I mean, love. I have a freaking tattoo of them down my side.
And until 4 years ago, I had no idea what the heck they even were.
When Scot and I first started dating, he mentioned that DC has this huge Cherry Blossom Festival every year. Color me intrigued. So we went.
The next year, my first year actually living near DC, we tried to go around the "peak season".
Another "eh" picture. It was windy as all hell that year, and it made the day kind of miserable. Again, beautiful views, but the second thing you should know about me? Is that I hate wind. I can't really describe it. Wind seriously pisses me off. (I mean.. there's no need for it. It messes up your hair, makes it hard to walk, and gets sand in your eyes. A nice breeze is fine, but please, hold the wind. Thanks.)
Our third trip to the cherry blossoms, which was last year, was entirely a bust. We missed the peak period, ended up going on Easter (only THE busiest day/weekend for tourists), and it was so hot again, that most of the blooms were already dead. I may have also had like 5 mimosas at Easter brunch before that, and was experiencing a hangover in progress.
Looks like I got.. one whole branch in that picture, in the upper right corner. Not ideal.
But you guys, this year? This year was amazing; we went during the week instead of the weekend, we went in the evening instead of midday (no crowds!), and I had my kick-butt pretty new dSLR camera to take pictures with!!
Get ready for picture overload, because I just couldn't take enough!!
This is what we call overexposed, but how AWESOME does it look?!
Finally.. a decent picture of us with the blossoms!!
Confession: they really don't smell like anything.
I think this one is my favorite :)
Le sigh.. these pictures make me so happy! I'm thrilled that I actually got to use my camera on something other than my cats.. I've been especially excited for spring for that exact reason. I really got to fiddle with the camera and play with exposure, shutter speed, and aperture settings at long last!
Has anyone else ever gone to DC's Cherry Blossom Festival? Or have something similar in your hometown?
10 comments:
OMG they are SOOOOO pretty!!
I love them too, but we don't really get them here... but Ottawa has the Tulip Festival, and OMG sooo beautiful.
That picture of you guys (new one) is so cute. It's definitely a framer.
You just made me so excited for the Tulip Festival (it comes late April/early May).
Hi Steph! Thanks for commenting on my blog! I'm so jealous - we were just in DC two weeks ago and we were a bit too early for cherry blossoms!
I've been there!! It is absolutely beautiful. Your photos are awesome!!
I've never seen the Cherry Blossoms in DC before! I love the self portrait you two took together! FINALLY a good one of you two :)
Scratch that, great!
wow, gorgeous photos
You got some great shots Steph!! The one of you and Scot is great. :D
These are GREAT pictures, Steph!! I love love love cherry blossoms! The cherry blossom festival was one of my favorite things of living near DC...made me so happy. The weather can be so temperamental though, and totally ruin the experience. :( I'm so glad you got to see them in full bloom and take these perfect pics!
So pretty! The one time I've managed to travel to DC was right when the cherry blossoms were blooming, and it was gorgeous. I am so jealous you get to see them so very often!
Those are some awesome cherry blossom pics! What kind of camera do you have? Im a little jealous! I think we will go next weekend (hopefully) because I really want to go this year! Looks like the weather was decent too!
GORGEOUS! Seriously, gorgeous photos of the cherry blossoms! The one time I went to D.C. (when I was in 8th grade), it was Cherry Blossom season. I am so happy I caught that because I've always remembered it!
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