I miss the flowering cherry trees that mark the beginning of spring in Seattle. When I mentioned this in an earlier blog post, a reader commented that I should go see the cherry trees in Sakura Park. The cherry trees are planted along the path up to the National Art Gallery across the Nemunas River from the city center. The trees were planted to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul in Kaunas who rescued hundreds of Jews by granting Japanese transit visas. I went to the park last Thursday afternoon when the sun was shining. These are a different kind of cherry tree than the ones we have in Seattle and I think I missed the full blossoming, but I still got to see what is — for me — is a symbol of spring.
The National Gallery of Art glimpsed through the cherry blossoms
Amanda in Lithuania 
May 11th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
The true spring for me is when I see the chestnut trees blossom. They even say you have to fall in love till they start blooming in order to have a wonderful year!
May 11th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Looks lovely.