Sunday, April 4, 2010

Cherry Blossoms!!

After the winter we had...it's finally spring! You can tell because the cherry blossoms bloomed right on schedule. On Friday at lunch, I walked to the tidal basin with a coworker to check them out at their peak:
There were lots of picnic-ers:
The reflection in the water was beautiful:
Jefferson Memorial:
Washington Monument:
...and of course, the green 'blossoms' that spring up this time of year as well:

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Yesterday, I biked to Bethesda with a friend to check out the 'unofficial' cherry blossom festival there - a neighborhood with street after street lined with cherry trees. It definitely rivaled the Mall:
Glad we got there early - by the time we were leaving, the car traffic was definitely picking up:
Not to worry, we didn't leave without stopping at one of the many baked good sales...mmm brownies and girl scout cookies:

3 comments:

Lincoln and Alisia said...

Where is that place in Bethesda? It looks amazing!

watergirl said...

The main road was Dorset Ave. We biked there via the Capital Crescent Trail and it was right off of that.

Scoop said...

I think you need to update your tagline from "procrastination tool..." to "the running, traveling federal employee" or something...