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Sakura

Spring is here, and that means cherry blossoms!

Peak day, down on the Mall

I've lived most of my life within 100 miles of the Tidal Basin and the cherry trees, but I've never been to see the cherry blossoms. Till this year! I had the wrong date for the festival, but Oz came up and it turned out to be the perfect weekend to see the cherry blossoms. So pink, clouds and clouds of pink. Look how pretty.

29 March was also the day of the kite festival. I didn't know about that either till we heard it on the radio that morning. Kiteless, we went to the Mall and walked among the kite-flyers from the Smithsonian station down to the Washington Monument and the Tidal Basin. Oz had to be satisfied with helping a guy get his kite aloft and giggling at the little kids running around shouting, "A kite! A kite!"

The crowds were immense, but not dense, and very mellow. There must be something about kites and pink flowers …