{"id":12753,"date":"2026-03-21T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=12753"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:45:26","slug":"cherry-blossoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2026\/03\/21\/cherry-blossoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Blossoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey there,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s that time again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better grab your balloons and invite your friends… that’s right. It’s spring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with the time change comes a beautiful part of the year, the blossoming of trees. Each year, we take a trip down to Salem to get a glimpse of some of the life that explodes across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They even have an evening where they light it up for all to see- we typically try to see this as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day? It was a beautiful, cool day, unlike quite a few others when it had already been getting warm outside. It was in the high 50’s during the day and into the high 30’s at night. The day started with a rain shower, then the sky cleared, and the day took shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It simply doesn’t disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After leaving the area for a bit and letting the kids play at a nearby park, we returned for the evening event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We didn’t have to stroll around very long before the sun hid behind the horizon, and we could enjoy the views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We took a bunch of photos of the kids. We even got a good selfie of the family- something that we have now been doing every year for the past 6 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

end quote: {[“The cherry blossoms’ only fault: they bloom and die so fast.” \u2014 Kobayashi Issa}]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just Pray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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