Observing
cherry blossom in D.C. 2016/Carlos Pueblo
Every year
in the spring, I always make a trip to Washington, D.C. to observe
the famous
cherry blossom. Inside the National Park, there are 3,800 Japanese
flowering cherry
trees. The interest party always predicts the peak of the bulk
of Yoshino
cherry and I would make my travel plan accordingly. This year I was
late again
for about 5 days; however, I still met the amazing blossom and several
other kinds
of cherry blossom peak. My host family took me from the National
Airport and
went directly to Hain’s point on the Washington Canal’s side.
T.K. parked
the vehicle on the parking lots of the gulf course and we walked directly
to the eastern
path of the cherry grove. Even though it was several days after the
peak, the
flower was still luminous. Now, I can tell the distinguish part of the Somei
Yoshino
cherry, a long honey cone shape of flower on a new stem, snow white color
of the petal,
and 5 or 6 single petals in a flower. We call Yashino elegant and gracious
because it
looks so pure. Before the peak, the pink bract looks like a red berry turns to
pink petals
for a moment, then a tiny pink bud, finally snow while after the peak. We
still can
see that Canon camera catches the pink on the computer or TV screen. There
are 2,800 of
Yashino inside the Tidal Basin park.
I was
overwhelmed by the natural beauty , and fortunately I had been accustomed to
such sensation
everywhere in D.C., in New York, in England, and in Japan. Observing
cherry
blossom has become my hobby in my later part of my life. I find such hobby that
has filled
one major part of my life annually along with winter traveling to the snow and
observing falliage
in the autumn.
We met
several bus lords of Chinese visitors at Haine’s Point parking lot. They were
so
happy to
take photos for each other which reminded me a famous Chinese classical novel,
the
unofficial history of the scholars. People in that time often visited the park
during the
spring to
write poem and chat for something about Confucianism even though all of them
were
unemployed scholars.
On our way
back home, we were lost and ran into a welcome party on the street near the
Chinese
Embassy to welcome Chairman Xi’s current visit to the U.S. The crowd looked
peasant to
me and I did hope after the welcome party they would visit the cherry blossom
and visit
Lincoln Memorial, for the people, to the people, and by the people in the
People
Republic of
China as they claim it.
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