TUNING IN TO TULIP TIME!

Tulips seems to be blooming better than ever this year. I wonder why. Do you think perhaps it has to do with that long, cold winter we endured? Really, despite the advances and miracles of modern science, how little do we know about growth forces and what impacts what.

After a sunny morning admiring the blooms, beds and colours of this year's Tulip Fest, I suddenly got the idea to send a few photos to my oldest and dearest friend, back in Cape Town. If you want tulips in your South African garden you need to plant new bulbs every year, so that's not something that's done on any kind of a grand scale.

My friend emailed me back almost straight away. This is what she wrote:

'Your marvellous pictures of the tulips arrived as if in response to a most irrational need for a chat with you! An angel brought them and I felt so happy - the exquisite colours, your dear face, the unexpected closeness to you all of a sudden! '

Sometimes it's good to take notice of what flies into your mind!

Now, perhaps you'd like to view a few flowers? Well, take a look...