Hanami 2010 (Post Peak)
April 24th, 2010 by ninja
This afternoon, we made a field trip up to the NY Botanical Garden to catch the last of this year’s cherry blossoms. It seems like the Bronx was even ahead of Brooklyn with most trees about a week past peak bloom: lots of leaves were mixing into the flowers and the floor was already covered in pink petals. The kids enjoyed it nevertheless, especially since it was not nearly as crowded as the BBG on a weekend. We also discovered hills with lilacs, peonies, and a sea of azaleas and rhododendron spread out under majestic trees. Spring has indeed come full force!
Posted in Daily Musings, Photos
Ryniee responded on April 24th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
A sea of flowers is right! How gorgeous!
jeeun responded on April 26th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Gorgeous photos ninja and sung!! it looks so idyllic. Spring is slow this year other side of the Atlantic as you probably know. xx
ninja responded on April 26th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
How does the Eyjafjallajökull eruption affect the weather? Is it cooler because the sunlight gets blocked? I heard somewhere that a massive volcanic eruption (over many weeks) may cause a “Summer without Summer” for northern Europe. Hope that’s not the case, but we’ll see for ourselves when we visit in August.
jeeun responded on April 28th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
can’t believe you managed to spell out that E word, wow. the weather here has been amazing the past 3 weeks, but the past 3 summers have been s—t. everyone is praying for a bbq summer, maybe hamburg will have some luck. xx hope mika doesn’t have it so bad…
ninja responded on April 28th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Jeeun … i cheated: copy/paste!