Flowers!

I went for a jog on the Mall this evening and noticed the plum trees in front of the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden are actually blooming! I know plums are earlier than cherries, but February 10th seems a little ridiculous. I'm meeting Kori tomorrow at the American Indian Museum for "The Power of Chocolate" special event. If I remember I might walk down and take a picture of the trees for you. Of course we are supposed to have a 100% chance of rain or snow tomorrow so I don't know if it will be very nice outside.

I've seen some of the small snow crocuses and Tete-a-tete daffodils blooming around the neighborhood too but somehow that doesn't seem quite as ridiculous as a flowering tree.

Since I don't have a picture of the current flower I'll put up this one that I took at Arlington with Laura in December.

Yes that is a cherry tree and yes it was blooming in Arlington in December up on the hill by Robert E. Lee's house. I think it was just totally confused.

Here's a more Christmas-y looking picture from the same day.

Interestingly a some big parts of Arlington are not all tidy perfectly white marble headstones like this but the standard mix that you often see in cemeteries. I was actually kind of disappointed to learn that!

But I'll send you away with a classic Arlington shot. There are plenty of those too.