on april 10th i set off down to woodburn on a quest to find tulips. stacy (a friend since middle school) met me at starbucks and we were on our way to the wooden shoe tulip farm. it had been a while since we had hung out and i was so blessed to hear how God was challenging her. He has great adventures planned for her on the mission field!
i absolutely adore tulips. hundreds of pictures didn't quite capture the beauty of being surrounded by these precious flowers, but here are a few of my favorites.
i love my boots. seriously felt like a kid while i purposefully squished through the mud. i don't really know why it makes me so happy, but it does.
there is an orchard next to the tulips and we took a little stroll through the trees and felt like it belonged in a movie. this picture is {priceless}. we almost gave up before finally getting this one. timing was everything and it took us quite a while to both be airborne when the timer on my camera expired. it made for a nice little workout between running to and from the camera and jumping. worth every bit of the effort.
the entire day was a thing of beauty. sunshine, tulips, creative and fun pictures, ooh... sharing an elephant ear, God conversations, catching up with a friend and even a little shopping to finish the day off right.
one thing i am working on is doing what i love to do instead of the things i like to do. the things i love tend to take a little more effort but abundantly bless me in return. too often i turn on the tv instead and later feel like the day was wasted. this is only the second time i have been to the tulip festival... i missed numerous opportunities because of my lack of initiative.
i learning to fight the monotony of daily life.
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