Spring Tulips

[Dahlia]

I saw these beauties in my walk today! True eye candy!

 

[digitS']

Dahlia,

Has Skagit Valley been on your itinerary ..

. during an early tulip season?

Steve

 

[flowerbug]

i have some tulips from that region. very pretty in a refined manner.

they are not out yet, but should be soon:

a lot of tulips are about to bloom here. they are survivors.

 

[Dahlia]

Dahlia,

Has Skagit Valley been on your itinerary ..

. during an early tulip season?

Steve

I have gone to the Roozengaarde tulip festival there a few times and it is just an incredible experience! I've never seen so many gorgeous flowers in one place!

 

[Phaedra]

My beauty today

 

[ducks4you]

There are literally thousands of different colors and petal combinations for tulips, and, they came from Turkey AND were, for a short time Dutch currency.

 

[digitS']

Roozengaarde tulip festival there a few times and it is just an incredible experience!

I completely missed your reply, Dahlia.

DW had a nurse and I mentioned to her that our odd name was Dutch. Her eyes opened wide and she started talking about the Dutch family and community there where she grew up. I was not expecting that and was somewhat lost in what she had to say but decided to continue by talking about DW's family to show that I wasn't ignoring the topic of "family." I coulda been talking about tulips because it may have been the reason they were in the US.

What I didn't want to tell her was that I really had no idea that my family name was of Dutch origin until I took a little interest in genealogy. What I learned was the Dutch guy was a shipbuilder upon his arrival in North America ... in the 1600's. Yes, he likely knew something about the tulips in the Netherlands but he arrived on an English ship. I have no idea how long he might have been in England before immigrating and, there are also folks with that surname living in Scotland. There weren't Washington State tulip farms when my Grootvader showed up in Virginia.

Steve, here are 311 tulip pictures from the Skagit Valley on Wikimedia pages LINK

 

[flowerbug]

Mom has been busy the past week at various times cutting flowers to give to her friends or whoever might want them. bunches of tulips were sent off with one auntie a few hours ago, etc. i'm glad to see people enjoying them. much of the time a lot of the flowers don't go anyplace or have anyone to see them at all other than me if i happen to get out there. sometimes i can get pictures of them.

 

[Dahlia]

I completely missed your reply, Dahlia.

DW had a nurse and I mentioned to her that our odd name was Dutch. Her eyes opened wide and she started talking about the Dutch family and community there where she grew up. I was not expecting that and was somewhat lost in what she had to say but decided to continue by talking about DW's family to show that I wasn't ignoring the topic of "family." I coulda been talking about tulips because it may have been the reason they were in the US.

What I didn't want to tell her was that I really had no idea that my family name was of Dutch origin until I took a little interest in genealogy. What I learned was the Dutch guy was a shipbuilder upon his arrival in North America ... in the 1600's. Yes, he likely knew something about the tulips in the Netherlands but he arrived on an English ship. I have no idea how long he might have been in England before immigrating and, there are also folks with that surname living in Scotland. There weren't Washington State tulip farms when my Grootvader showed up in Virginia.

Steve, here are 311 tulip pictures from the Skagit Valley on Wikimedia pages LINK

My favorite spaces were the fields of tulips that covered multiple acres! I've never seen so many flowers in one place! If you have never been to Roozengaarde, stop in if you are nearby! It's a real treat!

 

[Carol Dee]

I only have about 2 dozen tulips. But I do have 75 bulbs on order to plant this fall.