tulip time

Forget April showers and May flowers. Try February snow and May tulips! We have snow and Holland's Tulip Time Festival is thrilled!

From record high temperatures in the upper 70s one day, to 50 degrees the next.  Temperature drops that far and fast aren't funny.  It's just cruel. We still can THINK warm though. Preparations for Tulip Time have begun!

The 41st annual Festival of the Arts wrapped-up on Sunday, but it won't be long before the next big event hits West Michigan.  West Michigan is home to dozens of great festivals and events.  Which is your favorite?

Organizers of Tulip Time are starting to become a bit concerned with the stretch of warm weather we have been having.  You see Tulip Time isn't until May, but tell that to the Tulips. The warm weather is waking up the bulbs and when they wake up, well, they just have to bloom...

One week it feels like Spring, the next week we have a typical West Michigan ice storm.  Those poor tulips, I hope they make it through the craziness, and the mood swings of Mother Nature. Interestingly enough I saw a news story that talked about how they may be a few weeks late this Spring...

It's almost that time.  What time is that?   It's almost Tulip Time!  It is kind of hard to believe, isn't it?  On Friday I was walking around my backyard enjoying all the greenery.  I couldn't believe me eyes!  My grass was still green, some flowers were still in bloom, my crocuses and daffodils were growing and beginning to turn green...

I have been patiently waiting for my tulips to finally bloom.  The cooler weather has kept them from opening.  But the last couple days of sunshine did it!  I purchased these bulbs from Holland.  Not Holland Michigan but actually Holland in the Netherlands...

One of this nations largest celebrations and festivals is The Tulip Festival in Holland.  It has been for more years that some can remember. This year, with a cool spring, until now, the tulips have never been better. With this, the closing weekend, it promises to go out with a bang...

Even though it doesn't feel like it, and our temperatures are about 6 weeks behind what they should be, it is that time of year again!  Tulip Time is here.  But what perplexes me is none of my tulips have even bloomed yet.  Has anyone elses...