(SakuraWatch) And Part 2 Of Catching Up On Reports.
(Note: This is part of a set of posts on the cherry blossoms blooming at Lake Balboa. To find the other posts, just browse for all posts tagged " sakura")
Yes, I know I'm literally posting this right after the other post. Whatever. I'm getting these out. Observation #2 was last weekend.
Previous Data Reports:
slave_to_anime: January 24, 2010
Check out the tagged posts to see items from past years.
Current Prediction:
March 13-14th, +/- 1 week. This is pretty much the default prediction presuming no signs of things happening early. So far, I haven't seen anything to suggest that things are deviating from this at this point. If in doubt, if you're sewing for this, guess early (March 6th-7th). Note: On March 20th, Anime LA is hosting a potluck picnic at Lake Balboa themselves. If the date happens to fall around that weekend, note that I won't plan anything and I'll just recommend that you guys attend that instead.
Pictures
February 6, 2010
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Yay for stormy weekends. -_- Apparently, this is an El Niño year, so we should expect to see a few more of these.
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The buds look slightly bigger. Unfortunately, I forgot my usual reference quarter this time, so you'll just have to go with visual appearance.
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Did I mention I love that my GF1 can still do things like blurred backgrounds? Oh good. :D
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There's always a few younger/newer trees around. Let's hope they have time to grow big like the others.
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Healthy and consistent clusters. Again, good signs.
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Just wait. By mid-March, this tree will likely be full of pink.
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Ahh, the graffiti-ed underpass. Just had to get a shot of this for the sake of nostalgia. And to remind everyone to be careful of the rivers after the rain, because they swell up like in this picture. D:
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There's sort of a vague... Congo-ish feel about these plants, huh?
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When it rains, the water does have a tendency to pool up in places in the park. That was a pretty bad rainy spell we had that Friday.
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Just picture that a month from now. Hopefully without the trash can in the shot. XD
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A better idea of the removed trees. :(
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A little bit of odd residual sap hanging around.
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This cluster will hopefully look pretty good come March.
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More flooding.
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Hey, this park does have other things besides cherry blossoms. Like maple leaves. :D
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Man, it's a good thing So. Cal. doesn't normally look like THAT.
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Sorry, bored and took some shots of the reflection in the murky water.
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This is not the lake or an adjunct pond. This is what happens when you get heavy rains in So. Cal.
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Thankfully, the fencing is down across the field, and there's now a pretty wide stretch to go shoot in again. This will be nice once Spring rolls around again.
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Can someone shoo the dog out of the frame please?
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Hmm. Ominous, no?
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This tree, unfortunately, is in no shape to bloom this year. :/
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See? Empty branches.
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The small cluster of trees along the far north side of the park. Read: the side no one is going to visit because it's too damn far away from everything.
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But the buds are consistent here too.
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Now you tell me whether I shot that in So. Cal. No one would believe it.