Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, DC. The gift and annual celebration honor the lasting friendship between the United States and Japan and the continued close relationship between the two countries.
Over the years, gifts have been exchanged between the two countries. In 1915, the United States Government reciprocated with a gift of flowering dogwood trees to the people of Japan. In 1981, the cycle of giving came full circle. Japanese horticulturists were given cuttings from the trees to replace some cherry trees in Japan which had been destroyed in a flood.
What better way to document living in DC than having our annual anniversary and birthday photos taken with the cherry blossoms? It was quite the adventure. We were meeting our new photographer at 8:00 AM. We left in what we thought was plenty of time, but guess what? The traffic was overwhelming and we started almost an hour late. In addition to running late, it was so cold. The week before had been in the upper 70s. Despite the issues, we were pleased with our photographer and the photos she captured.
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