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The first spot we'd considered for the hanami was getting to the end of cherry blossom flowering, but still looked nice in patches close up.13:13:02
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I brought another bottle of East Meon along today - seemed appropriate for a hanami somehow.
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Daffodils.13:41:00
Luckily there was another tree which still had much fuller blossom.
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Some of the group members under the tree.13:52:48
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Most of these Japanese ladies were friends of friends - I had only met the lady on the left hand side before.14:25:56
Erika on the picnic blanket.
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Erika got a bit bored aftr a while, so we went to the playground, where she met a friend of hers, which was good.15:27:48
Back at the cherry tree.15:28:34
Blossom.15:31:58
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One last view of the blossom before heading off.17:58:57
Dinner now, at an Italian restaurant near us, with a friend of Erika's from school and her siste.17:59:26
Taken by the waitress.17:59:27
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