Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News

~ John W. Howell
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Tourists Come to See Tulips in Holland Once Again, Grabbing Incredible Photos of Spring – LOOK

By Good News Network –
Tulip fields in Lisse, Netherlands by Matt Cooper – SWNS

Photographs in the last few weeks show the stunning kaleidoscope of colors bursting into bloom in Holland’s tulip fields.

Beginning in late March, millions of blooms have been delighting visitors in the Netherland with their patchwork of color.

British photographer Matt Cooper was one of those visitors. The 48-year-old from London traveled over the Easter weekend and shared his images and drone footage.

The images show Holland’s famous flower field landscapes, which have become a rich blanket of tulips with row upon of row of vivid block colors.

Tulip fields by Matt Cooper – SWNS

“I went there especially to shoot the tulips,” he said. “This is the best time to shoot them, as they flower in April and May every year.”

Cooper’s 4-day trip took him all over the country capturing the iconic fields by drone—especially the famous Keukenhof Tulip Gardens, one of the world’s largest flower gardens.

Noordoostpolder, Netherlands, by Matt Cooper – SWNS

The Garden holds an annual festival—but 2022 is the first time the festival has been open to the public since the pandemic. It runs through 15 May.

Cooper said the Dutch people take their tulips very seriously, and across the small country, “there are hundreds of millions of tulips’.

By Matt Cooper – SWNS

“The weather was beautiful too.”

SEE the scenes of the resurgent Keukenhof Tulip Gardens…

The good news is that beauty is around us even in the toughest times. Today’s JohnKu talks about not missing the beauty around you. I hope you have a super weekend.

Look by John W. Howell © 2022

It is all around,

All you have to do is look . . .

Nature has a show.

96 thoughts on “Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News”

  1. Dear John,
    we know this. We have lived a couple of years not far from these tulip fields. Even if we saw them every year, we were always amazed at this variety of colours.
    Wishing you a wonderful weekend
    The Fab Four of Cley
    🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  11. Absolutely beautiful. I walk in a dry, desert-like area and these last few days, weeds are blossoming and they are magnificent. Nature can awaken our souls if we but take a moment. Thank you for this lovely reflection, John. 😊

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  20. Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of visiting Holland . I longed to see the tulips and wear wooden shoes! Thanks for the lovely images honoring the beauty that surrounds us.

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  21. Lovely haiku, John, and what great pictures! It’s nice to see the show opening again to the public, and what a beautiful sign of spring to celebrate. See this makes me want to order some tulip bulbs. 🙂 Thanks for the smiles.

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  32. I was awestruck when we visited the Keukenhof Gardens, so I had to include them in my Amanda in Holland book. Washington State has some amazing tulip fields as well. I’ve been to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival a couple of times and was so impressed. Tulips are my favourite flower.

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  40. So beautiful! You have reminded me that we have a field not far from here where they have pick your own tulips. I really must go back and snap them again!

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  41. We had a Texas tulip farm near La Vernia in 2019 and 2020. They quit not because of the pandemic but because of customers that got unruly sadly. I would love to go to the Netherlands just to see those beautiful amazing tulips.

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