08 March 2020

tulips

Ontario is not quite ready for tulips, but when the season comes in early May, Ottawa will be ready.  The Tulip Festival begins this year on May 8th and runs for 10 days. The stamps above celebrate the 50th anniversary of the festival while the one below shows a photograph by Malak Karsh who helped found the festival.
At the end of WWII, Queen Juliana of The Netherlands gifted 100,000 tulips to Ottawa as a thank you for providing refuge for her family and for helping to liberate her country. Every year since, 20,000 more tulips are sent over from The Netherlands as a symbol of friendship and appreciation.



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7 comments:

  1. Bob Scotney8.3.20

    A great florl tribute to Canada from the Netherlands.

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  2. Mail Adventures8.3.20

    Tulips are among my favourite flowers, so I wouldn't mind to attend that festival!

    I've chosen some yellow flowers for today's post.

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  3. Joy8.3.20

    Love tulips and their variety and of course a windmill cancel is an added bonus.
    My flowers are here

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  4. FinnBadger8.3.20

    Perfect for the warm sunny day we're having here - and that tulip FDC is fantastic.

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  5. FinnBadger8.3.20

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  6. FinnBadger8.3.20

    Forgot my link:

    A flower for leap day

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  7. viridian8.3.20

    I am joining in again.
    https://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/2020/03/sunday-stamps-flowers.html

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