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

 

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)

 

Millenium Park in Chicago

First parkway flowers in late March

Magnolias in the parkway

Kids in our neighborhood park

Daffodils up close