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Shirley

Don, I agree with you that  "immediate impression that I had rediscovered he Garden Of Eden" is the choice of words.  What beautiful photos & flowers, and what a heart warming place to live.

Radioman34

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Shirley, strolling the area we were greeted by strangers with a heartfelt "shalom" or "shabbat shalom," families we would describe as being out for a Sunday stroll. We met a young American woman with her  young toddler on her way to synagogue to meet her husband. Her familiy had moved from Palo Alto California to take up permanent residence here. She is part of the movement known as "allyah" in which Jews from all over the world are invited "home".

Radioman34

So now we start a new day. The sun is shining brightly and the temp will be in the low 30s C or close to 100 degrees which means limited activities today.

Radioman34

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A very surprising revelation was that this area is noted for its dinosaur findings, all within walking distance of our host.
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Vanilla-Jackie

Don...
...I bet surprises were  awaiting around every corner...or one being hatched every minute...
" There is no present like the time "

Radioman34

This a bush of purple roses; the orange one is unknown to us
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Radioman34

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This is Leah, Bubble's cousin with Illy and me

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This is the family enjoying a feast fit for royalty

Radioman34

As a footnote to this wonderful day, when we arrived home we discovered a stowaway among our produce.
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We sent it on its way with our best wishes in its new home. And thus ends our adventure; we hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed sharing it with you.

JaneS

i enjoyed it Don!  Who knew!enjoyed it Don.

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Shirley

Amazing photos, Don, and I am so grateful that you take time to share the experiences with us and would like you to thank all the family for allowing you to take the photos.  I am so camera shy I'd be crawling under the table so truly feel they are going out of their way to show what gracious hosts they are.  My very best Missouri/Kansas hugs to all of them. Bubble, you have a wonderful family.

By the way, Don, we brought a few of those critters home with us after shell collecting on the Gulf & Atlantic coasts.  Some of the bigger shells had living critters inside so I was not a shell hunter after discovering that, and to play safe I put all shells inside ZipLoc bags so they didn't come out at night.  :o

Good morning, Janie!

FlaJean

Angel, thanks for identifying the yellow flowers.  I never saw any like them, although the blooms remind me somewhat of pansies.

Don, thanks for sharing the trip you and Bubbles took.  So interesting about the dinosaurs and the statues.  Loved seeing the family. 

angelface555

Don, thank you again for bringing us along  for part of your Israeli journey!

You're welcome Jean, it caught my attention too.

JeanneP


What a beautiful place to live. I can see moving from anywhere to there.
Its funny how we always thought of Isreal being desert type. Nothing but a dry sandy area. Has to be good earth by looking at all the beautiful bushes, trees etc. grow. Such colours.
JeanneP

angelface555

A lot of the work in beautifying and replenishing the earth was done by Israelis from 1948 and continuing today.

Radioman34

JeanneP much of the land still is made of vast areas of desert, but since 1948 thousands of acres have been reclaimed and converted to viable farmland and as Angelface said it is a work in constant progress.

jackwv

Doing yard work and just took Mimi on walks around the block.  Missed Oglebay for two days and went back today.   The tulips are already beyond peak, good thing I went up.   They are already preparing new plantings to replace.   One photo.

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SCFSue

Beautiful tulips, Jack.  I miss them.  Unfortunately, tulips don't do very well here in Alabama!  I tried to plant them at our farm, but no luck and not here in Auburn, either.  Winters are just too warm, although this winter was much cooler than usual.

Sue

Shirley

Oh, my goodness!!!  How gorgeous, Jack.  If that isn't peak I can't imagine how it could be more beautiful.  Do they have the hanging baskets up yet?  Thanks for the photo, so happens it is the best time of my whole day!  Not been the best of days but I'm too tired to even whine about it tonight and I will feel better in the morning.  Bet your neighbors enjoy seeing you & Mimi on your walks. 

Sue, I planted dozens one year & not a single one came up.... same happened another year so I think the little underground critters that make the tunnels all over the yard & river bank must have eaten them.  At least that's my theory.  Our winter was so mild talk is "not hard enough freeze to kill the bugs" so expect the worse this summer.

Vanilla-Jackie

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Jack wv...
...it sure was lucky that you went when you did but, cant believe those Tulips are soon to be replaced, must cost those gardeners a whole lot of money and must be keeping them on their toes, constantly ( busy...)
...At last, it is good to see our own garden " Springing " to life....well at least it now has some colour, not a lot, but is looking more prettier than it was...
...I do enjoy your Oglebay photos, and of course they wouldn't be the same without your Mimi in them... :dog3:
Jack, are those pink Tulips in the background, if so, I am assuming they will also soon, be replacing them too...
   
" There is no present like the time "

so_P_bubble

superb Jack! Our luck is that you like to take photos :)

jackwv

Sue, a neighbor plants a few tulips but the deer eat them. Oglebay puts up electric wire to keep them out.

Bubble we are the lucky ones with you and Don keeping the photos coming.

Jackie, yes there is one bed of pink but have many other colors.

Shirley I seldom walk around the neighborhood, need a spot to sit and at the park they have benches. Mimi knows which I stop for and will sit beside me to be petted.   The baskets are not up, but should be soon.  They will dig up the tulip bulbs and sell them.  At that point there will be new plantings and the baskets.

Radioman34

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A beautiful tulip display. That prompted me to realise that I seldom see tulips in Israel and when I asked Bubble about that and she said that tulips don't prosper well in Israel.
One other thing, in a facebook post one of our hosts last Sunday said that seeing the pictures I had posted on facebook made him realise what a beautiful area he lived in.

jackwv

Don your friend may now realize what a beautiful area he lived in, but know each of us need only look around  to see the beauty.   

FlaJean

Jack, the tulip gardens are beautiful.  Thanks for posting.  We always had tulips until we moved to Florida.  I miss them in the spring but we do have an abundance of other pretty blooms.

Mary Ann

Jean, seeing your post and knowing you lived in Ocala before your move, were the sinkholes anywhere near where you lived?

In keeping with the topic of this folder, I am enjoying all of the pictures.  Tulips do grow here, in fact, each year there is a Tulip Festival in Holland MI that is heavily attended.  We don't go during the festival because of heavy traffic and attendance, but I have seen the tulips in bloom before the festival.  Veldheer's Tulip Farm has displays and has tours - and they sell tulips!

Mary Ann

Vanilla-Jackie

Keeping with Jack wv's theme...Tulips In Amsterdam....Link...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmLo1KQsI10
" There is no present like the time "

jackwv

Jackie that was lovely, and have seen photos of Holland Mich that Mary Ann mentions.   Oglebay is not so elaborate, but can load Mimi in the SUV and be there in under 10 minutes (and no admission to pay) and never have to fight a crowd.

SCFSue

I tried at our farm to plant tulips and also here in Auburn.  However, I never got any blooms as the winters are too warm here.  We did have a good hard snow in Auburn in early March, but it only lasted overnight.  If I want tulips in the spring, I have to order them from a florist! 

Sue

Mary Ann

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g42310-d632514-Reviews-Veldheer_Tulip_Garden-Holland_Ottawa_County_Michigan.html

There is a large picture and at the bottom "140 pictures".  Click on that to see some of the assortments at Veldheer's Tulip Farm.  There are other farms in Holland, but if you've seen one, you've seen them all.  But after a few pictures, you get the idea.  What is fun is to see the massive plantings, even at Oglebay - solid color.

Jackie, that was a neat showing in Amsterdam.  I have been told that the Holland tulip farms get all of their bulbs each year from the Netherlands.  And Holland is not the only city that has a tulip festival - all over the US.

Mary Ann