Photo by Elizabeth Halt
Photo by Elizabeth Halt

fields of riotous color

January 19, 2015

elizabethhalt.com | fields of riotous color

mid-january seems like the perfect time for a riotous display of color. don’t you agree?

elizabethhalt.com | fields of riotous color

so, i am pulling one from the archives. and who knows – in the southern hemisphere, tulips might actually be blooming.

elizabethhalt.com | fields of riotous color

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.

elizabethhalt.com | fields of riotous color

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.

elizabethhalt.com | fields of riotous color

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.

elizabethhalt.com | fields of riotous color

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.”)

3 comments... (add a comment)

  1. 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))

  2. i had NO IDEA they grew them in mid winter!!!
    that makes them even more special!

  3. elizabeth

    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.

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