My friends, James and Chiaki, who live in Portland, took a trip to one of Oregon's Tulip Festivals and sent me some lovely photos to share. I decided to post them this morning because I feel another rant coming on regarding children and education in our country today. So, enjoy the beauty, I'll be back later to put a damper on it all.
That's Mt. Hood in the background.
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Wow, what photos! Our tulips are blooming too, but without a spectacular backdrop. We do have an extra side of weeds however.
*sigh*
Looks gorgeous, Sylvia, thanks for sharing those!
Oh yikes! This is gorgeous!!!
Those photos made me decide to plant some beautiful flowers next to our mailbox.
Oh, I know where this is! It's not far from where my mother lives in Molalla, OR. We took her there about five years ago. And that view of Mt Hood is the same one she has from her dining room window. That is her mountain, just as we claim Rainier.
Love the Photos !!!!
The climate around here doesnot favor tulips.:(
My eyes relished these. :)
gorgeous tulips...and the colors...amazing!
Fantastic pictures. I love the last one! You may rant later, but I doubt you'll dampen our enjoyment of these.
Came over for your ABC which was beautiful but got mesmerised by these lovely tulips.
AWESOME! Especially the one with Mt. Hood in the background.
I cannot wait for my tulips to bloom!
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That's just breath-taking!! I can't wait for the color to burst out here!
love the tulip spring photo with mt. hood in the back too. wonderful spring reminders...
I used not to be very interested in tulips, but I planted some new-to-me varieties last autumn and I have to say they are utterly gorgeous. I can't remember what they're called, but the purple ones are so big and so multipetalled that they look like paeonies, and we also have some white ones which look as if they're dipped in ink, and some stunning red frilly ones.
I love your pictures - I think now I've come to like tulips quite a lot, I'd enjoy a tulip festival!
Beautiful Tulips. That picture of Mt. Hood with the colorful posies at the bottom is breathtaking.
One rarely sees one tulip. They appear to be a symbol of abundance and diversity of colour. They prepare us for the magic that the spring season has to offer us.
Hi Sylvia,
I checked out your blog before we went to the Woodburn Tulip Festival. The pictures are amazing, but I do have to say that the festival is not. It just seemed cheap and crass when we got there and the staff were very rude. Beautiful tulips, but a very empty experience. There are too many people, and these commercial farms...we have kids, but we're all tired of this. We're going to spend our time on real farms from now on!
I feel the same about education as you, btw.
Tulips are incredibly beautiful in such large masses. Your friend takes awesome photos!
Magnificent view with a field of tulips and Mt Hood for a backdrop!
how great to be in a world of flowers! thanks for sharing.
What gorgeous flowers.We went to Europe in the Spring hoping to see such displays and Spring was six weeks late!
Beautiful photos! Tulips have such glorious colours.
The tulip fields are impressing! I love your pictures, they are very beautiful! Funny, I saw those pink flowers today in Vienna, too, but they were yellow! The frayed edges are great!
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