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| Ditto, just at my camera's highest resolution. View the full-size image
and try to count the kites. There must be a hundred in this shot. I
wonder how many in total flew simultaneously at the festival.
| A video, mainly to show the constant movements made by every kite, even
the apparently tiny movement made by kites in the distance.
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We watched a bout in the rokkaku, where four kites simultaneously try to
stay up and cut each others' strings. It was neat. Surprising to me is
that each kite is manned by a team; the people other than the flier help
re-wind string and give directions.
| Though technically more than a week after the bloom, we found some
cherry blossom trees in full flower on the way home from the kite
festival.
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| Jazz in the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden
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| A panorama of the crowd listening to a free jazz concert at the National
Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden. The performers are visible in the
distance in the middle of the panorama, across the fountain. Some of
the garden's sculptures are visible at the far left. As one can see,
many people brought a picnic to eat while listening. Also, though not
visible in this panorama, there were speakers regularly placed in the
trees so that everyone could hear the performers.
| A better view of the density of people on blankets, listening to jazz
and relaxing.
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By the way, I attended two performances during the season.
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| More Sights on the Mall
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| The Natural History Museum's Butterfly Habitat Garden was nicely in
bloom in June.
Incidentally, I spotted some huge bees there.
| Folger Rose Garden in full glory in June.
| A panorama of the garden.
| Another perspective, including the fountain and benches.
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| And another perspective.
| A rose close-up. It's probably "Tropical Sunset." Maybe excellent?
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Near the USDA building is a small garden growing food. They
periodically replant it with flora for the season so that most of the
items in the garden are ripe at any particular time. When Di Yin and I
walked by together at the beginning of July--the first time we were there
together--we saw carrots, beets, corn, bok choy, melons, basil,
eggplant, rice, fava beans, and potatoes, all growing nicely. It was
neat to see the plants for all these, not only the edible product.
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| Fodder for National World War II Memorial Panorama
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| Fodder for National Korean War Veterans Memorial Panorama
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