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| 4/1/12 - UW yoshinos |
Well, Seattle had 2 day break from the rain, one of them fell on Sunday - that brought lots of people to UW yoshino grove. I couldn't stay away either, because the sun was NOT on schedule - the weather forecast announced rain for both days, so what could be better than snapping pics of the mother nature doing its own thing and not cooperating with humans, especially on such a delightful topic as cherry blossom.
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| 4/1/12 - UW yoshinos |
In one of the articles I read on the topic there was a mention of the cherry blossom festival somewhere (no, not in Seattle, but some major city on the east coast) cancelled one year due to rain, that must have sucked big time. The cherry trees are beautiful wet or dry, but people are happier to see them under the blue sky. Geez, I didn't mean that cheep rhyme, my brain must be punishing me for not joining the kids playing hopscotch under the cherry trees...
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| 4/1/12 - UW yoshinos |
Sharing the pics, since it's raining again + some Issa from David Lanoue...
birds and people
creeping through...
cherry blossoms
tori to tomo ni ningen kuguru sakura kana
.鳥と共に人間くぐる桜哉
by Issa, 1796
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| 4/1/12 - UW yoshinos |
.此やうな末世を桜だらけ哉
kono yôna masse wo sakura darake kana
this corrupt world
plastered
with cherry blossoms
by Issa, 1814
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| 4/1/12 - UW yoshinos |
.よしの山変桜もなかりけり
yoshino yama kawari sakura mo nakari keri
Yoshino Hill--
not a single cherry blossom
with a flaw
Yoshino is a famous place for viewing the cherry blossoms. Issa is saying that not a single blossom is "eccentric" or "different" (kawari). The scene is one of breathtaking perfection.
by Issa, 1815
• P.S. Ah, for a great pic of a bird in a cherry tree in Tokyo go to Guardian 24 hours in pictures - Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno:
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