Washington’s famous cherry blossoms, a gift from the mayor of Tokyo in 1912, reached peak bloom on Sunday, several days earlier than expected and two hours before this picture was taken. There’s (deliberately) no parking anywhere near the Tidal Basin, and the National Park Service is threatening to close off all access to the trees if too many people come to view them. We just drove past them so I could get a few drive-by shots. It was so nice to see them, even if from afar, but it was nothing like making our annual walk around the basin surrounded by the beautiful flowers.

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

‘The Message,’ Andrew Funk, posted earlier