Let's hear it for the trees. This is their season. In my backyard the tulip magnolia is giving off an intoxicating fragrance. If only we had a scratch and sniff capability here.
Then, of course, there is the princess of all the trees ... the cherry blossoms. I arrived a little before sunrise, but I was not alone. Here was a bride and her photographer setting up a sunrise photo shoot.
The air was still enough to provide a crisp reflection in the tidal basin
Then there is the classic shot with the Monument in the distance
and, of course the broad sweep with reflection
and the early sun on blossom and wood
While Washington is most associated with cherry trees, I think the real stateliness of the city is in its find stand of American elms. These were planted by Governor Shepherd in the years after the Civil War. Why these trees escaped Dutch elm disease is a mystery to me. Anyone with information, please comment. So I wanted to give this elm tree its due. 
These dogs attracted lots of photographic attention. 
But already the cherry blossoms are falling like snowflakes
but this crab apple is not far behind ready to take its place in the Easter Parade of Trees
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Your post brought back happy DC-childhood memories. I loved walking to school during cherry blossom season and tossing armfuls of shed blossoms at friends.
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