Trees are blooming all over the city.  The cherry blossom viewing season is a short one and I really do want to go out and take pictures before the flowers fall.  I had plans to do this yesterday, but it was raining.  I don’t have the equipment to take pictures in the rain so I stayed indoors hoping that the weather would improve.  Today it looks much improved and I set out this morning with great plans to walk to the Sky Tree.  But I made a mistake.  I only checked the weather on one weather site.  This has happened to me a couple of times this year.  I check the weather, dress accordingly, only to find the the place I checked has managed to be out by about 10 C.  Today I dressed for weather of 14 C only to walk into cold winds and weather around 7 C.  Cherry blossoms are beautiful but it was hard to think past the cold.  I should have come home and got changed right away, but I optimistically thought that I would warm up.  I did take some pictures, and I will try again later on in the week.

The city is also full of pollen.  I feel like I have a mild cold when I go outside, and I have had a few problems with coughing.  I have not yet felt the need to wear masks like so many people in the city.  I have also not used the pollen removing room at the entrance to this building.  It’s a small room with pipes that blow air at you in order to remove the pollen from your hair and clothes.  I really should go in at least once, just to try it out, but it seems so odd to me.