{"id":12,"date":"2008-10-16T10:41:38","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2009-01-02T02:12:25","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T07:12:25","slug":"cherry-blossom-festival-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/cherry-blossom-festival-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Blossom Festival 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, not too bad. Three blog posts in one day! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Our family went to see the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cherry Blossom Festival<\/a>. It always held around the blooming period of the cherry blossom trees in Washington DC. We then went to meet our friends and had picnic under the trees.<\/p>\n<p>My wife Pat and Marcell at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Building Museum<\/a>. Notice the giant pink cherry blossom balloons in the background.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/CherryBlossoms08-0014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I love this shot. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/CherryBlossoms08-0137.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Look how crowded it was at the Smithsonian Metro Station.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/CherryBlossoms08-0141.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Bionicle inside a shoe. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/CherryBlossoms08-0150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Leaning on top of a cherry blossom tree branch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/CherryBlossoms08-0208.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The pinkish white cherry blossom trees on the background.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/CherryBlossoms08-0238.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Testing my fish-eye lens. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/leodjphoto.com\/images\/blog\/CherryBlossoms08-0264.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Leo Dj<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, not too bad. 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