Tiptoeing through the Tulips

I love tulips, and a couple of mornings ago I spent some time literally tiptoeing through a yard full of tulips. I have included some of the pictures I captured below, but I also created a slideshow with them, which features Mr. Chet Atkins playing "Tiptoe Through the Tulips," as only he could play it. I love that song, and it's a perfect background for my tulip pictures. I hope you will listen to at least part of it -- it's such a happy little song, and I guarantee that you will be tapping your toes right along with Chet. Here are some of the tulips I tiptoed through (or through which I tiptoed, if you prefer). You can click on the pictures to get a closer look, if you'd like. I love the way the center of this tulip resembles a cross silhouetted by the sun filtering through the petals ... Isn't that truly awesome! The apricots were my favorites, and only God knows the formula for the colors found in them. Some of the tulips were so purple that they looked black ... I hope you enjoyed "tiptoeing through the tulips" with me. I'm so glad I was able to capture a little of that magical morning in my pictures.