What a difference a few days makes. The two pictures above were taken six days apart, one before the blossoms had bloomed, and one after. (Actually, I have another picture taken just two days after the first which shows equally barren branches, but it's not as perfect a match location-wise.)

Here are a few more comparison shots: one, two, three.

There was some sun in a few of my cherry-blossom pictures, but for the most part there was very little sun this cherry-blossom season, and I was sick for most of it. I finally uploaded my most recent shots, and there are a few nice ones.

If you're good at making panoramas, you might give this sequence a shot. In many places the blossoms literally litter the street.

Here are some more attempts at blossom closeups.