My Town Tuesday....

awesome husband buying me flowers

grape hyacinth (thanks for the help with that Deb!)

tulips trying to be grown-up

daffodils

A couple of weeks ago we visited a local bulb farm in search of Spring. I wanted to share some history and a few more pictures with you today.

In the early 1900's Simon VanLierop left his home in the Netherlands and settled in the Puyallup Valley. He began working on a local flower farm and was often paid in bulbs which he sold to neighbors and friends. In 1934 he started his own bulb farm and now sells bulbs of every sort all over the world. The farm has many green houses so flowers are available year round. There is a beautiful walking path around the grounds and a cozy little gift shop featuring 'daffodil' and 'tulip' inspired gifts. On Sundays you can listen to live Chamber music as you stroll the gardens and sip tea. Because of our crazy winter/spring weather the bulbs are quite late in blooming this year. When the tulips are in full bloom it is a glorious sight to see. There are so many varieties and the walking paths are full of color. I'll head back over there when the season is here.

Shades of Marie Barone...

Do you remember that episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" where Marie took a sculpting class? She gave her project to Debra and Raymond as a gift. It was quite large and would only fit in their living room. Marie couldn't understand why they kept covering it up and was rightly offended thinking they didn't like it. She had no idea that everyone but her saw something slightly inappropriate in the shape of the sculpture. It reminded people of a certain area of a woman's body and Marie was horrified when this was pointed out to her.

Yesterday we went for a walk at a local bulb farm. We have been in search of Spring and thought we might find it there even though it had snowed that morning and was now cold and rainy. As we walked around the gardens looking at all the bulbs in assorted stages of bloom I came across a sculpture I had never seen before. As many years as we have been going to the bulb farm and, as many years that this has been called the "Daffodil Valley," I still had not seen this structure. Immediately upon viewing it that episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" jumped into my mind and I snapped a picture of it. Tell me what you think...