I was skeptical of a visit to tulip gardens.
“They’re just flowers after all.”
When I lived in Heidelberg, Germany, my friends wanted to travel to the Netherlands before their first-born kicked into full swing. They wanted to visit Keukenhof and Amsterdam. I was excited about Amsterdam; I was unsure about Keukenhof. But one step inside the tulip gardens in Keukenhof was enough to turn my head, and my opinion about tulip fields spun completely around.
That was 2002, and this is 2017. Travelling from the Canadian southwest, I’m on highway I-5 into western Washington State to see some tulips.
During the annual tulip festival in April, the Skagit river valley is populated by fields of daffodils and tulips, in eye-popping yellows, reds, oranges, purples, and whites. The overcast skies with diffuse grey light provides ideal light conditions with no strong shadows. The explosion of colours seem to blend into an extensive painting of the fields.
Above: “Welcome to CenturyLink Field” – 18 Feb 2012.
19 Nov 2020: In time for the Seahawks’ home game against the Arizona Cardinals, the sports stadium where the NFL Seahawks (and the MLS Sounders) play was rebranded to Lumen Field.
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