{"id":980,"date":"2008-04-11T22:28:32","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T03:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=980"},"modified":"2008-04-11T22:28:32","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T03:28:32","slug":"my-dc-pretty-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=980","title":{"rendered":"my d.c.: pretty flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, the point of doing this My D.C. thing is to show you what the tourists miss when they come to our city. But you have to understand that some of the perks of living in a well-trod city are just the things that the tourists also love.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point? The cherry blossoms:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2394380581\/\" title=\"Blossoms by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3030\/2394380581_a2d2740f0c.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Blossoms\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The trees line the banks of the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin. This tree sits between the two, near the entrance to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2395211318\/\" title=\"Color! by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2362\/2395211318_1184b1468a.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Color!\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And these line the route leaving it:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2395296152\/\" title=\"Archway by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2357\/2395296152_879f184c79.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Archway\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be a D.C. shot if there weren&#8217;t construction cranes somewhere in the shot:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2395292654\/\" title=\"So D.C. by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2229\/2395292654_2c9b6e29e0.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"So D.C.\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so glad I came in the evening and got to see the sun setting over the Tidal Basin.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2394454529\/\" title=\"Cherries at Sunset by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3139\/2394454529_8079cd7b9a.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Cherries at Sunset\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And a shot for the knitters:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2394453467\/\" title=\"Sock in a Tree by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2136\/2394453467_4216932a47.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Sock in a Tree\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the shots I uploaded from last Saturday can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/sets\/72157604418788452\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, the point of doing this My D.C. thing is to show you what the tourists miss when they come to our city. 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