Time for Tulips

It’s amazing to see spring arrive.

I’ve had the good fortune to follow it along as it moves from the coast up to the piedmont. Now it’s arriving in the mountains and it’s awesome. The only exception being that blizzard of pollen that comes with it and covers everything in a yellow blanket. But that’s nothing a little Claritin won’t cure.

I got to spend this past week in the mountains of southwest Virginia, in Washington County working on the Images of Washington County Magazine.

The town of Abington, the county seat of Washington County, was bursting with colorful tulips all along Main Street. Everywhere you looked, there was either a bed of yellow tulips or a barrel full of red ones. The dogwoods were starting to lose their white flowers. As the wind picked up, it looked like a very isolated snowstorm. The other trees are catching up with the dogwoods as their leaves are just now beginning to bud.

It truly is a great time of year. At least until summer arrives.