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Today being the first of May, (strike that - it is now the second day...blogger would not let me post yesterday) I am reminded of how I used to bring my mother a gift of flowers on May Day when I was in elementary school.  We lived down the hill from school and as I walked home, I picked flowers from the neighbor's yards as I went along. ..without a care in the world.  My mother seemed to enjoy those May Day flowers very much but she must have realized where I had obtained them.

Tulips from my front yard

So in honor of the Second day of May, I give you Tulips.  Tulips are my favorite flower and I usually grow a couple dozen every year.  Here in California it does not get cold enough in the ground for them to develop their flower so I put the bulbs in the refrigerator for about two months before I plant them.  This year I grew an early Orange Parrot (as you see above) and a later blooming more traditional style of tulip in assorted colors.