Haven’t made it to Holland, but my Grandma used to take me to the Tulip Festival in Holland, MI. I had the wooden shoes and the fancy cap and everything. :) Good memories!
Last Spring it got so hot here in April (a stretch of 90’s and brutal sunshine) that my tulips basically croaked a day after blooming. Holland, MI cancelled their festival.
So far we’re having a below-normal temperatures Spring. I’d rather have that!
We are almost an hour away from Holland Michigan. Tulips are bug around here.
The advantage of lower than normal temps here (Oregon) this year is our daffodils have been blooming for weeks...tulips are not yet out, but may pop this week when we are supposed to get a 75 degree day. Thanks for the Tulip history.
(Drive by!) Diana, did Grandmother and you take the ferry from Milwaukee over to Holland MI?