Tag Archives: tulips

Some of My Favorite Tulip Photos

Posted on April 21, 2021 by mariner2mother

This year our local bulb growers are accepting visitors again. And because they are required to limit how many people can visit at once, they are selling tickets by date and time block. So if you’re local, go buy your … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged bulb flowers, photography, Skagit Valley WA, spring flowers, tulip fields, tulip gardens, tulips | 7 Comments

Spring Is Springing

Posted on March 24, 2019 by mariner2mother

A little over two weeks ago, it was snowing. Again. Having waited the entire winter for even a flurry, February brought us several days of snow, gifting us with a winter wonderland after all. In fact, we got so much … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged daffodils, Roozengaarde, spring bulbs, tulips | 8 Comments

Spring Tulip Festival 2016

Posted on April 28, 2016 by mariner2mother

Every April, the county where in live in Washington state celebrates the advent of spring with a Tulip Festival. It runs the entire month, but the flowers come up and bloom in their own time. This year they were on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged photography, photography is my zen, spring flowers, tulip festival, tulips, wa tulips | 18 Comments

What Do You See?

Posted on April 5, 2016 by mariner2mother

Yesterday was an extremely hard day. My moods can dip and dive until I’m crawling on my belly in the spring mud; right there next to the skunk cabbage. But I pushed myself to get out the door, my ass … Continue reading →

Posted in Holistic Healing, Mental Health, Spirituality, The Voyage | Tagged compassion, depression, flower therapy, heart opening when grounded and connecting to spirit, heart opening with compassion, perception, photography therapy, struggling with depression, tulips | 6 Comments

Spring Tulips

Posted on April 2, 2016 by mariner2mother

It’s that time of year again! Tulip time!! The valley where I live is home to two of the largest family owned tulip growers in the country. And the month of April celebrates this beautiful flower (and other bulbs) with … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged photography, photography therapy, skagit valley tulip festival, spring bulb flowers, spring flowers, tulip photos, tulips | 11 Comments

Spring Bulb Flowers

Posted on March 20, 2016 by mariner2mother

It’s that time again! The valley is starting its big bloom, with daffodil fields fully in bloom and starting to fade. My favorite display garden recently opened it’s doors, with daffodils, narcissus, and hyacinths among the early flowers in bloom. … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged daffodils, eagle, fields of daffodils, fields of flowers, hyacinths, skagit valley, spring bulb flowers, spring flowers, spring has sprung, trumpeter swans, tulips | 11 Comments

My Favorite Season, Spring

Posted on June 1, 2015 by mariner2mother

I love the change of seasons, especially the onset of spring. Just when I’m tired of the endless long nights and dreary, dark, overcast, rainy days of winter, the days begin to get longer. After a while, the sun starts making … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged change of seasons, ferns, hummingbirds, mallards, photography, rhododendrons, skunk cabbage, spring, spring flowers, tulips | 18 Comments

Tulip-A-Palooza!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by mariner2mother

It’s that time of year folks! Tulip time. In the county where I live, we have a tulip festival that runs the entire month of April. That said, the blooms happen according to Mother Nature’s schedule. This year, spring came … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged fields of tulips, flowers, nature photography, nature photography is my zen, spring bulbs, sunset, tulip festival, tulips, tulips and barn, tulips and sunset | 23 Comments

Spring Has Sprung, Again!

Posted on April 30, 2014 by mariner2mother

Once again, April showers brought rain, rain, and more rain. And around here, all that rain brings muddy fields. Despite all of the mud, the local tulips popped up and bloomed! Much to my pleasant surprise, we had a stretch of about 5 days … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged flowers, spring flowers, tulip garden, tulips | 18 Comments

Spring Tulips 2013

Posted on May 2, 2013 by mariner2mother

Every year, the local tulip fields and gardens bloom, audience to thousands of visitors. I usually take two to three visits to capture the blooms. This year, due to rain and life, I had only one visit to an amazing, … Continue reading →