This blossom is located fairly close to home and was the first one we went to photograph. When we got to the park/playground, there was no sculpture to be found. A woman told me it had been there a few days earlier but had suddenly disappeared. I wrote to the National Cherry Blossom people to report it missing, but they said it had been taken away for “repairs” and would be returned soon. I can only imagine how these things get damaged with everybody wanting to sit on them for selfies. Anyway, it was back in place the following weekend.

Says the artist: “My design is inspired by Takashi Murakami’s Murakami Flowers. I love how flowers affects a person’s feeling. Flowers can brighten up your day, show sympathy and of course to celebrate life. Flowers to me means spring when things come back to life.”

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This is the time of year for Washington’s wildly popular Cherry Blossom Festival, but unfortunately it has once again been canceled due to the pandemic. The public has been asked not to enjoy the blossoms at the Tidal Basin but instead to view “Art in Bloom,” 26 cherry blossom sculptures painted by local artists and placed in locations throughout DC and adjacent neighborhoods.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly
unsharp.

‘The Awakening’ revisited, posted earlier