Member Vacation Recaps
Asian Visit
January 2020
January 2020
January 2020
January 2020
January 2020
Nancy Mitchell went to Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia for 4 weeks. She visited most of the important sites, with the highlight being Angkor Wat. It was Lunar New Year, so there were flowers everywhere (see Lotus blooms below).
Every temple and many people had bonsai trees.
January 2020
Rose Bowl Parade
A Gardener's Treat
Linda Hardie and Terra Manton were WOWED by
seeing floats being constructed and viewing the 130th Rose Bowl Parade down Colorado Ave. in Pasadena, California.
The following day included a “walk around” to see floats up close.
The festivities were well worth a trip to sunny Southern California for a few days to start the 2019 year!
'The Melody of Life'
The theme for 2019 was depicted in all the floats.
Roses and orchids were in prominent display.
Nature on Parade
All materials on the floats were organic, with such minute elements as onion seeds and lentils, in addition to millions of flowers.
Hiking the Smokies with Road Scholar
Spring 2019
Nancy Mitchell joined two hiking tours with the Road Scholar Organization (www.roadscholar.org). She took these beautiful photos.
Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium parviflorum
Umbrella Leaf
Diphylleia cymosa
Painted Trillium
Trillium undulatum
Hyssop Scullcap
Scutellaria intrigifolia
Wood Betony
Pedicularis canadensis
Fall 2019
Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Angelica
Angelica atropurpurea
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Bleeding Heart
Dicentra spectabilis
Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum
Indian Pipe
Monotropa uniflora