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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.”)