posted 2007/03/26 at 23:20
We got close to 80 degrees here in Toledo today. Unlike last time we had an unseasonably warm day and then it snowed overnight, the weather's not going to turn around right away, although we still have sub-freezing temperatures in our long-range forecast. Still, I can see some of the trees starting to bud leaves, and it won't be too much longer until I get a really good view outside my bedroom window here. As it is, it's near midnight and I still have my window open, letting the fresh air in.
This brings up a question I've been wanting to ask here for a while. I've had the .photography section up here since the .org's launch, and I've done all this nature photography for the site (since nature is my primary photographic interest). I'm probably going to want to do a lot more photography over the coming weeks -- especially if I wind up getting a job that causes me to move from Toledo -- but other than the usual places I go to, I don't know where else would provide an interesting backdrop for photography. I know most of you have never been to Toledo, so I'm not expecting anyone to list landmarks of the city they'd like to see, but just in general, are there any facets of Toledo you'd like to see me photograph?
I can't promise I can fulfill every request -- downtown Toledo is an absolutely horrible place -- but I'll see what I can do.
Are there any sakura (cherry blossoms) in Toledo? These are one of the best things about living in Japan...sitting amidst those trees on a warm day is as close to heaven on Earth (in an "[i]Aa Megamisama![/i]" type sense) as you will ever get.
I honestly have no idea. I'll try Googling for locations, but you'd think that for all the cherry blossom lovers around the world there would be some sort of database online.
Obviously, the place to be in America for Sakura is Washington D.C. I think that's the only place in America you'll find them in abundance.
Sakura trees are sterile (intentionally bred so as to bloom more flowers), so I doubt that there are very more than the ones that Japan gave to America, which have all gone to Washington D.C.
Wanted to get one for my house, but they are too damned expensive. :-(
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