When I smell Cherry Blossoms I also smell beer and molasses-scented pipe tobacco. That sense-memory is from the early 1970s, and hits me every spring.

Our Daily Challenge: SENSORY TRIGGERS

Blue tit in cherry tree--- don't photograph me looking like this!

Back Garden - some of these guys are just starting to look a bit smarter.

I set aside seven favorite (previously unposted) images of mine for a week of sakura photos. Here's the fourth.

Image made with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.

Washington, DC Tidal Basin.

(Resored from an overexposed image after many tries.)

Kirschbaum - von meinem Großvater gepflanzt

*Leica MP *Noctilux 50mm f/1.0 *FUJI Velvia

Street of Cherrytrees

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It did not produce any cherries this year, probably because of late cold weather. However, it is very healthy and has more leaves than usual. It is now seven feet tall. Taken by Edgar.

Blossoms in the springtime

I know it's far from spring, but as the days grow shorter and the

evenings chillier...sometimes it's nice to focus on what'll be

waiting on the other side of winter. (Taken along the Capitol Mall in

Salem, Oregon, 3/9/05.)

P.S. Much to my frustration, I've found that it's quite difficult for a PhotoShop-less amateur to photograph pale pink on a white background. You kinda had to be there, but this provides a hint.

Nahaufname unseres blühenden Kirschbaumes im Sommer // Closeup of our cherrytree in the summertime

0752 Newport News, VA

from across the street

apologies to the Doris Day song lyrics!

A bumper crop of cherries have just appeared on local flowering cherry trees. Small but sweet and the local blackbirds were enjoying them.

Winter always makes me kind of depressed. Nice to have pictures like this to remind me what is ahead :-)

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Thanks for your visit and comments I appreciate that very much.

My Tree.

Bit early. too bad :(

I wanted to take family photos under the cherry tree or on the pink petal rug. Well, my plan A was destroyed immediate. Because a big white tent was up for the cherry blossom festival.

So next, I took this (Above) photo in the morning to test for my plan B. Bluebells are the parents, favorite flower so I wanted to include those flowers and hint of cherry blossom in the back. Well, it was a bit early for full bloom but I liked it.

However when I came back here the same day at 3pm, I realized I had totally forgotten it's a Jewish holiday

plus spring break.. so I ended up shooting amidst the absolute chaos of a crowded garden. The kids also acted a bit different than they usually do. It was hard to capture with all the energy and constant motion of these guys at this stage - jumping, running, twirling, picking very thing up.

Anyway the children are more important than flowers so I did the best I could.

The parents loved the photos and I had fun myself...

but sooo tired. It's hard to choose just some photos from 300 photos from the sessions.

I will go back to the garden again soon next week for just flowers!

Back Garden - I did get him yesterday, but not before he had made it down onto the Sunflower hearts. Today however I got him pretty much as soon as he landed in the Cherry tree.

Westmoreland Park Nature Playground, Portland, Oregon. See tags for processing hints. O7239 - Happy Sliders Sunday!

春桜の頃に行かなくてはいけません。

This has been taped off by the police to stop people congregating.

Back Garden - good to see it's still around, as it hadn't been seen for a few days.

Back Garden - my previous posting was the male, we currently have both visiting (not at the same time!)