Monday, April 7, 2008

Cherry Blossom Festival pt1

So last Thursday we got on the Metro train and went to the Cherry Blossom Festival. For those of you who haven't seen this in person, let me tell you that it is the most beautiful sight you will ever see. I copied some of the history information from the official National Cherry Blossom Festival website. "The National Cherry Blossom Festival annually commemorates the 1912 gift to the city of Washington of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and celebrate the continued close relationship between our two peoples."

So here we are checking out the tulip garden before we reach the cherry trees. I just love the orange/yellow tulip up top. Some of the flowers weren't even blooming yet but the ones that were were beautiful.
As we were walking to the cherry trees we walked past the Washington Monument, it too was surrounded by cherry trees. We still need to get tickets and check it out before we move...sigh.
Cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin. I will post more of our pictures on Wednesday so be sure to come back and take a look.

2 comments:

Jennie said...

The Tidal Basin looks quite different from when we visited it last November. You got some really beautiful shots of the cherry festival, but I think my favorite is the one of Rich and Brandon.

Rebecca said...

MaryJo!!! Those are beautiful pictures. what a lucky duck you are to get to spend time in DC. It's one of my favorite places.

And your Brandon Bear is just adorable!! Teaching the animals about Jesus. fun fun!