Spring Tulips

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On my way between Greenville

Falls and Cedar Bog, I made

a stop at Wal-Mart in Piqua.

I was drawn, as I always am,

toward the garden center.

There I found a pot of yellow

tulips for $7.00 and decided

to give it to myself as a

Christmas present.

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You see, my cousin had given

me a $25 gift card to Wal-Mart

at Christmas that I had not

yet used. This seemed like

a worthy purchase.

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As you can see from the two
shots above, the tulips were
mere buds when I purchased them.
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Five days later I came home for

lunch and was shocked to see

the blooms with their arms

spread wide to the sun.

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The black symmetrical smudges

at the center of each bloom just

made each flower that much more

attractive.

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But when I came home that same

evening, the blooms had

fallen asleep!

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I suppose I should have known

that tulips did this, but I did not.

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The tulips are a thing of the past

now, but these photos provide

some great images of what once was...

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