Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Skagit Valley is a picturesque farming community in northwestern Washington. In springtime all focus is on the magnificent daffodil and tulip fields. This year I arrived just in time for the tulip festival. Even the sunshine made an appearance for me. Come take a look at the spectacular variety of tulips that caught my eye as I walked through the Skagit Valley tulip fields...










































The festival continues through the month of April, so if you hurry, you can still visit this marvelous display of flowering tulips. Here's a link: Tulip Festival

10 comments:

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

The header photo and the others showing fields and fields of tulips is just WOW! if I went, i would refuse to leave.

Chako-chan said...

I've never seen so many tulips in my life. They are beautiful!

Ebie said...

I cannot get enough of this! This has been one of my vacation list! A sea of beautiful blooms!

Ebie said...

I cannot get enough of this! This has been one of my vacation list! A sea of beautiful blooms!

Photo Cache said...

too late now. but i will keep this in mind next year. what a wonderful place to visit. did you drive?

Stickup Artist said...

Hi Linnea,

Sure glad I stopped by to see your wonderful post on the Tulip Festival. What a great way to kick open the spring season. Those rows and rows of glorious color. Great job conveying the scope of beauty and variety of blooms!

Tammie Lee said...

gorgeous, almost beyond belief! Each and every photo is divine. It looks like you had wonderful weather, gorgeous clouds and the flowers... beauty, endless beauty. I loved seeing your post!

Sara Chapman in Seattle, USA said...

Thank you so much for posting such a great assortment of photos. I have a whole bunch that I like, too, but hesitate to put too many on my regular blog. Guess I need an auxiliary blog like yours! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. And I appreciate that you thought of me on your visit. Rest assured if I ever get to San Ramone any time soon, I'll think of you, too!

Sara in Seattle

Carolyn Ford said...

Oh! This is fantastic! How I would love to be in your area to see this! Your photography is exquisite...and what a fabulous sky you had to enhance each shot! Wow! I love this. I see a tractor pulling a wagon for visitors. We rode on the same at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, California (Giant Telecote Ranunculus). I have them posted on several of my latest posts! Those tulips are something special!

Mary said...

Wow...the tulip photos are wonderful! I would love to be there to see them. Gorgeous photos...really amazing stuff.