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| Taiwan Island Village: 台灣島村: Hsinchu (Xinzhu) High School Reminisced 憶竹中 忆竹中 |
| 2011-03-25, Friday: Washington DC: Ben Chang and Flowers in the US Capital received from Kwei-Yang Ben Chang |
| Dear Bill and All: Spring is here; we can not turn back the time which we did for the daytime saving about two weeks ago. I was down the tidal basin to see the cherry blossoms yesterday. The traffic was heavy. The scenery is beautiful with the Japanese flowering cherries in the front, and Washington Monument or Jefferson Memorial or Lincoln Memorial in the background. I am sending some photos to show you what I mean. Have you been here to witness this yearly Washington's beauty before? Basically, there are six varieties of cherries here: (1) Kwanzan. Trees look wide, short and ugly. Flowers are pink with about 30 pedals in each cluster. (2) Usuzumi. Flowers change from pink to white to gray with a few pedals. (3) Yoshino. Flowers are whites and smell almonds. You see a lot of this species around the tidal basin. (4) Weeping Japanese. It is shaped like the willow with long, hanging branches. Flowers are white. (5) Akebono. Flowers are pale pink to white to pink again as they wilt. (6) Takesimensis. Flowers are white and grow in large clusters. You will see these varieties along the Potomac River in East Potomac Park. I am happy to see you had a good turnout in the recent mini-reunion of the West. Having said that, we are planning to have our second reunion of the East in the July 4th weekend (2-4 July, 2011) in Washington, DC. If anyone is interested in coming to join us, please contact me at 301-509-8219, or Daniel Chen at 301-340-7275. The details such as lodgings, activities, etc. will be announced later. Your thoughts and suggestions are most welcome. Thank you for your time and effort as always. Cordially, Kwei-Yang Ben Chang |
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| email from Kwei-Yang Ben Chang |