Sorry I’ve had disable all comments, but hopefully Pbase will take some action on this massive attack on the site. I’ll try to turn them on again soon, when I’m at my computer working and can better monitor the situation. I was out when I got hit with the 2,920 spam comments yesterday. I understand others have similarly disabled commenting; sad that we’ve had to resort to this kind of drastic action when this is such a nice place to be.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

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We thought about going to see the famous Japanese cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin on Saturday, but peak bloom is Monday and already the place was literally packed, with parking nonexistent, streets near the Mall gridlocked and bridges to Virginia (from where there’s a view) jammed. So we decided to go instead to the National Arboretum to see their large collection of cherry trees as well as their magnolias, both of which were in full bloom. It may not have been as spectacular as the Tidal Basin, but it certainly was a lot more peaceful, and beautiful as well.

Roman amphitheater, Amman, Jordan, posted earlier: