park closure . . .
cherry blossoms open
in solitude
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©️2020 Ontheland
In Toronto they will be closing High Park when cherry blossoms bloom in early May…to prevent the usual crowds of spectators which would undoubtedly be a COVID 19 risk. The city may be offering a video or livestream so that blossom fans may at least witness this year’s spectacle from home. A video from Sakura Watch describes the situation:
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #7: Janice’s latest #haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thank you, Frank…I didn’t link to the challenge because at the last moment I realized the prompt was ‘late cherry blossoms’ and I didn’t touch on lateness (in this area north of you the blossoms typically don’t come out until around now or early May and now with all the rain we’re expecting I’m not sure what will happen)…anyway maybe I’m being too technical. I’ll add on my link.
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Thank you for sharing! Don’t forget to post your link to Mister Linky! 😉
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Janice, it makes sense to close the park and what a good idea to offer videos of the blossom instead … we seem to be travelling a lot via our screens these days! Our cherry tree in the garden was glorious tins April and only now are cherry petals adorning the lawn with a white/pink dusting!
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Your cherry petals sound lovely (both on and off the tree). 🙂
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Aahh!! This is beautiful Janice. Made me smile😊
Pat
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Thank you, Pat 🙂
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So sad to think of these beauties blossoming without an audience 😦
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