Forsythia is one of my very favorite "flowers."
I didn't like Virgina...it had air you could drink and water you couldn't.
Virginia was pretty, though, and the kids liked all the Civil War historical sites, so that was pretty good, but I was glad to come back west.
I had dreadful allergies in Virginia, but then I had them in Texas, too. I think it had more to do with my personal chemistry than actual botanical conditions. I always got dreadful allergy attacks before accounting exams!
Virginia is great for Civil War, and so is Tennessee. I could visit with the Confederate dead on my porch in Manchester, TN :-). As soon as we get another kid out of diapers, we plan to make some historical trips. There are good Revolutionary War sites within a day of us, and we just haven't made them yet, with two babies in two years!
A Doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa. "The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?"
After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said, "Wedding Cake."