Resident Rita Covernton is at home painting colourful tulips at Misericordia Place in strong, confident strokes.
“I think it’s muscle memory,” says her daughter Janice Beveridge, who shares her Mom is living with dementia. Janice makes an educated guess where Rita would most like to visit in the world: “It would be to further explore Germany, her father’s - my grandfather’s - birthplace.”
Rita’s father attempted to emigrate to Canada during the First World War but was turned back at the border and ended up fighting for the French Foreign Legion. Happily, he did eventually make his way to Canada!
Next up on Rita’s painting schedule: sketches of Munich!
