{"id":7910,"date":"2018-04-17T01:12:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T06:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7910"},"modified":"2018-04-17T02:31:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T07:31:50","slug":"7910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7910","title":{"rendered":"floral library visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/41472298382\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Monumental Tulips\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/801\/41472298382_08d4443843.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Monumental Tulips\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>One of the things Rudi and I did on Sunday was to ride our bikes down to the Mall to see the tail end of the cherry blossoms, which I&#8217;ll share with you later in the week. Before we headed home, though, we decided to go check out the Floral Library, which is home to a gorgeous collection of tulips (and other flowers).<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/39704825630\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Flowers on the Mall\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/908\/39704825630_4d047cab1c.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Flowers on the Mall\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/27642800188\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Tulip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/933\/27642800188_c4102b865e.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Tulip\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Located adjacent to the Tidal Basin, the garden was established in 1969 by Lady Bird Johnson, who did a lot of sprucing up of D.C. open spaces (and who is honored on the far side of the Potomac with her own memorial space) and includes approximately 10,000 bulbs in 93 beds tended by the National Park Service (who do a lovely job every year).<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/41472242232\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Tulips\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/898\/41472242232_54e8d733e8.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Tulips\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a   href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/41472268692\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Flower Library\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/786\/41472268692_a662bbcc29.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Flower Library\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>While the gardeners clearly take great pride with categorizing the bulbs in each bed, sometimes one sneaks in where it clearly wasn&#8217;t intended. Some people might think those are mistakes, but I like to think they&#8217;re allowing that flower to stand out in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/40800759464\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Standing out in a Crowd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/940\/40800759464_2f02b02673.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Standing out in a Crowd\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We were so wet and cold, though, that we didn&#8217;t stay probably as long as we would have liked. 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