The cherry blossoms are a sight to behold, but they are temporary: peak bloom lasts but a few days, and you can bet that today’s morning showers helped accelerate the shedding of the colorful petals. We’ve got a bunch of great blossom pictures in the Flickr pool, but we choose vpickering because her image reminds that no matter how brief their existence may be, the cherry blossoms attract just about everyone.