Tulip Festival

This week I went to the Tulip Festival with a friend. It was beautiful and magnificent. There are so many colors and shapes which dazzle the senses. So many wonderful tulips to enjoy. I had never experienced tulips like this before. Seeing just a few tulips at the entrance wasn't enough to satisfy my tulip curiosity. I had already seen a few tulips and so I might as well see them all . When I first heard of the tulip festival I had imagined field after field full of tulips like you'd imagine to experience in Holland but instead there were mostly small groupings of tulips here and there. In the end this proved to be quite delightful anyway as the gardens were beautifully landscaped to reveal tulip surprises around every corner. Many of my tulip imaginations were indulged. The more tulips I saw the more I savored them, the more I wanted to see and experience everything the tulip festival had to offer. There were also other flowers to appreciate which enhanced the beauty of the tulips. I just couldn't get enough and didn't want to leave. Unfortunately though, even if I was able to stay, the tulips would not last long. The tulip festival must end as all too soon the petals wilt and there is nothing left to enjoy. The tulips remain dormant for another season. The gardener digs up the bulbs and sells them to anyone who will buy. No more tulip enjoyment for now. Perhaps I will never get a chance to visit this tulip festival again but then again maybe someday I'll get the chance to go to Holland which would completely inundate this tulip festival. For now I have only the pictures of memories to remind me of this experience. Beautiful wonderful tulips to look forward to viewing next season.