Are the Cherry Blossoms Done?
I talked to my cousin tonight (April 13) and he said all the blossoms are off the trees. All done. Which is a relief for him because this past week his normal 6 minute commute took a half hour with all the tourists. I’ll post the final reveal photos when I get them from my dad. —Leigh
“This weekend (April 13 and 14) is the windup of the Cherry Blossom Festival, with some Japanese events, a parade, and some other stuff. After Greek class, around 1:00 pm Saturday, I rode my old Raleigh down to 1 Judiciary Square to vote early, since I’m planning to be in Massachusetts on election day. On the way back, I rode along Constitution Avenue. There were crowds everywhere, and heavy car traffic. The crowds were gone by the time I got to the Capital Crescent Trail in Georgetown, but there were a lot of cyclists out enjoying the nice weather. I can’t confirm (Christopher’s?) report that the blossoms are gone, since I haven’t looked closely at the trees this weekend. They are dropping their blossoms now, but I think there are still some trees with blossoms on them.” —Dan
Cherry Blossom Watch — April 9
Well, I had jury duty Thursday. It’s one day or one trial in DC. I thought I might escape without catching a trial, or that it would be a simple trial that we could finish up in one day. In the end, I was the last juror selected in the Voir Dire process. They sent us to lunch and then resumed at 2:00 pm. The accused was the go-between in a drug sale. After hearing the prosecution’s case, we adjourned for the day a little before 5:00 pm, and resumed Monday (the judge had another trial on Friday). The prosecution and defense finished around lunch time Monday, and after lunch we went to the jury room to deliberate. The majority of us thought that there was reasonable doubt of the accused’s guilt. We eventually reported to the judge that we were deadlocked. He sent us home, and ordered us to resume deliberations at 9:30 Tuesday morning. We did that, but could not come to an agreement on the defendant’s guilt. After two more tries, the judge declared a hung jury, and sent us home a little before noon today (Tuesday, April 9).
I rode my bike over to Kenwood to check on the cherry blossoms there. Only one tree had bloomed last week, but we’d had a couple of really warm days since then. It turned out that just about every tree in Kenwood was in full bloom. On the TV tonight, they reported that the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin are also in full bloom. They were close to that when I last inspected them on Sunday. The crowds were pretty thick, too. —Dan
Cherry Blossom Watch — April 5
Mike Kurtzig and I went to listen to Rashid Khalidi downtown, and then walked from Dupont Circle to Mike’s house on Connecticut Avenue near Albemarle Street. When I got home, I took my Canon EOS Rebel T3 camera and rode my bike down to the Tidal Basin to check on the cherry blossoms. There are a few more blossoms out, but there are still more trees that are budding than blossoming. It was 67º and sunny today, but Saturday’s predicted to drop to 58º, with Sunday going back up to 68º. Then next week will be in the 70′s for the first few days. Here are some of the pictures I took. They’re all around the Tidal Basin. —Dan
Cherry Blossom Watch — April 2
I rode my bike down to the Tidal Basin yesterday (April 2) to check on the cherry blossoms. There are more out than before, and the trees that haven’t blossomed have buds that have swelled up and are showing some color. The experts have now set the time of peak blossoming back to next week. The rest of this week is expected to continue to be colder than usual, but the weekend is expected to warm up. The pictures here are of a tree on Ohio drive, next to the Potomac River, and closer to the Lincoln Memorial than to the Tidal Basin. —Dan
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Cherry Blossom Watch — March 29
I had an appointment with my cardiologist at 2:30, at his office on K Street. I took my compact Fuji FinePix 550 camera, and after meeting with Dr. Lee, I rode my bike down to the Tidal Basin. The buds on the cherry trees seem to have swelled up a bit more, so it won’t be long before we have blossoms to look at. And, in fact, one tree actually has blossoms coming out. It’s by the walkway around the Tidal Basin, close to 15th Street, where it bends around to go by the Jefferson Memorial and over the bridge to Virginia. The blossoms were small and up high, so the picture’s not very dramatic. Here are the photos I took today (March 29). The last two are the tree with blossoms. —Dan
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Cherry Blossom Watch – March 26
Well, I’d hoped to ride my bike over to Kenwood when it snowed the other day and try to get some shots of snow on the cherry trees there, but that didn’t work out. I did ride over on Saturday and took a few pictures. The buds aren’t out noticeably more than they were earlier in the week. Today (Tuesday, March 26), however, I rode down to the Tidal Basin, and took pictures there. There still are no blossoms out. It’s been too cold, but the forecast is for warmer weather through the end of the week. There were quite a few people walking around and looking at the bare trees, but nothing like the crowds that will be there when the buds come out. The experts are predicting early April for the first buds. The pictures here are all of the trees around the Tidal Basin. —Dan
2013 Cherry Blossom Watch
You guys know that I’m from DC and I have family there so people ask me, “When’s a good time to go see the Cherry Blossoms?” The answer is different every year. It’s easy to go to see them too late or too early. I had the idea that if only someone in DC could let us people up here in PA, or other places know how they’re progressing… Well, I have someone, my dad Daniel Woodhead, who not only lives in DC but is a great photographer. Here is the first day of Cherry Blossom Watch and the first day of spring:
“Well, it’s the first day of Spring. So I took a [bike]ride in the chilly air to check on the state of the cherry blossoms. Started out with Kenwood in Bethesda, just off the Capital Crescent Trail. No blossoms yet. Then I went down the Capital Crescent Trail to Georgetown, and then past Memorial Bridge onto Ohio Drive, where the main group of Yoshino cherry trees are. Didn’t get all the way to the Tidal Basin, as it was getting late. I headed back to the house. The whole trip was 17 miles and took almost 2 hours. But it documented that the blossoms haven’t started to open, although they look as though they’re close. The cold weather is delaying their opening. The first two photos are in Kenwood, and the second two are along Ohio Drive, next to the Potomac.” – Dan
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