Calla Lily of Yangmingshan National Park

Virginia and I were born on the same date (Virginia is much younger and more talented). Coincidentally she and I are volunteer interpreters of Yangmingshan National Park. We know the best seasons to go to the park to see her beauty, and we don't hesitate to invite family and friends to join us. A joy shared is a joy doubled.

Besides the Cherry blossom, Calla-Lily Festival is one of the best reasons in Yangminghsn people can't miss in April. Upon Virginia's suggestion, Lydia, Kate and I took an early morning ride to the park to unveil the beauty of Calla-Lily in the mist Thursday morning, the 17th of April.

Being the early birds at the Calla-Lily field of Chu-tzu Lake, we were able to purchase bunches of Calla-Lily at a more reasonable price. We took it easy to play and stroll in the Calla-Lily field. Virginia took many beautiful coverpage photos of us. Before we left the flower garden, we ran into Kevin, a young and handsome movie director. Kevin was there to borrow the Calla-Lily field for his next film. We took the opportunity to discuss with him about the possibility to shot us in his film in the future. Who knows, maybe one day golden ladies will apprear at a bigger screen all over the world. On our way back to the parking lot, we ran into a golden award winning photographer who took many award winning photos of four beauties.

Virginia then took us to her secret garden for lunch. The hostess of the restaurant in the mountains is also a volunteer interpreter of Yangmingshan National Park. Golden ladies were received like Queens of England at the extravagant luncheon for three hours. From the appetizers, soups, red wine, main courses, digestives, desserts, fresh organge sherbets, cappuccino, we were pampered to the best of our capacities.

It was so memorable that we ran into seven diamond ladies in their 80's. They went to the same high school in the 30's and they spoke Japanese fluently. They come to Yangmingshan regularly for the mouthwatering food and breathtaking view at their monthly gathering. What could be a better conclusion to golden ladies' Calla-Lily Excursion than meeting with our future counterparts?