An excellent close-in cluster capture, with soft bokeh in back. This is something we have in common, Jeff, splashing their color all over our cities and ravines. Every time I see one in bloom like this I think of the Japanese cherry trees in Washington, D.C. Here in ND we use the fruit exclusively for jelly - you folks too?
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