/tags/sakura-cherry-blossoms-in-high-park/Recent content in Sakura-Cherry-Blossoms-in-High-Park on Late BloomsHugoen-usSat, 12 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000/posts/high-parks-cherry-blossoms-sakura/Sat, 12 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000/posts/high-parks-cherry-blossoms-sakura/<h1 id="it-is-spring-time-now-while-the-world-looks-for-a-new-war-to-fight-you-look-for-a-cherry-blossom-to-watch-let-the-stupid-seek-the-violence-you-seek-the-elegance-"><em><strong>“It is spring time now! While the world looks for a new war to fight, you look for a cherry blossom to watch! Let the stupid seek the violence; you seek the elegance!” ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan</strong></em></h1> <h1><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2018/High-parks-cherry-blossoms-sakura/i-C9zhPQh/0/MSQVL5wKFJFm62H85D2Tp2bvT6PVtG6zd922pTSCS/D/SAM_1418-D.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2018/High-parks-cherry-blossoms-sakura/i-C9zhPQh/0/MSQVL5wKFJFm62H85D2Tp2bvT6PVtG6zd922pTSCS/D/SAM_1418-D.jpg"></a></h1> <p>Many people flocked to High Park this last week to revel in the beauty of this year&rsquo;s spectacle of cherry blossoms.  I&rsquo;m sure war or anything close to it was far away from the minds of these nature lovers.  They were moved physically to get there and moved within themselves by the beauty they felt there.  Nature&rsquo;s beauty has the power to hold us captive by just being present to it.  However, some weren&rsquo;t happy to just see this beauty.  Through the magic of photography, they wanted to take some of it away.  I was one of those present.</p>