Tulips. Tulip fields. Egmond

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Rocky Hill farm, June 2008

Native of south-west Europe and the Mediterranean. Now a bulbfield weed in Scilly

I shall want to come back and look some more!

... this cold and windy morning.

The colors spread out over the fields again

These suspended letters were being drowned by the rising tide, and we never did work out what they said. Our guess "The tide reaches up to here".

... and we would find our way too.

Marco Polo.

In the olden days, when we were still living in Amsterdam, we had a little 'home away from home' smack in the middle of the bulbfields by the dunes in Egmond. This field started 5 feet from my window. Spectacular views for a couple of weeks a year!

Of course we weren't supposed to walk in those fields...

Large field of flowering bright red tulips in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands

The tulips are finally coming, albeit a month late. We were unhappy to learn that our friends in Edmonton had tulips in bloom before us here in the Netherlands.

Nederland, Noord-Holland, Gemeente Medemblik, 07-05-2018;

Waterberging Twisk, gebied gereserveerd voor opvang van water bij hevige regenval. Gelegen naast Westfriesedijk (Westfriese Omringdijk), gezien naar Opperdoes en Medemblik.

Water storage Twisk, North-Holland, area reserved for the collection of water during heavy rainfall.

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... looking at me!

Sunday 15th of April we had the warmest day in April ever.

And I have never seen the bulbfields so beautiful!

more tulips blooming in the bulbfields - didn't quite get the depth of field I was hoping for, but the colour was beautiful

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Lots of pink, white and purple hyacinths.

1. Collared Dove Chicks (Streptopelia decaocto), 2. Screaming daisies, 3. Mr. and Mrs., 4. male Red Bellied Woodpecker, 5. So hungry!, 6. 8 geese a laying..., 7. Ouch!, 8. Just Peachy, 9. Chinese whispers, 10. Wait where are you going???, 11. Elephant KENYA, 12. Sky thistles, 13. Four Bridges looking over to the Royal Liver Building, 14. Reflections in the water, 15. Viby Mølle, Hindsholm (Funen, DK), 16. Dutch bulbfields, 17. Such a View!, 18. multicolori, 19. Red Ibis, 20. Jelly, 21. Delicate Arch, 22. Alaska/ Inside Passage, 23. Hmm lets see, what is there to eat........., 24. Male Common Blue (Polymmatis icarus), 25. Archives-Monarch Caterpillar Mauve

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A group of farmers deadheading tulip bulbs in The Netherlands.

Spring 2015, Noordwijkerhout

Large field of flowering bright orange with yellow tulips in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands

... a bit late, that morning. Much to my delight, as I had not risen at the crack of dawn, like some of the other passengers...

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... about to sail away on an excursion ship.

Many different trade unions marched past, but all of them used the same shade of red as their colour!

Purple and white tulips in a white vase on a blue background. Tulips rescued from the bulbfields as workers pulled out incorrect colours.