{"id":48682,"date":"2014-04-17T00:09:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T07:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=48682"},"modified":"2014-04-17T00:09:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T07:09:24","slug":"flower-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/48682","title":{"rendered":"Flower Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tAt last, spring is in the air …<\/p>\n

Daffodils, tulips and hyacinths are heralding the warm-up, so I dug out my one small white trumpet vase that was once part of a bigger Victorian centerpiece called an epergne\u2014French word for saving\u2014that radiated 2 to 7 “branches” that held small glass, metal, or silver trumpet vases as shown in today’s photo (held upright by the use of a more common flower frog) … look up epergne on eBay\u2014intact epergnes are a S-P-E-N-D-Y collector’s item.<\/p>\n

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Photo by ShakataGaNai via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo by Clinton & Charles Robertson via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s when a little birdie (named Megan) told me that she and her “nestlings” are already crafting their May Day doorstep surprises.<\/p>\n

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Right now, flowers are our fancy here at the farm. And that why I’m as\u00a0happy as a spring chicken\u00a0wandering around my\u00a0own little paradise, watching for new blooms, but …<\/p>\n

You know that I also love a virtual vacation\u2014especially when I can talk you into tagging along.<\/p>\n

How about it? Let’s roam the sunlit countryside, visiting flower festivals across the U.S.<\/p>\n

Are you game?<\/p>\n

First stop:\u00a0 the Sequim Lavender Festival<\/a> in Sequim, Washington.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Kgrr via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Southward we go to the Lompoc Valley Flower Festival<\/a> in California.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce<\/p><\/div>\n

Wagons east to Tyler, Texas, for the Texas Rose Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Robert Nunnall via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

On our way back up north, we’ll head for Holland, Michigan, and the Tulip Time Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo by BazookaJoe via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

Hold on to your bouquets because we’re\u00a0landing at the Lilac Festival<\/a> in Rochester, New York next.<\/p>\n

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Photo by C.C. Tsao via Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

The last destination on our whirlwind tour is the International Cherry Blossom Festival<\/a> in Macon, Georgia. It looks like an old-fashioned good time with a bounty of beautiful blossoms.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Glenn Grossman via Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

Now … aren’t you glad we don’t have a long ride home?\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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