Fwd: The Netherlands in May

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Subject:	The Netherlands in May
Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 14:56:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:	claguerra245@aol.com
To:	Rhomp2002@earthlink.net

Received this from a Dutch friend. Amazingly  beautiful. At first glance, it looks like a giant child armed with a  box of crayons has been set loose upon the landscape. Vivid stripes of purple,  yellow, red, pink, orange and green make up a glorious patchwork.  Yet  far from being a child's sketchbook, this is, in fact, the northern  Netherlands in the middle of tulip  season. The Dutch landscape in May is a kaleidoscope of color as the tulips  burst into life. The bulbs are planted in late October and early  November.  More than three billion tulips are grown each year and two-thirds of the vibrant blooms are exported, mostly to the  U.S. and Germany. =