A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT BUSH (PHOTOS): 3.31.04

yahoo, whitehouse.gov ^ | March 31, 2004 | GretchenEE

[GretchenEE]

Baseball fans, draw near. President and Mrs. Bush hosted a luncheon for baseball's Hall of Fame members and new inductees in the State Dining Room at the White House. (Mr. Bush will throw out the first pitch on Monday in St. Louis.)

Laura Bush continued hosting Marta Sahagun de Fox, wife of Mexican President Vicente Fox, as the two First Ladies visited Martha's Table, an organization that helps low-income and homeless children, families and individuals in Washington. They packaged sandwiches for distribution and read a book in English and Spanish to children in a bilingual day-care class.

In an unwitting effort to carry on the cherry tree vs. magnolia tree controversy from yesterday's Dose, Mrs. Bush met with the 2004 Cherry Blossom Princesses in the East Room of the White House.

Welcome to Sanity Island!

[CyberAnt]

You heard from Mike?

[WVNan]

Magnolia

[WVNan]

The kind of Magnolias I know from the South.

[CyberAnt]

Yeah, the white ones are the ones I remember from being in Memphis. The trees were loaded with them and they are beautiful.

[WVNan]

I've always called the pink ones Tulip Trees. But what do I know?

[mystery-ak]

I have one of those in my front yard...a very slow grower...but beautiful....I got one after returning from Virginia several years ago.

[GretchenEE]

Around here (Washington State) magnolia trees are also called tulip trees.

[Solamente]

GWB gets laughs showing off his impression of Kerry's "One-Too-Many-Power-Salutes" shoulder injury.

[Kaslin]

Good evening!

[mystery-ak]

Yes, Mike got to Walter Reed late last night after his world tour....The doctor's office has been waiting for him and already had surgery scheduled for him...he should be able to get the stitches out after 7 days and he has heard they will give him a convalescent leave, he hopes they will offer him a choice to return to Iraq...sigh!..:(.....

[Kaslin]

These are great pictures. Thanks for posting them

[Mo1]

Mtngrl@vrwc

[Maigrey]

I've got white Magnolia's outside my apartment. My tree isn't in bloom yet.

[Jemian]

The pink ones are an import and are Pink Magnolias. The white ones are Magnolia Grandiflora and are the state tree of Mississippi. Both are of the magnolia family.

[syp24]

Hi, I thought I would share this instead of keeping it all to myself.

[Jemian]

Neither tree is a cherry. FWIW, a tulip tree is a different species also.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Have you ever thought of starting a regular thread called:

A LIE IN THE DAY OF JOHN KERRY

[GretchenEE]

I can assure you the thought never did and never will cross my mind.

[firewalk]

Thanks for the ping

[GretchenEE]

Seems we've been through a bit of a birthday drought around here.

Mtngrl,