National Arboretum Summer-Fall 2003

National Arboretum Summer-Fall 2003

National Arboretum. Last fall was very yellow-brown due to the drought. This fall has been very red-purple due to the rainfall.

Even the maple bonsai are turning red and orange.

This one just bends so amazingly over the rocks...

...and this, a 130-year-old tiny Kaki Persimmon, was given to the Arboretum in 1983 by Hassan II, the King of Morocco.

The National Capitol Columns, Corinthian sandstone, that originally held up the dome of the Capitol Building... ...but were replaced at some point after Lincoln's inauguration (pictured above, from sign at site) with marble, and moved to stand in the field at the Arboretum.

Here are the columns from a distance, seen earlier in the year.

Here is the finial from one of the columns, removed from its pillar so people can see it up close.

And here is a praying mantis in the bonsai pavilion.

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The National Capitol Columns, Corinthian sandstone, that originally held up the dome of the Capitol Building...	...but were replaced at some point after Lincoln's inauguration (pictured above, from sign at site) with marble, and moved to stand in the field at the Arboretum.