Girls' Trip to La Conner

It was Ellen who invited us for a get-together in La Conner, WA 

for its first official Daffodil Festival this year . . .

a re-take of our trip five years ago to Tulip Town, when we first met her.

It was mentioned how it's hard to believe that

we have only really known Ellen for five years

and how we can't imagine our German Mennonite group 

without our one and only Russian "cousin."

We walked through the entrance of the Roozengaarde which boasts a beautifully manicured little park with endless varieties of tulips and daffodils -

to the fields in the back.

You can see Julie was not too proud to do what was necessary to keep her cute sneakers clean.

I took this photo from Lovella's stash, because I just love it!

Back in the fields, it was hard not to click away on our cameras.

Daffodils never looked so pretty!

Tulip fields followed the daffodils.

Here we saw the harvesters busy cutting bunches of bouquets for the market.

They carefully picked and cut their bundles 

and brought them to the end of the row

to arrange in waiting flats.

On our way out, we spent some more time in the garden area

and then headed into town to have some lunch.

Some of us have been practicing the pan shot on our iPhones,

finding out it makes for some funny entertainment. 

Here we are . . . the only  ones missing would have had to fly in.

Marg came to join us wherever she did not have to walk too much

as she is still nursing her injured leg.

It was a good day and a good way to celebrate the unique friendship we share.