I Looked out the Window

Saturday I woke up in a good mood. My friend texted me and asked if I wanted to go to the DC Cherry Blossoms Festival and I said, "YES!".
"The National Cherry Blossom Festival is Washington, DC’s and the nation’s greatest springtime celebration that annually celebrates the gift of the cherry blossom trees and their symbol of enduring friendship between the citizens of Japan and the United States. Timed in conjunction with the peak blooming period of the trees, the city-wide event attracts visitors and area residents to hundreds of events in partnership with more than 30 local organizations."
http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/visitor-information/faq/
She picked me up and we drove to DC. We had a fun time on the drive, seeing DC. We parked and sat by the Jefferson Memorial while we waited for another one of our friends.
While sitting there I was people watching and I thought I recognized someone in the crowds. It was an old friend from my home ward I grew up in. Her name is Beka Stevens Coleman. What a small world!

Later our friend came and we walked and saw all the pretty blossoms. We got amazing pictures.




After we were craving ice cream, so we got soft served ice cream cones. We sat and talked, while we devoured our cool treat . Later, after we let our feet rest for a bit, we decided to go to the Museum of National History. Once there we went the Butterfly exhibit, to the Butterfly Pavilion.
"The Butterfly Pavilion is a brightly lit space filled with living plants and many different butterflies. The climate-controlled environment is kept at 80^oF, and 80% humidity. It is handicap accessible. However, neither strollers nor tripods are permitted in the space.  Once in the Pavilion, there is nothing but air between the visitor and the butterflies.  They fly freely around the enclosure landing on plants and sometimes people, and they feed on fruit and nectar.  The butterflies come from a variety of butterfly farms located around the world.  Visitors can get very close to these beautiful creatures, watching them fly and feed.  A case of hanging chrysalids makes it possible to see crumple-winged butterflies emerge as adults, pump fluid into their wings, and eventually fly off."
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/butterflies/tickets/
We were in that room where we could see butterflies flying all around us. They even landed on other people. I must confess, I found out I was afraid of them landing of me.


After  I drove home, I went to the Women's General Meeting of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.