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Kelly Carnes, the owner of the knight and author of his letters, looks forward to it just as much as Adelaide.
“Adelaide has been such a joy during the pandemic,” Carnes said.
The knight has a deeper meaning for Carnes it’s a symbol of a past friend. Donald Hurlburt, a museum photographer who had a passion for people and a love for silly smiles, was killed in a car crash six years ago by a wrong-way driver.
He had a knight statue outside his house in D.C. So when Carnes saw a statue like his at a store, she said it felt like fate.