Last Sunday, April 11th, marked the closing of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the “annual two-week event that celebrates springtime in Washington, DC as well as the 1912 gift of the cherry blossom trees and the enduring friendship between the people of the United States and Japan.” I made it downtown only one day to take a look at the blossoms and, as usual, they were beautiful. If only there weren’t so many tourists.

1. Cherry Blossoms 2, by Max Cook

2. Blossom Bokeh [Explored], by Kim Baker

3. Cherry Blossoms, by George Brett

4. Jefferson Monument at Sunrise, by Katie Harbath

5. Cherry Blossoms, by me

6. Washington DC, by Marc Benton

7. Pinkilicious, by Sherri Benton

8. rekphoto-03282010-020, by Robert Klimkiewicz

9. 365:37, by rockin_robin_