more popular.

I note that the map still shows in the sea above Tai O a dotted proposal for the Zhuhai - Lantau Bridge. It is indeed fortunate that the construction of more northerly connections from the PRC to the N.T., coupled with the considerable opposition from concern groups and the residents of Tung Chung, has put this project almost permanently on hold. Let’s hope that it stays that way.

Gordon Andreassend
January 2006

Thanks Gordon for those thoughts. It is interesting to see what develops in only 2 years!

Grow well
Dr Merrin

Coordinating the Environmental Message

I love to spread the message of protecting and respecting our planet!

Many of my friends do too and as you know, you can do more as a team than as an individual.

So, I continue to team up with people. If you want assistance in spreading your environmental message then feel free to contact me. I can connect you with people or even present your message, as I love public speaking.

One of the great persons I have teamed up with is Paul Coleman – Earthwalker (http://www.earthwalker.com/). Paul has been walking around this planet since 1990 and has covered over 46,000 kilometres through more than 40 nations.

Since meeting Paul on 20 Sep 2007 we have shared many ideas via the internet while he and his wife Konomi have been on their walk from Hong Kong to Beijing (Check out the journey via http://blog.myspace.com/earthwalker_paul_coleman). I was pleasantly surprised when one day Paul asked if I would be an advisor to him. I said of course and then I looked at his other advisors.
· Charlene Hewat: Executive Director of Environment Africa, Zimbabwe
· Tadashi Inamoto: President of Oak Village, Japan
· Chikashi Kinjo: Lawyer, Political/Peace Activist, Okinawa
· Avon Mattison: President of Pathways of Peace, United States
· Koichi Nakatani: Environmental Activist, Japan
· Akihiko Ozeki: President of Real Produce, Japan
· Jeunesse Park: CEO of Food and Trees for Africa, South Africa
· Kiyoshi Shikita: Chaiman of Earthday Tokyo, President of BeGood Cafe, Japan
· Genichiro Shiosaka: Member, Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly, Japan
· Paul Sihon: Musician, Composer, United States
· Charles Spencer: General Manager of Spencer Global Consulting, Chile
· Joan Walley, MP: Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
· Rob Wheeler: UN Representative of Global Eco Village Network, United States
· Zandra Valenzuela Delgado: Lawyer, Chile

Wow I thought, they look like superb people.

On Paul’s latest trip to Hong Kong I wanted to leverage his message while minimising the effort required on his behalf, to get the greatest exposure. Little did we know the story we would have to tell.

I called on my fellow environmental team mates and organisations to see what opportunities we could create for Paul.

One of the reasons for Paul’s return trip to Hong Kong was to receive an award from Supreme Master Television. Urania had been following Paul’s story since meeting Paul 4 months earlier at the event I helped organised at Life Café (http://www.lifecafe.com.hk/).

As a member of the Royal Geographic Society in Hong Kong (http://www.rgshk.org.hk/) I contacted Rupert, the Director, and they were very keen to have Paul speaking to their members. Great place and people for Paul to connect with.

I then re-connected with Andrew Dembina at RTHK Radio 3 (http://www.rthk.org.hk/channel/radio3/), he and Morning Brew host Phil Whelan were very keen to have an update on how the walk was going.

Superb. That was three different opportunities for Paul.

At the end of his presentation to RGS members and guests, Paul announced a major change in his plans to walk to Beijing. He told the audience that he could not continue as he could not get a visa to go back. The crowd was shocked. Offers to help came flooding in. Offers of contacts to discuss the situation with officials, media people to talk to, places to stay while stuck in Hong Kong and most importantly huge encouragement to continue.

Paul got some superb media coverage. The SCMP (South China Morning Post) did an article on how the red tape was stopping a major effort to help engage people into Greening the Olympics. RTHK Radio 3 had a live interview during the evening news.

While having Paul and Konomi to stay at our wonderful bush retreat Louise and I decided it was time to experience “earthwalking”.

So now we were very keen for Paul’s visa situation to be resolved. Which it was.

Thanks to everyone who helped Paul and Konomi get their visa and return to their walk.

We will be flying to Xuzhou (550km northwest of Shanghai) and walking from there north to Qufu (The home of Confucius), which is about 150 kilometres in a straight line (of course we will be walking further). We will probably flying back from Jinan.

Grow well
Dr Merrin

Tips for a more environmentally friendly workplace

Did you know that June 5th every year is World Environment Day?

