10 May 2009

Tulips from Amsterdam for Mother's Day


For the past 11 years KLM has flown in tulips from Holland in time for Mother's Day here in Malaysia. Each year the flowers are sold in aid of various charities and yesterday, co-sponsored by RABO Bank, the tulips arrived and were sold to raise funds for the Children's Cancer Fund. This non-profitable fund is run by a team of dedicated volunteers together with the staff of the University of Malaysia Medical Centre Paediatric Oncology Unit.









These are some of the stunning parrot tulips that were on sale and now adorn my studio.

22 comments:

  1. These tulips are like no other! They are exotic and beautiful!

    Have a Happy Mother's Day Carolyn!

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  2. Amazing blooms, like fiery brushstrokes.

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  3. I have never seen anything like them. I love them.

    I especially love the raven in the background.

    Happy Mother's Day dear friend.

    xoxo

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  4. Happy belated mother's day Caroline. These flowers are beautiful!

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  5. WHAAAA? Those are tuplips??? Astonishing! They are so gorgeous. And they kind of resemble tiger lilies when fully open like that. Wow! I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!

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  6. Those flowers are amazing, I've never seen anything like them before. How beautiful!

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  7. I adore tulips! Such simple flowers and yet so beautiful. And these are truly beautiful photos you've taken too.

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  8. Oh my goodness gracious me! What a beautiful, beautiful blog - what a visually stunning and soothing place to be. Caroline, I'm completely breathless with sheer delight! I shall come back time and time again just to breath in the sheer lovliness of your pages. I'm truly awestruck!

    And thank you, too, for visiting my blog and for your lovely comments. I so appreciate hearing from you.

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  9. Hi Caroline, Oh I love parrot tulips, the colours on these are so beautiful. So spring and so pastel. You take great shots.

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  10. Caroline it will probably be harder to find the dreams you come up with the remaining letters.

    Sweet dreams. xoxoxo

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  11. Such great photography on here...I have cursed dial-up at home at this point so it makes it hard for me to wait sometimes for things to load...I really like some of the textures that you have as well as the subject matter. Great lizard and I like the bird head 'carving' as well...makes me want to move to Malaysia!!!

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  12. Those tulips are amazingly complex and gorgeous. Great idea to sell them for good causes too.

    Is that a Julia Manning rook etching I spy there?

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  13. The tulips are indeed stunning!

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  14. What a delightful joyful flower...absolutely stunning! Would you mind if I made a small journal painting from one of your photographs??? I would link to you when it is completed...let me know...either way. :)

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  15. My gosh those are beautiful! Nature always has such inspiration... an artist unlike any other.

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  16. Thanks for visitng Caroline.
    Without internet is good at times like this, quite time-reading the words from God, being alone, more time to be spent with family.

    I think you are not missing anything!
    We lose some and gain some...He..He..
    Happy Weekends!

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  17. Gorgeous flowers! (our tulips are all over and done with). They look like paintings already.

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  18. WOW! i have never seen these, just gorgeous and thanks for sharing :)

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  19. Caroline, I was so mesmerized by that beautiful raven on the wall that it distracted me from the tulips! It's a good thing I don't live next door to you, you may find it missing ;)

    I think those are parrot tulips. They're among my favorites. Your photographs are stunning!
    XX

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  20. A wonderful blog, I love these flowers! you have a great name! look forward to future posts! sincerely caroline

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