Tulip Time

In Michigan, we are in that period between winter and spring when the weather can’t figure what it wants to do. In Grand Rapids over the last three weeks we have had only 18% of the total possible sunshine. On 13 of those days, we had less than 10%. I have been out and about with my camera, but the world is pretty brown right now. So, I bought myself some tulips and have been photographing them on the kitchen table. I have made some photos every day. Here’s a sampler.

The inside of a tulip is a magical place.

Even as they pass their prime and begin to wither, the tulips have a special gracefulness and beauty.

As luck would have it

I went to the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park yesterday and was shooting photos of a group of sculptures on loan from the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.  Those photos did not turn out well, but as I was leaving the rooftop garden where they are on display, I saw this flowering plant by the exit.  I really like how the image came out.

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