Back on New Year’s Day, I revived my childhood tradition of watching the Rose Parade on TV (and, again,on my birthday). This year I was struck (don’t know why I haven’t been before) by the incredible OVER THE TOP-NESS of it all. And THIS woman was my favorite!
Glinda the Good Witch and the Space Rose
Her name is Jenijoy LaBelle and she’s a professor at Caltech! As Glinda the Good Witch, she’s holding the Space Rose which travelled on the shuttle Atlantis last year.
Space Rose!
If you click on the picture there’s a really good article about the rose expert for Bayer and his brother the astronaut and the whole story of getting the thing into space and home in one piece.
