{"id":178,"date":"2008-04-06T11:28:05","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/2008\/04\/06\/the-national-cherry-blossom-festival\/"},"modified":"2008-04-06T11:34:32","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T15:34:32","slug":"the-national-cherry-blossom-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/2008\/04\/06\/the-national-cherry-blossom-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Cherry Blossom Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subtitle &#8212; or why I was late to Limbus<br \/>Sub-subtitle &#8212; and how I learned what &#8220;Sakura&#8221; meant<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday (April 5th), I took a trip down to DC for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org\/\">National Cherry Blossom Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, I took my camera.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Monument with Cherry Blossoms:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"667\" alt=\"wash_monument1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/wash-monument1.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"667\" alt=\"wash_monument2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/wash-monument2.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>This one is so bazaar, I just love it<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"667\" alt=\"wash_monument3\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/wash-monument3.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>The branch is just suspended there, coming from no where.<\/p>\n<p>It was such a big deal, that Tommy Jefferson decided to show up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"694\" alt=\"tommy_j\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/tommy-j.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>Actual size too.&nbsp; He really was 25 ft tall.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Tommy&#8217;s House with some of the Blossoms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"375\" alt=\"jeff_monument1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/jeff-monument1.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"375\" alt=\"jeff_monument2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/jeff-monument2.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>Some of the trees are fairly old, with a handful of originals from about 100 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The older ones have branches that reach out over the path.&nbsp; This one is from behind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"375\" alt=\"flower_from_behind\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/flower-from-behind.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>Also, some of the older ones have small buds coming directly out of the larger branches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"375\" alt=\"flower_small1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/flower-small1.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"377\" alt=\"flower_small2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/flower-small2.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>And finally, my show off picture for today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"667\" alt=\"flower_closeup\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/flower-closeup.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>-pyra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subtitle &#8212; or why I was late to LimbusSub-subtitle &#8212; and how I learned what &#8220;Sakura&#8221; meant Yesterday (April 5th), I took a trip down to DC for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. 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