Because I’m feeling a little blue today—and hot, because the heat index in Manila hit 40 degrees this week. Yep, summer has officially entered the building—a throwback post (a photo gallery, really) devoted entirely to flowers and my favorite Spring moments…

All around San Fran:

From last April’s Japan trip—we were there in time for Japan’s famed cherry blossoms…and heavy spring downpours :P

And in Hakone, because Fuji-san refused to come out of hiding, this lone cherry tree in a hotel near the lookout point served to console our lonely hearts:

“The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.”—Harriet Ann Jacobs