Our College
Reunion – Day 5 (4/10/15)
Round 2 – DC Cherry Blossoms Viewing
It’s been four
days since our first preview of the DC Cherry Blossoms on 4/7/2015. Tomorrow the whole town will be
jam-packed with the Annual National Cherry Blossom Parade. The first day of spring is supposed to
be on March 20th; however, the Festival kicks off on a snowy and
cold day before your guys were here.
Normally the parade is the biggest affair with all the roads closure in
town. That wouldn’t be a fun
experience for us.
The weather is a
cool 45 degrees with gray and cloudy sky.
LJ and Shinyee were in good spirits posing next to a pretty cherry tree
among the arrays of pink flowers in full bloom.
Certainly, LJ, and
Hsia Hwei had the taste of cold spring in DC. I think both of them wouldn’t mind having the heavy winter
coats on.
I rounded up with
my tennis pal, Mimi, to come along with us before we leave for Hilton Head
Island tomorrow. She was the one
initiated the Charleston road trip to visit her White
Tara - her son's property - on 1/19/2015 when we all suffered the
bitter cold cabin fever.
See the blog:
http://www.ncku71flld-dcreunion.blogspot.com
Three Retired Ladies’ adventurous and cultural immersion
trip – Charleston, S. Carolina
LJ’s best shot
with Washington Monument in the background – There is no shortage of photo ops
in the Capital City.
LJ snapped a pose
in front of the Japanese Stone Lantern, which might seem common, a feature in
all of the Japanese gardens. But,
here it stood out sparingly with its unique aesthetics in U.S. Capital. It’s a symbol of friendship between
these two countries.
We are lucky to
capture the stunning exhibit of natural beauty. See all the cherry trees line up the water, dropping the
petals into the waves and walkways.
There aren’t many tourists clogging up our pictures. Tomorrow would be another story.
Making
Dumplings from Scratch at Mimi’s House
Mimi, my tennis
partner with a free-spirited personality invited us to make dumplings at her
house. Master Chef, Shinyee, brought
her gadget, a wooden stick to make the wrapper skin like a pro.
We took this shot
out on the deck – the gray sky and the trees in her backyard were all shrouded
up in fog. There was no sign of
spring here, except the green grass, free of snow.
Jen-Jen, another
retiree from our previous three seniors’ road trip to Charleston, S. Carolina,
came along to have this fun, and all-hands-on-deck cooking party. Tom, Mimi’s husband, chortled gleefully
for a lovely dinner among all the “Pretty Women.”
The Theme “Live,
Laugh, and Love” Continues
Well, we, all the retirees, had fun so far, and
we want to retain the theme of our reunion “Live, Laugh and Love” until Ben, my
husband joined us tomorrow for a week-long relaxation at our Grand Ocean villa
at Hilton Head island, S. Carolina.
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