It's full on spring and today I'm celebrating tulips!
We used to live right across from these tulip gardens in Portland...in one of my favorite houses on a little dead end street. I looked forward to this tulip show every year....so I took a little field trip to check it out. It did not disappoint.
There was a lovely variety...and these variegated ones were quite striking.
And aren't these lacey yellow ones interesting?
The pinks and purples were just starting to open up.
I enjoyed being back in the old neighborhood....and I especially enjoyed celebrating the tulips!
Portland does a very nice job with the gardens and green spaces. I do love my city!
These Portland gardens are beautiful! And so evocative for me—my family lived in the Netherlands when I was ages 10-12, and we visited the Keukenhof Gardens outside Amsterdam with its spectacular displays. I also remember on more than one occasion driving past acres of fields where tulips were grown.
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to see the large tulip fields in person. What a wonderful memory! Thanks for sharing Dotty!
DeleteWow! I love tulips- one of the first colorful parts of spring. Just wish they last longer-
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I wished they lasted longer too. And it takes so long for them to die back. But I need to take my own advice and find beauty in that!
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