Blush pink

@sallypup (57836)
Centralia, Washington
April 17, 2016 8:24pm CST
I'm not sure if the blush on this white tulip shows. I planted it last year. I didn't expect it to grow and bloom. I do not remember the tulip on the package looking quite so pert. So much has happened since that moment when I dug out weeds and buried the tulip bulb. I've been tested to the core. This little blush and white flower reminds me that time has a habit of moving on, whatever decisions are made. I took photos of it as a way of keeping it close to me even after its short beauty has fallen away.
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Patsie Hatley
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Apr 16
that is a beatiful tulip and i see a bit of blush. hot here this afternoonwow
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Patsie Hatley
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Apr 16
@sallypup its dropped to 71 here and windy so I need to close the window as I am in my nightie lol ;
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
@Hatley Good to hear from you. We do not have our heat pump settings done right. It feels like the heat is on in this house and the temps outside reached almost 80 today. I am roasting.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
@Hatley Night winds are in many country songs. I hope you slept well.
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
18 Apr 16
That is a gorgeous tulip and I think I might just have that made into a canvas so I could look at it all year!!
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
@BelleStarr Oh this would look nice on a wall.
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
18 Apr 16
@sallypup I used photo bucket and they did a wonderful job.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
@BelleStarr I wonder if photo bucket can dream up a wall for me? My walls are covered with paintings from my artistic daughter.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (157545)
• United States
18 Apr 16
This is a lovely bloom. Taking pictures is a good idea for we never know where our steps may go.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
@GardenGerty I've killed tulips before so any that came up and actually bloomed have been sweet to look at.
Eric Fink
@esfes025 (432)
• Elkhart, Indiana
18 Apr 16
Nice picture of the flower.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
Thanks and good to hear from you @esfes025 Are you finally getting Spring where you live?
Marlina
@marlina (154166)
• Canada
18 Apr 16
That is a beautiful and shy tulip, I do see the blushing. She is doing her "debut", so it is understandable!
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
@marlina Hello. I love your response.
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Apr 16
That is a lovely flower. Why is beauty so fleeting?
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
@JohnRoberts Why is beauty so fleeting? That question was asked first in Eden and here you are asking it again.
Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
@JohnRoberts I know. And a good metaphor and a good question. Tap roots and spreader roots. Those obnoxious weeds are quite clever.
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Apr 16
@sallypup It's just a flower blooms for just so long and an ugly weed never goes away. Metaphor.
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Kyla Matton Osborne
@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
18 Apr 16
Yes, the blush does show in the photo. It's a very pretty tulip! It's such a delicate colour. A bunch of these would make such a pretty bridal bouquet, or an awesome arrangement for the birth of a baby.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57836)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Apr 16
@Ruby3881 You have good ideas. Good to hear from you.