One of the many pleasures of living in the Beltway is the Cherry Blossom Festival. As the temperatures hit 74 degrees today in Alexandria, just outside of D.C., the blossoms on these beautiful trees will fall away quickly.
The Park Service says there are over 2,000 trees around the Tidal Basin seawall. Memorial plaza, where the foundation underneath Thomas Jefferson is undergoing quite a structural lift, concrete is replacing the original base. It’s not done yet, but it’s an important structural renovation. At least the day we were there it wasn’t as noisy as last year.
As for the politics of this day, I thought I’d offer up the quote of the day. It comes from Dr. Jeffrey Sachs who was on “Morning Joe” today. Talking about the 2012 presidential elections:
“There is no progressive candidate in this country. Period.” – Dr. Jeffrey Sach
That’s just sad.
Zach’s sad but true comment seems even more so, to me, because now even the diluted (from my perspective) replacement (for “liberal”) “progressive,” doesn’t work.
But on the Zen side of things … love the photos
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We just LOVE the festival. Never miss it.
I definitely need more Zen moments … wild flowers blooming are a help.
Beautiful pictures Taylor, and the festival sounds great. We could use some Zen, with all the mess going on in this country and around the world, you can always count on mother nature to calm things down, but when she is ticked, stay out of the way. LOL
As a resident of a DC suburb, I strongly second your endorsement of the Cherry Blossoms at the Tidal Basin. I’ll just offer one plea: if you are physically capable, please, for God’s sake, leave your freaking car at home, take the Metro, and WALK around the Cherry blossom trees. Don’t inch along at 2 MPH, stopping every fifteen seconds to get out and take a photo.
Oh, and keep your damn kids off the trees. And stop trying to steal branches. Ok, that was more than one plea.