It was a sunny 82°F/28°C in Washington, DC today. For the past three months, we’ve been waiting for winter to arrive, but winter never made an appearance… which made it difficult to enjoy, sort of like that Becket play, “Waiting for Godot”.

The Cherry Blossom Festival organizers are several different shades of worried, because — as you can see from my photographs — the blossoms are blooming, but the festival doesn’t even start for another week… and it lasts for six weeks… because this is the 100 year anniversary of the festival.

The Japanese ambassador is praying for rain and snow, but as much as I admire crazy optimism, I think it’s time to accept the reality of global warming and early blooming.

Now we can ice skate…

…and stroll around in shorts on the very same day.

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On a particularly rainy morning this week, I was on my way to an art supply store, when I discovered two separate groups that have sprung up in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Both are just blocks from the White House: Occupy DC is in McPherson Square and October 2011 is in Freedom Square. When I pulled out my camera to take photos, the few people mingling about hid their faces from me, so I tried to respect their privacy by focusing on signage.

I wish they weren’t so camera shy. Photos with people are so much more interesting, and these were very interesting people.

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