10-04-2005 06:39									#1
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The sakura are in full bloom here in Kansai. How are things shaping up in DC, Dan?

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	10-04-2005 06:40									#2
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Leaving in a few mintues to do some more blossom viewing.

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	10-04-2005 06:42									#3
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Cool... time to fly a light plane into an American aircraft carrier.

Did you take those piccies, Drake? What's the new iphoto like?

	10-04-2005 06:45									#4
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Ah yes the Cherry Blossom holiday, we should have it here as well.

	10-04-2005 06:49									#5
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edit: Will put the proper picture up later. Have no idea what the problem is; a different picture was up when I left...

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	10-04-2005 06:53									#6
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Man, why is Poly acting so weird today? Couldn't change my attachment and now I can't post the last picture...

quote: Did you take those piccies, Drake? What's the new iphoto like?

Yeah, I took these photos yesterday, before I got too terribly smashed. Don't know about the new iPhoto; if I have it, it must not be that different as I haven't noticed any changes.

	10-04-2005 06:54									#7
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Squash blossoms

	10-04-2005 06:54									#8
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Ah, that explains what the trees dotting the city here as well are.

	10-04-2005 06:54									#9
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Let's try this again.

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	10-04-2005 06:56									#10
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There, pictures are up. Gotta run to catch the train; I expect updates from Washington by the time I get back.

	10-04-2005 07:02									#11
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Hai!

	10-04-2005 08:09									#12
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That's the nicest looking artificial river channel I've ever seen.

	10-04-2005 08:17									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten There, pictures are up. Gotta run to catch the train; I expect updates from Washington by the time I get back.

The second and third pictures appear to be the same. Love the first one.

	10-04-2005 08:20									#14
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its eerie how much the second picture reminds me of home

	10-04-2005 09:18									#15
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The Cherry Blossoms were nice in Animal Crossing this week.

	10-04-2005 09:37									#16
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Sorry about the tardiness. I was busy viewing!

This year is exceptional for two reasons. It was the latest full bloom that I have ever seen. Full bloom probably will be tomorrow, the last day of the Cherry Blossom festival, due to the cold winter and beginning of spring. Since that was the case, full bloom hit during the time when all of the festival activities are going on and today it was absolutely packed with people down on the Mall.

The funny thing with this year's cherry blossoms is that it is the first year that the World War II memorial is open during the viewing. The WWII memorial is smack dab in the middle of the mall. You can hardly avoid it. But there was a surprising lack of Japanese tourists in that area. The Phillipino tourists and immigrants from the Phillipines always like to get their picture taken at the Phillipines' "state" wreath at the WWII memorial. Always interesting to see, remembering that the Phillipines was part of the US at the time.

It was a good mix of folks on the Mall. Lots of Asians other than Japanese, including Indians and Chinese (are cherry blossoms popular in these countries as well?). There was even a woman in a full length covering with only an eyeslit. In addition to the tourists, there was a college rugby football tourney. Rugby's such a great game.

quote: Pedestrians take in the Cherry Blossoms along the Tidal Basin Friday, April 8, 2005, in Washington. U.S. Park Service predict the trees will be in full bloom this weekend.(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

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quote: Tourists stroll among cherry blossoms peaking along the Tidal Basin near the Washington Monument in Washington, April 7, 2005. The annual Cherry Blossom Festival runs through April 10th and marks the 93rd celebration of the original gift of the 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo to Washington. REUTERS/Jason Reed

	10-04-2005 09:42									#18
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Here you can see a picture from Wednesday, with the trees in pre-bloom. There were still some trees today with pink flowers yet to fully bloom.

quote: A woman who identified herself only as Chika, visiting from Tokyo, Japan, reaches up to touch a Cherry Blossom along the Tidal Basin in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

	10-04-2005 10:13									#19
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quote: Originally posted by MRT144 its eerie how much the second picture reminds me of home

It's eerie how much the second picture reminds me of the third picture.......



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	10-04-2005 13:52									#20
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Yeah, I've noticed quite a lot around here in blossom, especially down Footscray Road where the shops are here - quite impressive!

	10-04-2005 14:01									#21
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vegetation is overrated

	10-04-2005 17:41									#22
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Here's the picture that didn't show up correctly this morning.

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	10-04-2005 17:43									#23
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And here's today's picture. Only a single tree, but it's the most famous one in my prefecture.

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	10-04-2005 17:44									#24
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Another view...

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	10-04-2005 17:49									#25
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quote: This year is exceptional for two reasons. It was the latest full bloom that I have ever seen.

The bloom was really late here as well, due to the long and cold winter. The sudden onset of spring and the blossoms kind of took me by surprise. We had snow on the mountains around my town little more than a week ago...

	10-04-2005 20:57									#26
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Are the pink trees peach or pear blossoms or just another variety of cherry blossoms? Awesome pics, by the way. Why would the Japanese tourists come to DC, when they have that?

	10-04-2005 21:02									#27
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I was at a protest in Philly six years back. During the prtest I sat in a blooming cherry tree. That was nice.

	10-04-2005 21:49									#28
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quote: Are the pink trees peach or pear blossoms or just another variety of cherry blossoms?

Peach. Had some nice magnolias in the area, as well.

quote: Why would the Japanese tourists come to DC, when they have that?

Crowd control. If they didn't ship some of their tourists off to DC, those of us here would never make it to the trees...