May 20, 2005
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Here's a shot of the entrance driveway to the hotel we stayed at last week end. I just loved all the purple tulips. There must have been 500 of them. It's a shame that tulips don't come back year after year like daffodils do. Imagine having to purchase and plant that many each year.
And here's a shot across the lake that's on the hotel property. We took several strolls on the half mile path around the lake. One morning on our walk, Mike and I came across 4 deer munching on the lawn. They didn't run away, they just made sure we kept our distance, but by the time we got back to our room to point them out to our friends, the deer had withdrawn back into the bushes.
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Both shots are beautiful :sunny:
AHA!! You WERE where I thought you were! I love that place. Is the Golden Bee pub still there?? I can still remember hearing an 82 yr. old woman, named Juneau Hattie playing honky tonk piano, while wearing black gloves, there back in about 1964. We loved living there! Our first home was only about a mile from the hotel.
Regarding the tulips. Perhaps you cannot grow them in Texas, but Colorado Springs gets hard enough winters that I THINK the tulips would come up every year---as they do here in Wisconsin. I agree that it would be a job planting 500 of them every year.
Yes, the Golden Bee is still there. We ate there only once though. We had to eat in each of the hotel's restaurants of course, and also the Olive Branch in downtown Colorado Springs. We ate there 2 times. Once for breakfast, and once for lunch. The manager was sooooo nice. She came over to our table to see how things were going and we struck up a pretty lengthy conversation with her and when she found out that both of us couples were celebrating our 40th wedding anniversaries, she gave us 4 pieces of WONDERFUL cake. Two carrot cake and two chocolate. YUM YUM YUM.
Wow, Chris. Both photos are superbly composed and well treated. Great job!
Mike
Fortunately Tulips do come back year to year, here. I love both of the pictures! Have you ever heard deer "talk" to each other? It's an interesting sound......somewhere between a whistle and a whoosh. I was on an early morning with a friend on a nature trail (at out ladies retreat) and the woods were full of deer. They made sure that every one knew of our presence with that sound they make.
Never in my life have I seen purple tulips. Thanks for the picture. Wish they would grow here, but I guess our heat is just too much. But every Spring I have my iris's and Summer the canna's.
I enjoyed seeing your beautiful pictures. :goodjob: Tulips would come up year after year in TN, but it gets too hot for them in the summer in GA (or else the varmints such as squirrels, chipmunks, etc, eat them). It looks like you're having a great time, too!
Yeau Chris tulips do come back year after year, but not in Texas Or Oklahoma. I had purple tulips in Illinois. Those at your hotel were very showy. :heartbeat: :heartbeat:Mom
What fantastic pictures and what a lovely place to go. The tulips are gorgeous! What beauty
:sunny: :goodjob: :yes:
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