<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Cherry Blossom News</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/cherryblossoms?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</link><description>Cherry Blossom News</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Cherry Trees, Loved To Death]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30233-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30233-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Soil compaction is slowly killing many of the trees on parade this month.]]></description><author> Adrian Higgins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gusts at Kite Fest Prove to Be  Too Much of a Good Thing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23707-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23707-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The last time Jack Maschhoff flew a kite was 70 years ago. Yesterday, the 84-year-old Detroiter relived the thrill, but only for a few chilly minutes.]]></description><author> Yolanda Woodlee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scramble to the Top]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18342-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18342-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tickets for the Washington Monument's reopening, six months after it was shut down for security upgrades, went quickly and by mid-afternoon, about 1,300 people had traveled the elevator to the top.]]></description><author> Paul Schwartzman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory Blossoms Into a Winning Entry]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12606-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12606-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Several years ago, Joan Lok traveled to the District on a business trip during an unusually warm March. She and her colleagues had heard that the cherry trees were at their peak, so they headed to the Tidal Basin at the end of their seminar.]]></description><author> Susan DeFord</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Festival Starts With Hopes of Spring]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3846-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3846-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This year, it feels as though winter might never end, with cold, damp weather and mostly bare trees rather than clouds of cherry blossom petals and sunshine.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Park Service Isn't Budging]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64295-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64295-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The chief horticulturist at the National Park Service says the cherry blossoms will bloom next week and peak in early April.]]></description><author> Paul Schwartzman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherry Blossom Q&A]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50378-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50378-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As chief horticulturalist for the National Park Service, Robert DeFeo makes the blossom forecast. The Washington Post recently asked DeFeo a few questions about his job.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Budding Prediction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3959-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3959-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/cherryblossoms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2005 16:06:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The chief horticulturist at the National Park Service always made sure to drop by the desk of one person for some advice before issuing his forecast for when the cherry blossoms would reach their peak.]]></description><author> Paul Schwartzman</author></item></channel></rss>