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Hanami!
One of the best parts of spring is celebrating hanami in Brooklyn! Despite Japan's disastrous tsunami, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden continued its annual Sakura Festival at the beginning of May in honor of Japan during this tragedy. Blooming right on time, the blossoms were a breath of fresh air in New York. And in case you're wondering what hanami is...
Hanami (è±è¦?, lit. "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, "flower" in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms or ume blossoms.
1853 Thomas Croxen Archer (British Botanist, 1817-85) ~ Natural Dyes [Madder, Munjeet, Sumach, Fustic Tree, Logwood Tree], Engraved botanical chromolithograph from "Economic Botany ... off to a new home ♥