The cherry and pear blossoms are long gone now, but there sweet, fleeting memories still linger on in the form of photos on my camera...you know, the ones I just now got around to loading onto my computer, oops. Time has flown by almost as quickly as those precious petals as the danced away on… Continue reading Fleeting Blossoms
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Word Nerd : Hanami
Spring is the penultimate hanami season, since after the bleak, quiet stillness of winter, the bright floral blooms simply beg for a celebration. In Japan the appreciation of the cherry blossom, or sakura, is practically a religion and hanami has all but become synonymous with the cherry blossom festivals that occur every spring. The plum… Continue reading Word Nerd : Hanami