The tulip fields of Holland

Tulip Fields

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 technicolour patchwork.

Yet far from being a child’s sketchbook, this is, in fact, the northern Netherlands in the middle of the tulip season.

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via Daily Mail | Stripes and Dots

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