Tulip Time!

 As part of our Mother's Day celebration, my Mom and I decided to go to the Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival yesterday and it was a spectacular flower and garden display.  We both love to garden so it was a great way to enjoy some time together and celebrate our her big day.

The Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival was a much bigger event than I originally anticipated - and even more fun than we expected.  It ended on Saturday so no more opportunities to go this year, but I highly recommend it next year for anyone considering it.  I purchased a Thanksgiving Point membership for $55/year so I was able to enter for free and bring a guest for half off ($5), so it was also an amazingly good deal.  There were musicians playing by the waterfall, vendors selling food, jewelry, toys, bags, etc - similar to a very small Swiss Days (in Midway over Labor Day weekend for those who know what I am talking about).

The actual garden is huge so you wander around for many hours...or rent a golf cart!  That sounded like a lot of fun, but they were all rented out + we wanted some sunshine so we walked all over.

After the Tulip Festival is over, the gardeners will cut off all of the plants and sell the bulbs for $3/dozen (which is a great price, if you don't know much about bulb pricing).  So, I am hoping to get back down there very soon for bulbs to decorate my garden next year.

In the mean time, Mom, I love you very much and 

it was wonderful to enjoy a few hours together.  

Happy Mother's Day!