Last week I bought a bundle of beautiful tulips. I never thought much of tulips. I knew a nation's whole economy had once revolved around them. That alone should have tipped me off to how special tulips are. But, alas, sometimes one doesn't realize the beauties of the world until experienced first hand. And so it has been with me and tulips. What's so magical about these simple bulb flowers? For me, it's the way they respond to warmth and light. Like a warm blooded creature, it relaxes and opens to embrace the sun. The petals unfold to reveal a brightly marked center that serves as a bull's-eye target for pollinators. And as the sun hides and the air cools, the petals reclose to keep secret the flower's inner vitality.
Below are some photos of my tulips as they lived out their days in my apartment. I watched as multiple shots with the flash tricked the tulips into spreading their petals open.
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