The annual Smithsonian Kite Festival on the Mall is my favorite event of Washington's 3-week National Cherry Blossom Festival. Here, kites fly over the National Museum of Natural History during the blossoms' peak bloom period. Taken March 29, 2008.
A tourist stops to get a shot of the Lincoln Memorial.
2007 Capitol Holiday Tree, evening of the season's first snowfall.
My ferris wheel ride on the Santa Monica Pier.
Los Angeles' largest and oldest open-air market.
The Hollywood Hills glow at sunset behind shadowed buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
Taken from a downtown hotel room.
Early on a weekday morning when the cherry blossoms are at peak bloom, the Tidal Basin becomes a space of quiet beauty shielding its visitors from the sights and sounds of nearby rush hour traffic.
Christine Ruffo has been a member since 9 November 2007 and goes by cruffo.