In Photos: High Park Cherry Blossoms 2008

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This afternoon, the party-throwing folks at Promise once again lucked out and managed to have a beautiful weekend afternoon for their annual ambient music chill-out-fest with the cherry trees in High Park. Blue sky, warm temperatures, the short-lived bloom of the cherry blossoms, and ambient background music brought a throng of happy folks out to enjoy the fleeting moment together.

Continue for a photo slideshow of all the cherry-blossom-viewing, dog-petting, camera-clicking fun.

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Photos by Jerrold Litwinenko.

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I wonder if the blossoms will still be there on Wednesday? Its the only time I have off work..

Posted by: Chris at May 4, 2008 11:30 PM

Hey Chris,

They're definitely beyond peak bloom, and they tend to fall quicky after. I hope you're lucky and they're still out when you get there :)

Posted by: Jerrold at May 4, 2008 11:56 PM

Hey Jerrold, it was surreal and serendipitous crossing paths with you without actually meeting. Haha! I was with a whole bunch of photogs that day, I'll send you the links to the pics when those guys start uploading them. It was such a nice day out!

Posted by: Jade at May 5, 2008 9:38 AM

Oh sweet jesus they smell so good!!!

Posted by: Carsten at May 5, 2008 9:52 AM

I went all the way down to see this even though I was only able to stay very briefly, and it was worth it, but when I got home I felt sort of stupid when I noticed a cherry tree hanging over the fence from my neighbour's yard with as many blossoms on it as any in the Park.

Posted by: Chris Orbz at May 5, 2008 2:20 PM

Great photos Jerrold! I was also there that afternoon (wouldn't have missed it for anything).... I'll be uploading my shots tonight!

Posted by: Kari at May 6, 2008 1:10 PM

Great pics! BTW, in case anyone is interested, here's my dj set recorded in the earlier afternoon from this event.

http://www.netmusique.com/podcast/hali-cherry_blossom_2008.mp3

Posted by: Hali at May 8, 2008 10:06 AM

I would like to propose to my g/f here. Does anyone know if the Cherry Blossom trees will still be around in June? Your feedback is appreciated.

Posted by: Justin Lyn at May 13, 2008 1:35 PM

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