Spring is Coming!

With a high of 80 degrees forecast for today amid several warm days this week, it is hard not to have spring fever!

Along with the warmer temps, flowers are starting to pop and the cherry blossom peak bloom time for Washington DC has been forecast.  In fact, the initial prediction of March 31 has now been moved up to a range of days from March 18 to 23.  Here's a scene from a previous year.

We enjoy the cherry blossoms even if we don't always get downtown to stroll the Tidal Basin. But in years past we have taken lots of photos.  In fact, these are the photos we've used to create our PGFiber2Art cherry blossom screens that are available in our Etsy shop.

Above is the large blossom screen which measures 7 x 9 inches.

And we have this branch which is part of the cherry blossom collection.  We also have screens of apple blossoms and dogwood.  So if spring fever has got you itching to print some spring blossoms, be sure to check out the screens in our shop!  Happy spring!

Cherry Blossom Time

Sue and Elizabeth live near Washington DC where the city celebrates the coming of spring with The National Cherry Blossom Festival.  In 1912 Mayor of Tokyo, Japan gave the city a gift of 3000 cherry trees.  Ever since, the city has found enjoyment in celebrating their blossoms.  Most years, we visit the tidal basin by the Jefferson Memorial to photograph these beautiful blooms.  Cherry blossoms and other flowering trees are great subject matter for creating thermofax screens.

(This image is available as a screen in our Etsy shop here.)

Of course, you don’t have to wait to see the national blossoms to pick a beautiful flowering tree near you and practice photographing them with the purpose of turning them into a screen.

Here are some fun websites about the blossoms which also include more history on the trees and the festival.

• Cherry Blossoms 2015
• National Cherry Blossom Festival (the official site)
• National Park Service site complete with a blossom camera