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cherry blossoms

Blake Shaw (San Diego, CA)
Photographed March 1994, Hangzhou, China

"I spent six weeks in Hangzhou," says Shaw, an ophthalmologist, "and the day before I left, spring arrived and the cherry trees around the lake started to bloom."
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beautiful but yet sad. such a story. he and his wife used to go there together to sit on that very same bench to feed the swans, ducks or geese.

Posted by bunny on March 19,2011 | 04:50 PM

Such a subtle contrast of the man-made railing attempting to compete with a perfect work of Nature, the cherry tree; against the background of the mist clouded, equally entrancing comparison of another contest between Man and Nature; all being contemplated by the elderly man with his secret thoughts, perhaps of past and future miracles.

Posted by Richard Grossheider on March 3,2011 | 08:29 PM

The Old man remembers his life when he was young Im sure.

Posted by Alwin Musa on October 8,2010 | 05:58 AM



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