Day 2:
We got up at 7 a.m. today and went out to take pictures of the blossoms again only to find that it was raining outside. We still managed to take some pictures of the cherry blossoms in the front yard. I've added those to the slideshow in my previous post.

Lil' Robin was still missing. But, we saw some of his friends, - the tiny brown and red American Robins and some small black birds (Im guessing European Starlings or Common Grackles, I really couldn't tell) They were all so far off that we couldn't get decent pictures on our camera.

Around afternoon time, it stopped raining and we drove down to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial for the Cherry Blossom Festival. We decided to save all festival-related activity for next weekend, which happens to be the last weekend of the festival. The last days are usually a lot grander, with a parade, the Sakura Matsuri Festival - which is the nation's largest Japanese Street Festival, live music and dance performances, some Madame Tussaud's wax museum highlights, Blossom Secrets Stroll - where we hear stories about blossoms during a walking tour, an introduction to other flowering cherry trees in the city, a photo safari (how cool is that!), a lantern walk (!), and most importantly the Cherry Blossom River Tea service where tea is served on a two-hour cruise.

It's going to be tough picking which ones to go to. Left to me, I'd try to squeeze in as many events as possible! But, we are two of us, so it's not entirely left to me!

Anyway, this weekend was perfect. There was the right amount of crowd, and we had no agenda on our mind, so we strolled around slowly, even though it was a bit chilly. The weather didn't come in the way of us enjoying the most heavenly nature walk we've had in a long time. Here are some pictures.



I am aware that my blog has lately been filled with too many cherry blossom posts. But that's the nature of the season! (no pun-intended... yeah right!)