hanami bird 桜と鳥 (shinjuku gyoen, tokyko)

Posted by timothy (Tokyo, Japan) on 20 April 2008 in Plants & Nature.

it wasn't the bird that made me look up at this image initially-- it was the hundreds of cherry petals floating down as snow in the breeze that made me close my eyes, lift my head and enjoy their velvety softness against my forehead and cheeks. this was actually my first time to experience such a sensation; in the movies and TV commercials they always have these moments where the sakura fall as snow, blanketing everything-- and before this weekend, i had thought such was merely a kind of legend.

when i opened my eyes i saw this bird seeming to hungrily lap at the cherry nectar. i imagined myself as a bird; had i wings, where would i have them take me?

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