Golden Light Uprising

by Connie Handscomb

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Golden Light Uprising

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Connie Handscomb

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Photograph - Photography - Fine Art

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The tulip grew wild and abundantly in the central Asia mountains, in China & Mongolia, in North Africa, and later throughout Europe. Tulip designs have been found on pottery dating back to 2200 BC. The Netherlands is not the home of the tulip: it was actually first cultivated in Turkey, grown in the palace gardens of the sultans, and is the national flower of Hungary, Turkey & the "Tulip state" Kyrgyzstan.

Turkey held the first tulip festival , and today, 15 groups with approximately 2,600 varieties of tulips exist, with Holland exporting 60% of the world's tulips.

Sources:
Fifty Plants that changed the Course of History (Bill Laws)
Four Chefs, One Garden : Seasons Of West Coast Living [Roy]

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A little known fact: the colour gold (or yellow) was associated with the suffragette movement (although it was used with other representative flowers); the color gold is often equated with the color of success, or triumph.

In a revolt against the shadows, this golden spring bloom rises upwards towards the spring sunshine :)

Captured in natural light ... unedited; uncropped .. .nature in all its splendour.

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♥ Heartfelt Gratitude to FAA groups for featuring this image :

Macro Photography
Roses And Tulips
Tulip Macros

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June 23rd, 2016

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