Cherries Jubilee!

Cherries Jubilee!

Went down to Washington for a quick visit to see the cherry blossoms in person for the first time. It was really the first week that they start to bloom (official start date of the National Cherry Blossom Festival is Sunday, April 29), so many of the trees had a dark pink blush to them. It seems as though there’s a huge variety of cherry trees around, which I didn’t expect, and a few are in bloom now, but in another couple weeks, it should be smashing! The 3,000 trees were a gift from the mayor of Tokyo in 1921.
Favorite thing: The look & feel of the pale pink blossoms against the regal white marble of the Jefferson Memorial.

Friday, March 28, 2008

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Tricked ‘ya! The magnolias are in bloom too.

Blue skies make ‘em look all the better.