April in Skagit Valley is tulip time. This year the blooms were delivered by nature three to four weeks later than last year's mid-March presentation, following our cold winter and cool spring.
For the second year in a row, I have visited Tulip Town to view its fantastic array of field tulips-long rows of brilliant color in multiple shades planted across fertile fields surrounding their establishment. If that weren't enough of a draw, there are the gardens surrounding the buildings, the tulip arrangements displayed along an interior mural wall in front of paintings of Holland, and a unique gift shop would tempt any discerning browser.
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This year I took my neighbor and friend, Margarette. At 86 years old, she couldn't manage much of a hike into the tulip fields, but everything else was achievable and she was delighted with her first visit. We relaxed with a cup of tea after viewing all of their displays. What could be a more delightful afternoon? I feel lucky that over my entire life, I have been blessed with the friendship of older women. Their presence in my life has always been such a comfort in the core of what I call "my mother yearnings." Theses photos are just a few of the many photos of the flowers that I took. They inspire awe and demonstrate only a portion of what nature sings to me daily in this lovely place we call home.
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