Mukilteo Musings

Tip Toe Through the Tulips

Tulip festival time is here. The tulip fields are 60 miles north of Seattle or 70 miles south of Vancouver, BC--or if you like, 35 miles from my front door in the Skagit Valley. Every parent in the Seattle area has photos of their children standing in the tulips. Sure enough yesterday parents were forcing their little kids to stand in the mud, hail, and rain amongst the big fat blooms to get that perfect shot. No way was my daughter going to mess up her shoes to do it for me yesterday--in fact, she refused to have her picture taken at all. She complained that it was warmer the day we cut our Christmas Tree. My Seattle-born child did learn how to use an umbrella, however. What a wonderful afternoon we had!


After the Hail


Purple Tulips in the Mud


I love flowers!


Kaley at Roozengaarde Gardens--it wasn't even hailing at this point!