Sakura
After weeks of religiously tracking the status of the cherry blossoms in High Park online, I, along with hundreds of other photographers/asian girls, found out that they had conveniently bloomed a day shy of Mother’s day this year. Although blooming later than usual in the season, it still came at an ideal time, during the sunshine and after the weeks of rainfall we experienced.
2000 cherry blossoms were donated by the Japanese ambassador to Canada in 1959 to us on behalf of the citizens of Tokyo. This was a token of appreciation for accepting re-located Japanese-Canadians after WWII. Interesting little tidbit of history that re-blooms every year. Trees are something you never think of as being a possible gift. It reminds me of the Centre Island Hedge Maze donated to Toronto by the Dutch-Canadian community as a centennial gift, totally abstracting my idea of a gift being something you can fit into a square box tied with a ribbon.
In keeping with the pattern, some photos from the little Sunday afternoon outing I invited my má and family out to…
17th parallel 