{"id":1333,"date":"2021-04-14T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2021-04-14T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T17:02:24","slug":"2021-cherry-blossom-watch-boston-ma-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/2021-cherry-blossom-watch-boston-ma-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Cherry Blossom Watch : Boston MA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For some folks, the annual blooms of flowering trees are highly treasured.  While other trees &#8211; magnolias, crabapple, etc &#8211; are spectacular, ornamental cherry trees are commonly deemed to be the pinnacle of flowering trees.  In Japan, the word Hanami means the viewing enjoyment of flowers (<em>hana<\/em>), but specifically the blossoms of cherry trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Tokyo Japan, the reported peak blooming occurred around March 22.  In Washington D.C., it was  March 28 this year.  But here in the northeast USA, the blooming is just starting.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few samples from Boston this past weekend.  The first photo is of a Saucer Magnolia in full bloom.  The squirrel sits upon a Yoshino Cherry tree that has not yet bloomed at all.  The close-ups are both Sargeant Cherry as it was just beginning to bloom.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/I6A5789-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/I6A5789-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/I6A5789-340x227.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/I6A5789-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/I6A5789.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BosTree-5771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BosTree-5771.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BosTree-5771-340x238.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BosTree-5779.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BosTree-5779.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BosTree-5779-277x340.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BosTree-5781.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BosTree-5781.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BosTree-5781-228x340.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some folks, the annual blooms of flowering trees are highly treasured. While other trees &#8211; magnolias, crabapple, etc &#8211; are spectacular, ornamental cherry trees are commonly deemed to be the pinnacle of flowering trees. In Japan, the word Hanami means the viewing enjoyment of flowers (hana), but specifically the blossoms of cherry trees. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,54,31],"tags":[212,227,228,211],"class_list":["post-1333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowerphoto","category-nature","category-newengland","category-seasonal","tag-boston","tag-cherry-blossom","tag-hanami","tag-sakura"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1341,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions\/1341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}