An afternoon by the river

The Potomac River shore in late afternoon. Taken near Great Falls, MD.

Blackbird sakura

A blackbird rests on a branch in bloom. Taken in Washington, DC, USA, during the 2008 Cherry Blossom Festival.

Make the drop and move on, child, originally uploaded by raoulpop.

The branches of a Japanese maple tree in soft afternoon light.

Old haunts, originally uploaded by raoulpop.

Photo taken at night, as my wife and I walked in our neighborhood.

Texturized, originally uploaded by raoulpop.

The trunk of an old bonsai tree at the US Botanical Garden in Washington, DC.

Lazy afternoon, originally uploaded by raoulpop.

The branch of a Japanese maple tree in the golden sunlight of the approaching sunset.

In a make-believe forest, originally uploaded by raoulpop.

A bonsai tree forest, to be exact. Much purer than the real thing. Although I think the bugs are larger than life in there, so you’d risk getting eaten by one if you venture into one such forest.