Cherry Blossom Festival

For those of you in the Middle Georgia area, you are well aware of the world renowned International Cherry Blossom Festival.  People come all the way from Japan to celebrate with us as the Cherry Trees begin to bloom in the spring every year.  I still haven't figured out how they know exactly which week these Cherry Trees will bloom.  Occasionally in the past, they have gotten this week wrong and we celebrated without seeing any Cherry Blossoms, but this year they were exactly right and it was beautiful!  I remember when I first went to college in Virginia, I was talking about the Cherry Blossom festival like everyone clearly knew what it was.  It was then that I was struck by the fact that not everyone knows about this beloved Festival of ours and it's not quite as world renowned as we central Georgians like to think it is.  I was even more disgraced to learn that Washington D.C. has their own Cherry Blossom Festival!  The audacity that they would compete with our Festival.  I have never been to this so called Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C., but I know without even going that it is nothing compared to ours.  Do you think in D.C. they dye their poodles pink?  I think not.  Do you think in D.C. they have an International Food Fair with the best Greek food (the only international food available) outside of Greece?  I think not.  Do you think in D.C. there is at least one Cherry Tree on every street, even outside the city limits?  I think not.  And do you think in D.C. they give away Cherry ice cream, Cherry Coke and Carriage rides every morning of the Festival?  I think not.  These are just a few of the reasons I hold that the Macon Cherry Blossom Festival is the best Cherry Blossom Festival in the world (outside of Japan) and should be just as world renowned as we think it is.  If I have not convinced you by my very persuasive argument, just look at these photos and put your mind at rest that we do have the best Festival.

(I am experiencing a bit of technical difficulty...this Cherry Blossom outing, was my first with my camera.  I was excited to post some of the pictures that I took of the festival, but they are not loading properly. Andrew is out at the moment buying stamps, so I will have to wait till he returns to help me out.)