{"id":5806,"date":"2013-04-18T07:04:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T11:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=5806"},"modified":"2015-12-26T23:14:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T04:14:57","slug":"cherry-blossoms-have-blossomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2013\/04\/cherry-blossoms-have-blossomed\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Blossoms have Blossomed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately <em>The Washington Post<\/em> has been featuring artistic photography. This one of the Cherry Blossoms is inspirational.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5808\" alt=\"Cherry Blossoms via Washington Post on Art Is Everywwher\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really hard to take a photo that you haven&#8217;t seen before of such a popular event as the Cherry Blossoms blooming around the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. Like Mardi Gras, it&#8217;s a time when I don&#8217;t visit this local festival often <a title=\"Previous post on Cherry Blossoms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2008\/04\/cherry-blossoms\/\" target=\"_blank\">but have in the past<\/a>. This photo was unusual and almost looked surreal with it&#8217;s unique depiction of the event and at night. Evidently I wasn&#8217;t the only one to think so&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5809\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RE-cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5809\" alt=\"Cherry Blossoms via the Washington Post on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RE-cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE.jpg\" width=\"447\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RE-cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/RE-cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Response to the above photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Post has had some inspirational photos lately, like these as well. They were taken when we were supposed to get a heavy snowfall when instead, we got rain. Good thing, I wasn&#8217;t ready for snow even though we didn&#8217;t have a lot of it. It&#8217;s just that it&#8217;s April and spring is supposed to be here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Rain-photo4-re_Washington-Post_AIE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5810\" alt=\"Washington Post photo via Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Rain-photo4-re_Washington-Post_AIE.jpg\" width=\"497\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Rain-photo4-re_Washington-Post_AIE.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Rain-photo4-re_Washington-Post_AIE-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5811\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Rain-photo3-re_Washington-Post_AIE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5811\" alt=\"Washington Post photo via Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Rain-photo3-re_Washington-Post_AIE.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Rain-photo3-re_Washington-Post_AIE.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Rain-photo3-re_Washington-Post_AIE-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As seen through a car window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On a completely other note. This is a few days after my 25th wedding anniversary (forgot to post earlier). Eventually, we&#8217;ll celebrate it the right way &#8212; with more fanfare and inviting family and friends to join in the celebration!! In the meantime, with recent events in Boston, it&#8217;s time to cherish the ones we love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artistic photography recently being featured in the Washington Post newspaper is highlighted on Art is Everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,6,82,1],"tags":[4,116,2235,139],"class_list":["post-5806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrations-and-all-including-sad-events","category-inspiration","category-photography","category-uncategorized","tag-art-is-everywhere","tag-cherry-blossoms","tag-inspriational-photography","tag-wedding-anniversary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cherry Blossoms have Blossomed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cherry Blossoms have Blossomed on Art Is Everywhere\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2013\/04\/cherry-blossoms-have-blossomed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cherry Blossoms have Blossomed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cherry Blossoms have Blossomed on Art Is Everywhere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2013\/04\/cherry-blossoms-have-blossomed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ArtIsEverywhere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-04-18T11:04:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-27T04:14:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"casart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casartcoverings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@casartcoverings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"casart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/cherry-blossoms-have-blossomed\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/cherry-blossoms-have-blossomed\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"casart\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7386efc0ded244523b35adaf1e387f00\"},\"headline\":\"Cherry Blossoms have Blossomed\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-18T11:04:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-27T04:14:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/cherry-blossoms-have-blossomed\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":248,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7386efc0ded244523b35adaf1e387f00\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/cherry-blossoms-have-blossomed\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/cherry-blossoms-at-night_WP_AIE.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Art is Everywhere\",\"Cherry Blossoms\",\"Inspriational photography\",\"wedding anniversary\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Celebrations &amp; 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