The theme for 2008 is: CO2 – Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy.

The main international celebrations of World Environment Day 2008 will be held in New Zealand. As a New Zealander I am very proud that my old home city of Wellington will be hosting this United Nations day.

Below is a range of ideas on how you and your work colleagues can improve the sustainability of day-to-day activities at work. The ideas are based on a guide put together by the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment which I have modified to better reflect the Hong Kong situation.

Enjoy sharing the ideas in the guide with your work colleagues and Lets make every day, World Environment Day!!!

Easy things to do – most are free (and may even save you money)

• Involve staff, family and your community when looking for ways to improve your environmental sustainability.
• Turn off all lights and electrical equipment (at the wall is best) when not in use. Unplug any chargers since they are still draining power. Look in the boardroom and kitchen for equipment to turn off.
• Print things only when absolutely necessary, use the double-sided or booklet printing option and recycle all paper.
• Use stationery and office paper with at least 50 percent recycled content and FSC accreditation.
• Eliminate, minimise or recycle packaging when making purchasing decisions – check if the product can be recycled.
• Look for accepted environmental accreditation such as ISO 14000 or HK Green Label Scheme.
• Remove individual staff rubbish bins, or promote waste reduction and recycling by providing only a paper box and a small bin.
• Reduce/increase air conditioning temperatures in winter/summer. Moving your thermostat up 2°C in summer or down 2°C in winter can save hundred of kilograms of CO2 emissions.
• Reduce your use of plastic bags instead use cloth bags or reuse plastic bags.

Moderate things to do – minor cost / effort

• Change light bulbs to Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) – they last much longer and use 20-30 percent less energy. Where possible use LED lights.
• Recycle as much waste as practicable.
• Don’t provide disposable crockery or cutlery, and discourage the use of takeaway containers.
• Print business cards on recycled paper and do not laminate.
• Encourage public transport for journeys to and from work and during work hours.
• When purchasing appliances, consider their water and energy efficiency ratings. Select the design that does not need power (a good example is water dispensers that are gravity fed though why not consider using filtered tap water).
• Use 100 percent recycled and chlorine-free paper, non-toxic printing inks, and recyclable toner cartridges for printing and publishing.
• Provide eco-friendly cleaning products, hand soaps and toilet paper.
• Provide Fair Trade or organic tea and coffee products.
• Conserve water by installing water-saving urinals and dual-flush toilets.
• Have real plants instead of plastic plants. Real ones give of great fumes – oxygen.

Significant actions – a bit more cost or effort

• Consider whether you really need to fly to that face-to-face meeting. Take land or sea based transport instead or better still have a teleconference.
• Provide organic food when catering for functions.
• Install lighting occupancy sensors that automatically turn lights on or off, depending on occupancy. These sensors work well in areas such as conference rooms, break rooms or individual offices that are not occupied continuously.
• Make company uniforms from eco-friendly textiles.
• Provide printers with ‘follow-me’ capability to minimise wasted office printing.
• Write environmental criteria into tendering documents, contracts, policies and procurement guidelines – include sustainability of products over their lifetime and end-of-life disposal clauses.
• Recognise, reward and publicise good performance and innovation in sustainable practice.
  In new and refitted building projects, give preference to sustainable building materials, practices and design.
• Select replacement furniture that is made from eco-friendly materials.
• Measure, track and report on progress – what gets measured gets managed.

I am sure a couple of these tips made you stop and think about what you can change in your workplace. Why not now go and see how you can implement one of those tips in your workplace.

If you would like assistance in :

• developing a plan for making your workplace more environmentally friendly
• greening your corporate events

then contact Ecovision Asia (http://www.ecovisionasia.com/)


Grow well
Dr Merrin

EcoLog07 - Hong Kong Cultural Experiences

The hills around Mui Wo are dotted with concrete grave sites. Twice a year around the grave clearing festivals of Ching Ming at the beginning of April and Chung Yueng in early September, the Chinese people visit the grave sites of their ancestors. They burn incense and offerings of paper models of things that the dead relatives liked having around them…all sorts of things including paper computers, microwaves, mobile phones, hell bank notes etc. Invariably these burnings sometimes get out of hand. The hills around are scarred from many fires. There were two particularly bad fires in Mui Wo this year. One started on the lower slope of Lin Fa Shan mountain early one afternoon. The one helicopter they employed to dump water on the fire was totally ineffective and this fire burned up to and over the top of this 750m mountain, eventually burning itself out a couple of days later. The second fire was a little closer to home. I joined other locals and the fire brigade with fire beaters to put this one out. The result of this fire is a rather scarred hill top just on the edge of our valley. We have been involved with tree planting on these former fire sites both locally on the hills above our home with the school children who come to Ark Eden programmes and in Discovery Bay with the DB Green Group.

