Instagram Photos: Blossoms Make Everything Better

When spring is at your doorstep, position it between the nearest pretty rowhouse and your viewfinder.

Spring is in the air! #DCabode #springtime #dupontcircle #internationalwomensday #dcarchitecture

A post shared by Laura Pimentel (@lauralizbp) on Mar 8, 2017 at 10:36am PST

flip it.

A post shared by Patrick: DC || MIAMI || PERÚ (@adventuresof_pk) on Mar 7, 2017 at 9:47am PST

A-line roofs and A-list blooms.

63/365 the purple plum trees are popping in the 'hood.

A post shared by David Posey (@g8rsig) on Mar 7, 2017 at 10:16am PST

If this tree bears fruit, you could try turning it into brandy.

A post shared by @kri5tagram on Mar 6, 2017 at 4:48pm PST

A yellow-and-white motif.

"[W]hen the mind is really absent, in that silence, in that unlimited space, your potential starts glowing, radiating, flowering. Suddenly you are full of cherry blossoms, a new presence, a new fragrance." – #BhagwanShreeRajneesh ? #latergram #acreativedc #igdc

A post shared by Katrina Marie Avila (@katrinamarie9) on Mar 9, 2017 at 1:19am PST

Who needs a crowded Tidal Basin?

Something about spring at night is just right (even though it's technically not spring yet but the trees disagree) #igdc #acreativedc

A post shared by John (JJ) Kowalski (@johnckowalski) on Mar 8, 2017 at 5:18pm PST

City lights & willowy branches.

when i came home from europe, dc was warm and blooming. almost as if to say "look at me eby, i'm pretty like those other places you went to. still love me?" . . . #igers #photooftheday #latergram #acreativedc #igdc #igersdc #washingtondc #dcfocused #dc #instamood #instagood #mood #moody #nature #ledroitpark #bloom #tree

A post shared by E B O N Y (@ebonydances) on Mar 7, 2017 at 5:07pm PST

A pink petal carpet.

Rosa Cartagena

Rosa is a senior editor at Bitch Magazine. She’s written for Washingtonian and Smithsonian magazine.