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Desperate White House
It looks like the classic scene from a Netflix series in which the heroine, good chic, good kind, buries a corpse in the garden of her opulent home, before leaving for work as if nothing had happened. But not really. On April 30, First Lady Jill Biden simply planted a tree in the North Wing of the White House Garden to honor the Arbor Day tradition. Since 1872, Americans have celebrated nature by planting as many trees as possible every last Friday in April. Since 1972, Arbor Day has even been a national holiday and a public holiday in the United States.
The leaves of love
In this case, it is a lime tree that Jill Biden had the pleasure of planting, or rather sprinkling three small shovelfuls of earth. Romantics will see it as a declaration of love to Joe. Due to its heart-shaped leaves, this essence is traditionally seen as a symbol of love and loyalty. Thus, in the villages, weddings were celebrated for a long time by dancing around this tree. “As long as the spouses stay under the shade of the lime trees, they love each other to the end despite the efforts of the years”, even wrote Jean de La Fontaine.
Earth element
But, jokes, let’s get to the heart of the matter by looking at Jill Biden’s outfit. For her gardening session, the first lady wore a floral skirt and a double-breasted navy blue blazer with gold buttons. Is this an appropriate outfit? If the choice of the floral skirt can be defended, that of the blazer – born, with the choices, in 1837 on a patroller of the English navy or some time later in the rowing club of the University of Cambridge – s’ turns out to be more questionable as this dress was obviously designed to navigate, and not to stir the earth.
Actor heels
“Who doesn’t plant a tree in high heels?” “, Jill Biden even laughed, sitting on her plank of wood, well aware of the oddity of the situation. Let us recall, all the same, that, in Antiquity, the actors of the theater were the first to regularly adopt the high heels which gave them height and allowed them to be more visible by the spectators. In a communication operation as unsubtle as this, the choice of high heels may not be such a bad choice.
Lemon hat
This lady who oversees operations is a ranger, a member of the US National Park Service. How do we notice it? Obviously by his iconic hat, recognizable by the shape of his crown, similar to that of a lemon squeezer (lemon squeezer). Manufactured by Stetson since 1934, this ranger hat, Available in felt or straw models, protects the heads of forest rangers from various dangers threatening them in the performance of their duties. A branch blow is indeed quickly arrived. A shovel too. Especially in a Netflix series.
