{"id":10122,"date":"2015-03-14T10:03:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T17:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=10122"},"modified":"2015-03-14T20:33:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T03:33:19","slug":"skagit-valley-tulips-daffodils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/14\/skagit-valley-tulips-daffodils\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Color"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Barn\"<\/a>
Best Road (not a value judgement, the name of the road) tulip field. Though it was a good road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It freaked my eyes out to be standing in so much color. On prior visits to the Skagit Valley flower fields I’ve seen mostly tulips — the reddish flowers in stripey rows of green leaves seem to vibrate even on days when there’s not a breath of wind. It’s a complementary color thing — theorists and arts school types will nod, like, “Oh, yeah, that…” but you’ll find them gazing off towards the horizon, as hypnotized as someone who’s got no explanation for it. Guilty as charged.<\/p>\n

\"Olympic
Those are the Olympic Mountains on the horizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were some tulips on this trip, but mostly it was vast fields of yellow (and some white) daffodils. The sky was soft and gray but the flowers no less bright for the muted sun; in fact, standing in the midst of the flowers was like standing in a field surrounded by knee high desk lamps, all of them shining a bright golden light up at you. I was wearing sunglasses but squinting in the glare that appeared to be coming from the flowers themselves.<\/p>\n

\"Tractor\"
This guy’s cultivating the field of tulips behind the daffs. Daffodils are allowed to whither, then the bulbs are harvested. Tulips get topped because the flower can be a conduit for a disease that wrecks the bulbs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In answer to your question, no, it’s not<\/em> too late. Everyone I asked — and I asked several local folks — said the tulips should be prime at right around Easter, but if it’s daffodils you want, you need to go now. They’re just about done.<\/p>\n

\"Magenta\"
There’s zero post processing on this photo. That color is real.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n