Date: 04/03/2006

Number: 1

We came to school today to find all 50 of our Red Emperor tulips in glorious bloom! As one student commented from across the playground, it looks like part of the school garden is on fire! The tulips, while being just beautiful, seem stunted in height, and we are curious as to why this might be... It is important to note that the same is tru of MANY of the tulips in our larger neighborhood.....Throughout the Seattle area, tulips seem to be a bit verttcally challenged this year! We are wondering if this may be due to a frigid cold snap that occurred in March, after a couple of weeks of higher than normal temperatures and sunny days..... Still, they are just fantastic, and everyone is commenting on how wonderful the huge patch of red is in our school garden. We wish everyone involved in The Journey North a happy arrival of Spring!

Seattle, WA

Latitude: 47.6 Longitude: -122.3

Observed by: Dano
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