Quote Originally Posted by Dirk Skene View Post
Very nice Is that sprig in your hat your clan's plant badge? Mine is the wild cherry blossom.
Sort of. I'm not technically in a clan (I could claim membership in Clan MacLaren, since I'm a Boy Scout, but laurels are hard to find), so I decided to do a little web searching, to figure out what the state and national flora were.

In California, that's the Redwood tree and the California Poppy. I didn't have any.

The U. S. national flower is the rose. I thought that might hurt a bit.

However, the national tree is the Oak. It also happens that my city, Glendora, is fairly well know locally for its numerous oaks, so I decided to go with that.

Our property happens to have a rather large oak tree growing on it. So, right before I left to pick up my girlfriend, I pick a twig of the nearest branch and put it in my bonnet.