Good evening everyone! I hope that you all have enjoyed your week. Yes the title of this week's post is based on "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" because I did see a baseball game this week, but there is also a strong influence of nature this week. Quite a few things took place over the past week, so let's get started.
To provide a bit a context, from last Thursday to Monday 13th was peak bloom for the cherry blossoms. Peak bloom means that at least 70% of the blossoms were in bloom at the Tidal Basin. Many Japanese consider cherry blossoms to be bridges between Heaven and Earth...
On Saturday the 11th I saw many things that had to do with nature. In the morning, I went to see the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade. There were quite a few marching bands, balloons, old-style cars, and floats. Also, there were some horses, old-fashioned bicycles, unicycles, and even roller skaters. However, there was no candy thrown at this parade, which probably disappointed the little kids who were present. After the parade, I visited part of the Natural History Museum. (I didn't get through all of it since my camera battery was starting to die and I wanted to see the cherry blossoms.) I walked to the Washington Monument and Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms. While it was super crowded since people were out enjoying peak bloom, it was so lovely outside. I was surprised though to see more white than pink in the cherry blossoms. Nevertheless, it was beautiful.
On a side-note though, I was annoyed to see people picking the blossoms when there were a couple signs that clearly stated that people couldn't climb on the trees or pick the blossoms. When it comes to nature, sometimes by touching or taking away we ruin the beauty that we aspire to admire. Perhaps more signs should have been posted about not picking the flowers...
After church on Sunday the 12th, some of the people from the congregation at the church I attend and I went to Pentagon City to grab lunch and then went to Virginia Highlands Park for a picnic since the weather was nice. It has been a while since I last went to a picnic, so this was a fun opportunity to get to know some of the people at my church.
When I was done with work on Monday the 13th, I still had to record a video for my Internship Seminar, so one of my fellow interns from AAPD, Subha, and I went to the Tidal Basin in order to record to video with some cherry blossoms in the background. It took 21 takes to get it right since I get nervous when I know I'm being recorded, but I think it turned out alright. Like Saturday, the weather was fantastic. However, there weren't as many people around, which was nice for recording purposes.
Fast-forward to yesterday, the 16th, and I decided to walk from my internship to the Tidal Basin, which was about a half an hour walk. I will say that it was a bit sad to see the Tidal Basin after peak bloom, since so many of the blossoms were blown off (or in some cases picked off). However, some cherry blossom trees still had some flowers on them. From Tidal Basin I went to Nationals Stadium in order to see the Washington Nationals play against the Philadelphia Phillies. Many of my fellow interns from the Washington Internship Institute (WII) also attended the game, and thankfully the program paid for our tickets. I was surprised that the game went by so quickly; the first pitch was at 7:05 PM and the game ended before 10:00 PM. For the record, the Nationals won 5-2.
Today was the last day of my fellow intern at AAPD Niki, which is another reminder to me that my time is coming to a close. Next week will have its own series of events, so stay tuned! In the meantime, make sure to stop and smell the roses during your week.
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