On this date last year, I rode my bike to High Park and snapped some great photos of the annual Sakura cherry blossoms in full bloom. Here's a taste of what I witnessed.
![20150505_121928_HDR](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8806/17174124697_94f22fc086_b.jpg)
Just yesterday, I rode to High Park to see if there were any signs of this year's peak bloom. The only signs were the literal signs they had erected the previous week.
![Pictures of the 2015 High Park Cherry Blossoms](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7717/17381591325_ac1e9c6782_b.jpg)
Sadly, the sign people were too optimistic. The Sakura Watch blog is reporting today that there will be no peak bloom to view in High Park in 2016.
Yes I did see the first blossom today, however when I say ‘blossom’, its literally meant as in a single blossom, as in 1 lonely blossom on a tree filled with buds going to leaf. Looking throughout the park all I found was 1 tree with only 1 blossom. The consolation was seeing a small group of blossoms on the trunk of a nearby sakura tree. But unfortunately, every other cherry blossom tree in the park is going straight to leaf.
This photo I took in 2008 will have to keep me in stead. Until next year, that is.
![Cherry Blossoms @ High Park](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2398/2465055876_bd466fb8ae_b.jpg)