Tulipa Tarda is an in-your-face flower – it is hard to believe that this flower is what nature intended . Would make more sense indeed if their shape were taken off a childs drawing, then colored in by an artist.

I took pics of Tarda’s  at the very ends of their lives – less in-your-faceness, more contortions. More interesting, I think. Idea: a catalogue of tulips past their prime? Catalogues at present are garish.