sakura, sakura, sakura

You know, when Mother Nature says she's giving you sunshine and cherry blossoms, there is nothing more to say but, "yes, ma'am".

Monday, that is what I did. I walked to all the places around our neighborhood and checked out the cherry blossoms because once they start blooming, it is just a matter of time before the season is over.

Tuesday, I had an appointment in Osaka, so I went to check out the cherry blossoms at Osaka castle.

They weren't fully bloomed but it was still nice.

I then used my GPS to guide me to my appointment. You gotta love technology when it takes you through a park, Naniwa no miya ato Park, the remains of the Naniwa Palace and you get to see the scenery above while walking through the park. (photo above).

I was amazed at how many tiny neighborhood parks had beautiful blooms.

Wednesday was forecast for another sunny day, so I again headed out to check out more blooms, this time along the Ookawa near Sakuranomiya.

This was a particularly nice walk because there weren't too many picnic-ing, probably because it was a weekday.

The weather for the rest of the week was forecast for rain, so I hadn't made any more plans. In fact, on Friday, it was so blustery, I was sure everything had blown off the trees.

Oh, I also tried out the panorama mode on my phone...pretty neat!

Another short sakura season.

Hope you are enjoying Spring where you are!

p.s. over the weekend we hit a cold snap and had hail!!