Just a quick entry.

Was at the Tesselaar Tulip Farms near the Dandenong ranges in suburban Melbourne yesterday. It was a disaster of a trip, cause as we just arrived, the rain started to pour like a tropical thunderstorm. There was mud everywhere, it was cold, it was windy and the rain kept us under any roof for a good half hour. Heh, not all doom and gloom, the rain finally lifted for a window of another half hour as we got down to the tulip patches and what a sight to behold. Natural waterdroplets from the rain made the tulips exude a freshness you’d not otherwise find. Very good for photos, but the muddied ground detracted the scenery a bit.

It was Dutch week at the tulip farm (its more like a tulip festival) and the local staff were dressed in dutch attire with wooden clogs and started dancing round and round. Heh, there was lots to see and describe, from the Asian tourists (they had lots of gestures and mumblings) to the local farm dog that was all muddied and carrying around a muddied tennis ball. You could play fetch with the dog as it’d go scampering off for the tennis ball once you hurl it in the air. Good fun.

Bought myself a tulip pot. Said pot was only $6 with 3 bulbs and nearly $30 odd cheaper than a lovely Phalaenopsis orchid, which I’ve been wanting to keep in my room. Heh, it’s sitting there now with three buds (will update a picture tonight) and I hope to be able to make it stay alive for longer than a month. The orchid would have been a better decision to get as orchids are hardy plants and require little attention other than the occasional watering. My jaw nearly dropped at the amount of effort you needed to put in to keep the tulips growing (and that’s not even flowering).

Heh, a stormy Sunday. Something to remember for a while.

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Update: My flower pot!