Tulip Time

After spending three years on a mission on Temple Square, tulips became part of our lives. Just as soon as they started coming up in the spring we would walk through the plaza at the Church Office Building just to watch their progress every morning and then take strolls through the tulips on our lunch break. I always liked tulips, never grew them, didn't know much about them. Now I grow them, love them and can hardly wait for them to make their appearance in early spring. I didn't know before how many kinds there are, now I am noticing that it is a LOT. I am not studying them, just enjoying them. They have become one of life's simple pleasures to me. They make me smile. They make me happy. One fun thing that we have done is to go to Thanksgiving Point after the season is over and buy the bulbs that they have taken out of the ground. You have no idea what kind of tulip they are and it is so fun to watch when they come up which ones you ended up with. We have ended up with some really pretty ones, heck they are all pretty ones.

Lois on a beautiful mission

Tulips in the snow

Michael with the tulips on Temple Square

The rest of these are our very own tulips, growing in our front yard. I am so excited that so many came up this year and are doing so good. I stand at the window first thing in the morning and watch the sun come up over the mountains and shine on my tulips. I just love my tulips and hope to add more this fall when bulb planting time comes around.

Yes, this is a tulip too,------------------- Purple tulips by the front porch

I had no idea we had these

I love these pink ones

This lone yellow one is so pretty


Brilliant orange too

The inside of a tulip

I knew spring would come