The Washington metro is jammed with people visiting the cherry trees down the block from UD’s Foggy Bottom office. After class last Tuesday, she asked a cabbie to drive her around them. He said it would take forever – sightseeing traffic was at a standstill.
There are cherry trees everywhere around here, including at the front and back of UD’s house.
Months ago a rainstorm took down a massive cherry at the back of UD’s half-acre wood. Its three branches look very beautiful, very rested, on their sides. Their mottled charcoal barks are spun with old vines.
Some of the tree’s root system must have stayed in the earth, because it’s not dead. Smaller branches have suddenly produced bouquets of yellow-studded white flowers.
So there’s this froth of cherry blossoms at eye level. UD will collect some of it and put it in the biggest vase she can find.
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Done.
April 13th, 2013 at 3:43PM
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April 13th, 2013 at 10:24PM
Nice. I’ve been photographing cherry blossoms in Kenwood (lots less traffic than downtown), with mixed results.