The Tulip Festival, 2010

This week we took advantage of Talya's time off from school and took a day trip to the Tulip Festival in La Conner, Washington. All three of us had a wonderful day. Our first stop was at Country Time Alpaca Farm, a farm that houses more than 40 of these camel cousins. In addition to the animals, one of the owners has a fiber workshop where she turns the alpaca wool into yarn and then into other beautiful creations. Ayelet was enamoured with the alpacas as they are very friendly engaging animals, she loved walking around and talking to them, it really seemed like they were listening to her. I couldn't get her to leave them. I think they were in love with her as well.

After our visit with the alpacas, we went to lunch in La Conner. Sunset Magazine did a story on the Tulip Festival and featured the cafe in the La Conner Fruit and Produce Market. It was a delicious and fun place to be and one that I never would have tried had it not been for Sunset Magazine! After a leisurely lunch, we were off to see the tulips, and boy were they stunning.

Talya liked the flowers well enough and she loved splashing in the puddles that were abundant in the fields. Ayelet on the other hand, wasn't so happy, she really didn't like the puddles at all and much preferred to be in the safety of my arms, scolding Talya for splashing in them.

We just couldn't get enough of the beautiful flowers and of course, we had to take some home. We finally left the fields and headed home, just in time for dinner.