By Nick Wilder
April in Paris lives up to its romantic reputation. Tulip festivals in the Netherlands offer dramatic displays of color. Cherry blossoms in Door County are a welcome relief from cold, gray winters. However, my favorite place to be in spring in Chicago. The view from my office is filled with the white blossoms of pear trees. The parkways are alive with tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, and forsythia. Kids love to play in the neighborhood parks. Daily walks from our house make you glad to be alive. Here are some of my favorite spring photos featuring flowers in Paris, Amsterdam, Door County, and Chicago:
Tulips in a pond behind the Riksmuseum in Amsterdam
Keukenhof gardens outside Amsterdam
Keven walking on the Paris high line
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Spring flowers in Door County
Trillium solo and covering the forest floor
Keven walking in Ellison Bluff Park
Cherry blossoms and beehives in Door County
Peonies in late May
Keven cutting lilacs over Memorial Day
First signs of spring on my Chicago rooftop garden (day lilies)
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Millenium Park in Chicago
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First parkway flowers in late March
Magnolias in the parkway
Kids in our neighborhood park
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Daffodils up close
