Cherry Blossoms in DC!

[elleng]

Festival now.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/gog/features/2009/cherry-blossom-festival/index.html?hpid=topnews

[applegrove]

1. I went to Washington during spring break as a kid. Those blossums are so pretty

amidst all the white buildings.

[FirstLight]

3. me too!

Class trip in Jr. High...1985, yikes

I love the cherry blossoms, though it's hard sometimes to reconcile such beauty with the corruption there...

[applegrove]

11. It think I was there in 1977 or 78. Cannot remember what grade it was in actually.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Those are such beautiful trees...

I saw them once, on a trip back, many years ago...

I will never forget how beautiful they were!

Thanks for the link...

:hi:

[elleng]

6. You're welcome.

I live here (there), and when I was working downtown I walked through them every year at lunch time. Now, I've got to plan an excursion downtown! Which I will do, depending on the weather.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

9. Every year,

I used to go over to the Tidal Basin in the afternoon - I worked at 18th and K, NW - and sit around under the trees, reading what I had to read for work.

I am in ten thousand Japanese home videos, I believe.

[Elwood P Dowd]

4. I lived there in 1971 and 1972.

Spring in DC was beautiful despite the situation at the time.

[AnnieBW]

5. Hopefully

It will be nicer tomorrow, so that more people can enjoy them.

[elleng]

7. Here are weather predictions for the week:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=20006&wuSelect=WEATHER

[AnnieBW]

8. Great!

I need to put my corn meal gluten down on my grass when it dries out tomorrow, and Mom's bringing down a busload of senior citizens to see the Cherry Blossoms this week. Thanks!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

10. Big rainstorms tomorrow -

mild temps - around 70 - but they're calling for thunderstorms in the afternoon.

This being DC, though, it could just as easily be sunny ................

[elleng]

12. Hey Tange and all,

here's TODAY's Blossom Pic:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/gog/features/2009/cherry-blossom-festival/index.html?hpid=gog

[Tangerine LaBamba]

14. Those babies are right on time,

aren't they?

This means I avoid downtown DC for the next week or ten days.

Every year, I swoon over them. You just can't be blase about the cherry blossoms......................

[elleng]

16. Yes they are;

and I'm hoping to NOT avoid downtown. I spend much too little time there currently, so really want to go! No blase AT ALL, and thats just what I need.

[stuntcat]

13. I'm gonna celebrate it in Arlington!

I've been traveling the last 2 weeks so for the next few days I'm staying within walking distance of South Arlington!
I'm just glad to walk around my own neighborhood and see all our trees :D it was beautiful going to and from the grocery store while ago.

[Lex]

17. I took this pic at Arlington Cemetery last year about this time

[hootinholler]

15. The funnest part is at the end

When you have the "blossom blizzard" swirling around The Mall.

-Hoot