We are members of the Royal Geographical Society of Hong Kong. As well as this enabling us to go to some superb lectures our membership has given us the opportunity to attend RGS day trips. The last one we went on proved a little more ‘exciting’ than we anticipated. It was meant to be a walk up the Tai Mo Shan, the highest mountain in Hong Kong to study the geological formations of the mountain. It turned into a wild walk on Hong Kong’s highest mountain during a T3, with winds gusting at 100k+ and driving rain. Typhoon Naguri was closer than the RGS organisers realised!

We do like to take the opportunity to house sit for friends generally as animal sitters. The week after we came back from NZ we stayed at Kate and Gary’s to look after Rosie the dog and also Theo the teenager. We were doing quite well caring for both of them until one day we went out for the evening locking the door as we left. Unbeknown to us Theo, who had taken Rosie for a walk had gone out without his key or his phone. We got home a couple of hours later to find a sorry looking pair waiting for us on the doorstep. Talk about feel bad – although probably not as bad as Theo felt! He was very civil about it though…even cooking our dinner as he had originally planned to do while we were out.

We also stay in Soho, the restaurant district of Central, looking after Mister Goodcat a possum look a like friend. His owner Nissa, is a model who travels quite a bit so she is often looking for people to look after her very affectionate apartment moggie. He was very pleased to see us when we arrived the second stay and promptly settled down inside my briefcase. He spent most of the day smooching next to us, which later became a problem because he decided that it was appropriate after a day of sleeping to play all night. Mister Goodcat became Mister Badcat….but he is so cute that one cannot stay cross with him for long!

We seem to have had many opportunities for cultural outings over the past couple of months. Through our association with the Kiwi Society we were invited to help out at a NZ Art Exhibition as care takers of the work during the day. Being volunteers enabled us to attend a talk about the works by the artists as well as the exhibition opening.

We also had invitations to see Te Vaka, a great Polynesian dance group. On another evening Louise went to a reception for Raewyn Hill, a NZ resident choreographer who choreographed a dance based on photos of rugby players taken at the 2007 Rugby 7’s. As well as performing, dancers had their photos taken in the same athletic poses of the rugby players and these photos were placed side by side with the rugby photos. It was very clever! On the same evening I went to a reception with the NZ Rugby 10’s team.

We had not planned to go to the Hong Kong Rugby 7’s this year but by chance on the day itself we managed to score a couple of tickets to the Friday night session. It was great to have had the chance to experience the Hong Kong 7’s and to watch the Kiwi’s playing who of course eventually went on to be the winners of the tournament.

Witi Ihimaera was also in Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Literary Festival and according to Louise gave the most wonderful talk and readings at a function at the New Zealand Consular Generals home on The Peak.

We had a day trip to Macau where we experienced the fake opulence of The Venetian Casino (for about an hour as we wandered through NOT stopping in the smoky gambling halls filled with Chinese mainlanders). We then taxied to the small village of Coloane to lunch at a local Chinese/Portuguese café and experience the more traditional side of Macau.

Well by the length of this update I can see that I really need to write them more often! There are many other experiences that I would like to share but I will save these for the next instalment.

We would love to welcome visitors to our Valley to experience a little of ‘our’ Hong Kong, so family and friends, don’t be shy! In any case we also look forward to hearing all about what YOU are doing wherever in the world you are.

Grow well
Dr Merrin

Thanks Mothers

A big thank you to all the Mothers! I am sure you had a great day!

A special thank you to my mother!

Parts of the world celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday 11 May. I say parts of the world for a couple of reasons.

Mother's Day is not the same day all around the world. Different cultures or countries have chosen to celebrate on different days. Some people also realise that celebrating mothers on only one day is no where near as powerful as celebrating them every day.

Now, have you taken time to celebrate ALL Mother's?

When was the last time that you paused and acknowledged:
- Mother Earth?
- Mother Birds?
- Mother Dogs and Mother Cats?
- Mother Whales, Mother Cows and Mother Lions?
- Mother ... the list goes on ...

So lets pause and acknowledge ALL Mothers whenever we can on any day.

Grow well Mothers!
Dr Merrin