In Japan, where it is natural to find it in both sweet and savoury dishes, there is a national celebration at this time of year, when people make pilgrimages to visit the best blossom displays.
After the movie, which charmed the audience as only a story about a flawed leader obsessed with deporting the innocent could, top dogs and other guests trotted into the museum's Great Hall for a reception heavy on Japanese touches, including cherry blossom displays, taiko drumming and a sushi bar that stretched out like a very long tail into the pack.
Moved into the starting lineup, Randolph blossomed, displaying tenacity on the offensive boards and strong scoring ability inside.
All this reminds me of the special cherry blossom painting displayed in the reading room of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia Library.
Fully aerated, it began to blossom, unfolding and displaying a social self: lovely fruit, depths of complexity, the fugitive aroma and flavor of pencil shavings, a lingering finish.
Cherry blossoms and crab apple blossoms were in full display.
Lots of people remarked on the stunning display of blossom this spring and this has translated into one of the most prolific fruit crops in years.
Well, the coldest December in a century was just the thing to push fruit trees and berry shrubs into a good dormant spell, followed by the extravagant display of blossom as temperatures soared through March and a record-breaking April.
Displays span the garden from Eastern Parkway to the Lily Pool Terrace, including a 24-foot juggling snowman, a flower train that carts blossoms and a castle display.
These futuristic blossoms are currently on display at the The Public in West Bromwich, UK, hanging from the ceiling and sat inside 5 foot tall glass vases.
