Spring Has Sprung

We have been having one of the most beautiful springs ever...warm & gorgeous! The timing couldn't have been more perfect since over the past two weeks we had a very special guest here at 24C...my mom, Gitzi. She's from California and hates cold weather with a passion...

Luckily, for those few, slightly chilly days...she had her faux leopard to keep her warm.

The Northwest couldn't have been more amazingly beautiful while my mom was here...she put on her finest and it was spectacular...I'm forever grateful!

Only One Month...

All this beauty is only one eensy weensy, itsy bitsy, microscopic, little ol' month away!

That's the mantra I keep saying...over and over and over again.

For me, the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, which runs the whole month of April, is the harbinger of spring here in the Pacific Northwest...you can probably see why.



Mount Vernon is the home to this amazing valley where every year farmers plant acres and acres of tulips, daffodils, irises, and more creating carpets of color that stretch for miles.

Surrounded on one side by the Cascade Mountain range and Mt. Baker, which is perpetually ensconced in snow...it is truly a breathtaking sight and is the epitome of what springtime in the Northwest is to me.



Visiting the fields (not on the weekend mind you), and having brunch or lunch followed by an antiquing adventure in the very quaint nearby town of La Connor, is truly my idea of heaven.

The beauty is so magnificent that tears have been known to moisten an eye or two when taking it all in. One month.....

One month...

One month!

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