Wordless Wednesday

Our Blooming Trees

This is the view from the front of our house a week ago. I am not sure what kind of trees they are, but I think they are swamp hollies. I also included a picture of the pansies next to the front door. If the squirrels don't get them, they should be pretty all summer.

National Cherry Blossom Festival

The 2008 National Cherry Blossom Festival is going on in the Nation's Capitol this week. My father and mother and Melissa's mother were in town for Melissa's son's wedding this past Saturday, so we all decided to go see the famous cherry trees around the Potomac tidal basin. My friend Bob joined us as well.



My dad is impersonating a tree hugger.

We drove to DC and found the festival with the help of Melissa's TomTom. This was a Christmas gift that has come in handy. We had to walk a little to find the shuttle bus over to the Jefferson Memorial which is next to the tidal basin.
Melissa's mom Becky is displaying her beautiful cherry bloosom hat.









Melissa had packed a lovely picnic,









which I shared with a pair of mallards on the river.