Spring brings tulips to full bloom in the Netherlands. A rainbow riot of colors paints the landscape. The industrious Dutch ancestors reclaimed the fertile polders from the North Sea and planted flower bulbs. Speculators and a bulb shortage raised the value of certain varieties in the 1630’s. The Dutch traded bulbs like currency.
Amsterdam hosts the annual Tulip Festival which offers a month-long feast for the eyes in the city squares and parks. In late April, the Bloemencorso Bollenstreek, a stunning parade of flowery floats ridden by celebrants, travels from Noordwijk to Haarlem. Anyone visiting Holland must see the Keukenhof in Lisse, one of the world’s most magnificent gardens.
By late spring, the best of the blooms are past so be sure to time your visit carefully. You don’t have to be Dutch to appreciate the unique beauty of tulips!
love blooms in the spring
what is favorite dutch treat
tulips or two lips?
Spring haibuns served at dVerse Poets pub with Linda Lee Lyberg this Monday…join us!
a poem in my pocket 
Apr 28, 2023 @ 08:02:54
Hallo Lynn.. Thanks for your sharing
Apr 28, 2023 @ 12:20:08
My pleasure…thanks for reading, Jemi 🙂
Apr 25, 2023 @ 11:55:13
Wonderful words, Lynn and I love the play on words the end tulips compared two lips. The bunnies bit the top off of a few of my wife’s tulips this year just before they bloomed, oh, well, she comes home today, so she can repair the damage.🙂✌🏼🫶🏼
Apr 26, 2023 @ 14:29:51
I left my tulips on the farm…now my son’s family can enjoy them! Not blooming here yet…
Apr 25, 2023 @ 09:19:21
I love the play on words!
Apr 26, 2023 @ 14:30:22
thanks, i couldn’t resist 😉
Apr 25, 2023 @ 09:16:15
Unfortunately, the deer loves my tulips so we have opted out of that color…
Apr 26, 2023 @ 14:30:52
Oh dear…deer!
Apr 25, 2023 @ 05:08:40
Happy Spring Lynn
Much💖love
Apr 26, 2023 @ 14:31:23
Thank you kindly, Gillena…same to you!
Apr 25, 2023 @ 01:38:04
I think I prefer the latter, Lynn 😉
❤
David
Apr 26, 2023 @ 14:32:08
😉
Apr 25, 2023 @ 01:32:34
you’ve just added a spring trip to my bucket list, with this wonderful haibun.
Apr 26, 2023 @ 14:32:38
I haven’t been there yet…on my bucket list too!
Apr 24, 2023 @ 22:58:55
I would love to visit the Netherlands in Spring. What an experience that would be.
Apr 26, 2023 @ 14:33:06
Sounds perfectly lovely, doesn’t it?!
Apr 24, 2023 @ 22:18:11
Oh my gosh! I love tulips! Wonderful haibun 🙂
Apr 26, 2023 @ 14:33:43
Me too…and there are so many varieties! Thanks, Paula 🙂
Apr 24, 2023 @ 21:24:39
I love it. They are magnificent!
Apr 26, 2023 @ 14:34:40
Thanks, Dwight…have you been there?
Apr 26, 2023 @ 16:39:12
Not in the springtime. It was June. I have seen the photos only.