Winter this year in northern Europe has been cold and long. People are yearning for Spring and the tulips - blooming much later this year than usual - are Amsterdam's symbol of the season's change.
They're not the most subtle of flowers, but I can appreciate how the mania for them almost ruined the economy of the Netherlands in the seventeenth century. I discovered this 1634 painting by Hans Bollongier in the Rijksmuseum with the same tulips that are in the foreground of my first photo in this post.
Some passions endure.
5 comments:
I love their bright, cheery colours!
I'm not sure tulips need a trigger warning! They are so gorgeous.
"...the orchids of Singapore...the tulips of Amsterdam..." all in one post/trip/thought. You know how to plan a trip!
You'll have to go to de Keukenhof! Perhaps they will be in bloom this weekend, unlike last weekend ;)
oh gosh they are lovely. i remember buying a bunch for my hotel room just so i could say i'd had some amsterdam tupilps. i hope you have surrounded yourself!
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