Cherry Blossoms

With the outbreak of Spring in D.C. comes the blooming of the cherry blossoms around the city, but mainly around the tidal basin. They come with thousands of international tourists, congestion of the Smithsonian Metro stop, and their own peak bloom forecast in the Post. They are very beautiful but limited in color. It's a subtle beauty that I wish I could more thoroughly enjoy without thousands of rude strangers, but I suppose that's selfish. It's easy to forget that the capital thrives on this kind of foreign intensity.