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deep freeze in Maine
sunshine arrives at my door
colorful tulips
with instructions as follows
paint watercolor portrait
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For my February birthday, Joan would find tulips in one of the stores, give them to me and I would do paintings of them. Tulips, with sunflowers (her favorite flower) will always bring a “remembering Joan” smile to my heart and soul.
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TPOS prompt: April 6, 2014 … spring flowers
remembering Joan Preble 1940 -2018
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photo: (c) February 2014 Saradunn

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Bird’s Eye View of Dutch Tulip Fieldspeterjsullivan.wordpress.com

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Tulips
The first flower
I recognized by name
as a child;  the first flower
I look for in the spring.
My oldest forty plus
years…yellow/ red
still blooms.
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The rainbow
of colors, endless colors
… I long to see huge fields of tulips 
of every color and color combination.
Plain and fringed,  soft pastels
or bright as a box of crayons.
Earthly fireworks.
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Photos can’t possibly
do the huge fields justice.
I must see for myself.
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Tulips
as far as the eye can see…
if they were resilient as the sea,
I’d love to lay in the middle of a field
looking up to the sky through their
petals translucent and velvety
at the same time.
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A patchwork quilt
from Mother Nature.
Heaven scented.
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I’ve not had the blessing
to know til today that some
have a scent…my new quest
to grow  the scented blossoms
to remember with hope
when snow is deep
and the air is frigid.
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Fields of tulips
as far as the eye can see.
In my dreams I can “swim”,
roll  around,  in the glorious
blossoms… for in my dreams
they’ll pop back up
unharmed.
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Tulips
The first flower
I look for every spring.
The flowers I dream of in
deep of winter’s  snow.
Glorious spring tulips.
Springs sign of
JOY !!

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My friend, Joan, gives me red tulips if they are available in the store, for my birthday almost every year. I love to have them in the house AND a perfect painting subject.

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Red tulips spring gift
annual birthday present
brighten  days, spirit.
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Flowering quince grows prolifically here. It is a beautiful addition to any landscape.

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Rain drops help plants glow
flowering quince welcomes rain
beauty beyond words
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The blueberry fields are just starting to turn bright red…an awesome sight…but I found this spot that enticed me after I got home to go back and take photos.

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fall blueberry fields
undeniable beauty
take one’s breath away
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