tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post7917295111516038943..comments2024-02-28T10:45:39.037+00:00Comments on Threading thoughts : Twist and shoutOlga Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-84349094883523682522018-04-05T11:52:39.811+01:002018-04-05T11:52:39.811+01:00Olga, I agree about the sculptural quality of tuli...Olga, I agree about the sculptural quality of tulips, and I guess that's why, historically, they have been so important.<br /><br />Interesting comment about tulips and ceramics. The answer is no. I started being fascinated by, and loving tulips during our first visit to Amsterdam and this has increased over the years. I have not visited the tulip fields and I am not that interested to do so - it would just be fields of colour, and the lavender fields in France would hold more interest for me. I just love looking at each individual flower, at flower markets and shops in Amsterdam in particular - not only are they so beautiful, but they are also very cheap: 50 tulips tend to cost 7 euros. They are also everywhere in the shops and in people's homes: rare varieties (I love parrot tulips) and arranged tastefully, and oh so beautifully. The whole city pays tribute to the flower. <br /><br />Never seen wild tulips in Greece either.<br /><br />Thanks for the mention of Anna Pavord's book. I have just ordered it.Eirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-74248906558020983752018-04-03T12:10:46.005+01:002018-04-03T12:10:46.005+01:00Tulips are indeed difficult - I suppose that is pa...Tulips are indeed difficult - I suppose that is part of their allure in history. Somehow I do not think of them as I do other plants - for me they are a kind of sculptural element. Did you love tulips before you were drawn to ceramics?<br /><br />I must admit that I have never been to the Netherlands, despite loving the work of several of their painters. What I would dearly love to have seen is tulips growing wild in Turkey. I don't think that I ever saw then growing in the wild in Greece.<br /><br />Have you read Anna Pavord's The Tulip? I have it, and have looked at the stunning illustrations, but must admit that I have never got round actually to reading it. There has always been too much else on my ever-growing reading list. Perhaps finally I must read the book this Spring.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-79252901945457379062018-04-02T13:10:09.205+01:002018-04-02T13:10:09.205+01:00During one of our trips to Amsterdam we bought 150...During one of our trips to Amsterdam we bought 150 bulbs. The first year they filled our garden and were wonderful. 1/5 came up the following year and none the year after. Someone told me it was the squirrels eating the bulbs, while someone else said that tulips only come up once a year - I don't know which is true, even though I guess, I could have looked it up... <br /><br />Iznik depictions of tulips are beautiful, I agree, and I also love depictions of tulips in Dutch paintings. <br /><br />The Dutch love tulips and it's not surprising, given the historical associations, and it's such a joy seeing what they do with tulips in their interiors. It's one of the many reasons why I love going to Holland so much.<br />Eirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-17365416232716783782018-04-01T10:56:41.815+01:002018-04-01T10:56:41.815+01:00Eirene, I agree that tulips are beautiful, and hav...Eirene, I agree that tulips are beautiful, and have inspired beautiful art too. I am very fond of Iznik depictions of tulips.<br />Unfortunately I do not have much luck growing tulips - in the past the deer have eaten them, chomping the buds before they have even opened. Also, one year's beauties never seem to return a following year. What I have decided will most likely be my last attempt has found my tiny species tulips half successful, but probably not worth it. I shall admire them from afar.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-64369004228740027442018-03-31T12:54:27.470+01:002018-03-31T12:54:27.470+01:00Tulips are my favourite flower, and it's preci...Tulips are my favourite flower, and it's precisely because of this - they are beautiful at every stage of their cycle.Eirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-63855481277501091942018-03-31T12:19:43.025+01:002018-03-31T12:19:43.025+01:00A dying tulip flower somehow holds more attraction...A dying tulip flower somehow holds more attraction for me than the bud or the new bloom, beautiful as they can be.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17175275.post-26354084121458427162018-03-30T16:47:44.554+01:002018-03-30T16:47:44.554+01:00Indeed... Gorgeous image.Indeed... Gorgeous image.Eirenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350820845130506117noreply@blogger.com