The Washington Monument, covered by scaffolding, lights up in the early morning sun, while cherry blossoms around the tidal basin bloom, in Washington, DC., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
The Washington Monument, covered by scaffolding, lights up in the early morning sun, while cherry blossoms around the tidal basin bloom, in Washington, DC., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
Photographers flock to the tidal basin to photograph the morning sun reflecting off of the water into the cherry blossoms, in Washington, DC., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
A woman kneels to photograph the Washington Monument framed in cherry blossoms at the tidal basin, in Washington, DC., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
The Washington Monument, covered by scaffolding, lights up in the early morning sun, while cherry blossoms around the tidal basin bloom, in Washington, DC., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
A couple hugs each other as the sun slowly rises on the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
Tourists flock to the Tidal Basin to photograph the morning sun reflecting off of the water into the cherry blossoms, in Washington, DC., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
A couple sits on a bench to watch the sun slowly rises on the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
Cherry blossom pedals fall into the water at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC., Thursday, April 11, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
