fields of riotous color
mid-january seems like the perfect time for a riotous display of color. don’t you agree?
so, i am pulling one from the archives. and who knows – in the southern hemisphere, tulips might actually be blooming.
tulips are one of the things i miss the most about the pacific northwest. they are a bright pop of color in the mid-winter gloom.
i seem to have an affinity for tulips. there are tulip fields in michigan too. unfortunately, these fields are ten hours away (instead of one), but someday i will see them.
once, i had a layover in amsterdam during tulip season. i still think: if only. if only there had been enough time to sneak away and visit the tulips.
just look at them! i am smiling away over here.
(i closed my eyes and asked the tulips if they had a message for you. it was this, “sing, dear ones, sing.”)
Oooo….weeee… This is such a HAPPY sight, for which I’m most thankful to be seeing! It’s snowing as I write, and winter seems a looong, and tulips a looong time to come. THANK YOU, Elizabeth! So lovely…*swoon*… ((HUGS))
i had NO IDEA they grew them in mid winter!!!
that makes them even more special!
Tracy: That’s exactly what I was thinking over here! I think I saw them in June last year, which seems awfully far away.
Tammy: Well .. it’s mid-winter to me. Growing up here makes it awfully hard to remember that March is indeed Spring. 😉 At this farm, the tulip festival is usually late March thru late April.