Tiptoe Through the Tulips - and Beyond!

I am trying to find some stimulation beyond isolation, quarantine and all the other buzz words that haunt our new daily routines. It is obviously Spring and so many of us are hands-in to our gardens, checking out hatching chicks or looking towards blue skies & longer days. Small pleasures.

But I am still seeking out larger things that can inspire and celebrate. This is an old archived article going back a few years that has been sitting on virtual ice. Today seemed a good time to put it in print. Who doesn't love a #Parade? We have our jewels of Macy's for Thanksgiving and the Rose Bowl for New Years. This one is a stunner in the Netherlands called the Corso Zundert. It takes place in the Fall around what would be our Labor Day; the end of summer and the harvest season. There are 20 nearby hamlets around Zundert that compete for the coveted prize in the festival.

Of course we always associate the country with tulips, but this is months after the bulb blooms. Floats are made using Dahlias, Sunflowers petals and 100s of other varieties. Imagine our Rose Bowl with a spin of modern art and psychedelia. The floats are absolutely mind blowing. The ones that originally captivated me were from 2015 when the theme of the Festival was Vincent VanGogh. I cannot even imagine seeing these live. But as I went to the website and the archives, there are pics going back to the late 1930s, impressive even for back then.


Enjoy some of this shared beauty and imagine what they must have looked like up close!

Corso Zundert Official site