Striped Sweater

SpongeBob says, "The best time to wear a striped sweater is all the time," and I have to agree!  I love Breton stripes.  This Brooks Brothers sweater is so fun with the addition of red tulips.  And it's on sale...!

Friday Featured Art: Orange City Mural

On our trip out West, we drove through Orange City, Iowa.  It's a fun little Dutch town with a great Tulip Festival every spring.  We noticed this new mural - I'm not sure who the artist(s) were, but I think it's beautiful.

Georg Jensen Tulip Necklace

I was looking up something entirely different when I stumbled across this antique necklace.  The tulip design was popular with Georg Jensen, who designed this in 1921.  I think it's stunning.

Tulip Teacup

One of the souvenirs that I brought home from Istanbul was this tulip teacup.  I thought it was so beautiful.  It cost 10 Turkish lira, which turns out to be about $6.  Lovely.

Turkish Tulips

An interesting fact about Turkey is that they're the ones who gave Holland tulips. Yes, they started the whole craze. I really love that tulips are a symbol of Turkey. This unusual variety is called the Istanbul Tulip (tulipa acuminata). It has pointy, knife-like petals. You can see a similar pointy tulip in the official logo of Turkey tourism, below.

{Istanbul Tulip photo from plant database.}