Baden-Baden’s spring bloom is just beginning.
The tulips on the Lichtenthaler Alle,
a strolling avenue and park,
that follows the River Oos,
are beginning their splendid spring bloom.
The park,
created in the 19th century,
is a wonderland of exotic plants and flowers.
Cheers to you from Baden-Baden’s glorious alle~
Those are amazing photos. And I am really jealous of your trip there. I need to visit, as so much of my family came from that area.
It is a beautiful area with incredible food and long and fascinating history. Clara Shuman lived on the allee in a beautiful river side house that is still here. I hope you do visit~
Stunning!
I love tulips and can’t grow them at The Holler so I have to travel to see them. So pleased you enjoyed~
Tulips! π I thought Holland was tulip-country, but the Germans apperently know how to grow them as well. I now want to visit Baden-Baden, if only because of the wonderful name. However…. I live in the city of Groningen, capital of the province Groningen. We are getting close π Are you planning to visit the Netherlands too Cindy?
I love the Netherlands and was there last year, and have been several times. We took ferries around, such a beautiful place and I visited Keukenhof and was stunned by it. You are lucky to live in such a beautiful place. I wish we were going back, but not this time! π·
I love tulips and these are splendid! I visited Keukenhof last year and was blown away.
Yes I visited Keukenhof several years ago and felt the same. Amazing place!
So colorful, Cindy! I love tulips and wish they lasted longer. What a great welcome at springtime. π
They won’t grow at The Holler so I love to see them in growing in fields like this! π·
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Amazing color and beauty! Would be wonderful to see in person, but you’ve captured it so well. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you more for such kind appreciation & cheers to you~ π·
What a colorful scenery. The blueish pink ones look gorgeous.
I loved the varieties they had and the multi-colored and striped ones! Gorgeous~ π·
Simply amazing!
They have such interesting varieties that I hadn’t seen before. So happy you enjoyed them~ π·
So pretty! Thank you for these bright spring photos! π
Thank you for appreciating them! π·
Beautiful flowers, thanks for sharing. π
Hugs to you Ranu~ <3
I absolutely LOVE tulips, so you couldn’t have photographed anything today that would make me smile more! Such splendid colors — somebody obviously takes better care of these gems than I do (however, in my defense, the tulips around here were pretty sparse this year — must have been that sudden cold snap!)
I can’t grow them at all at The Holler, so I travel to see them! They have some awesome striped tulips that are gorgeous~ π·
What lovely gardens there, Cindy. Have you taken “the waters” yet?
Leslie
I haven’t. Can you believe that? There is too much more to see and do! I should……. π·
They don’t taste good unless you like a lot of sulphur. You probably don’t need them anyway.
Leslie
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Wow, truly beautiful!
And this park goes on for seemingly forever along the river, so much expanse of green grass and gorgeous flowers. I can see why The Mandarin Ducks came here! π·
Awesome.
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lovely colors, lovely photos, brilliant, bright, beautiful!
Ahhh, you made me smile! Thank you~ π·
Amazing nature π Beautiful… Awesome… No more words, Cindy π
Mo-hugs <3
Mo-hugs back to you dear one~ π·
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Lovely!
Danke schoen! π·
I love tulips! Such a gorgeous sign of spring.
I do too! I wish they would grow at The Holler. Spring cheers to you Carrie from Germany where it is no longer snowing! π·
With us, you can see such flower fields in the Netherlands. Very nice photos π
regards Alexander
Yes, I have seen gorgeous Keukenhof and beautiful tulips all over the Netherlands! π·
What a beautiful collection of spring flowers! Gophers like tulips here, so I have very few. π
Yes, we have gopher problems too at The Holler. Our neighbors new and very long driveway just collapsed because of the tunnels. I have planted tons of gopher repelling plants.
I have a few that have survived by planting right up against a building, or in gravel.
Such Beauty.. Wonderful spring flowers… Tulips are special..
They are! I love them and rarely get to see them~ π·
Fabulous.. π we are lucky in that we plant them in our gardens.. But these were beauties ..
Yes, you are lucky! I wish I could grow them, but it just makes me more thrilled when I do see them somewhere~ π
Glad you do π
What a feast!
It snowed the day I took these photos!
Beautiful flowers!! π
Danke schoen!
How exhilaratingly beautiful! We were cheated of may spring flowers here. It got too warm, too early, and then Mother Nature snowed and froze everything. Keep having fun, and showing your wonderful pictures!
That is exactly what happened in Europe, a month long heat wave followed by snow and hail!
Crazy!
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Can’t imagine being there watching these colorful flowers around you. Wow!!
Beautiful photos, Cindy!
Fields of tulips are very special and I tend to spend a long time in them when I find them! π·
Thank you, Cindy for taking us there! π
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So beautiful Cindy!
So happy you enjoyed them my friend~ π·
Wow!! Beautiful
Danke schoen~ π·
So beautiful! My absolute favorite! <3
Yay! Glad I posted them~ π·π·
so beautiful tulips… and wonderfully photographed π·
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What a gorgeous display of colour and so beautifully captured π
Thank you dear Vicki & happy spring to you! π·
Stunning photos!
Aww, so kind of you. Thank you! π·
So beautiful ours are popping now π
I so wish they would grow at The Holler! Big congrats on your upcoming show Eunice. It is super exciting!
Be still my heart! I’m feeling super envious, Cindy – what a sight that must be to see. Thanks for sharing the beauty!
It is a huge treat because they won’t grow at The Holler, so seeing lots of them grouped thematically by color and variety was wonderful! Happy Spring Eliza~ π·
Enjoy yourself while you tiptoe through the tulips! π
Wish I could beam you over! <3
I’d be there in a flash! π
So beautiful!
They light up the park! π·
Awesome photos!
Awww, so nice! Thank you & cheers too~ π·
Oooooh. And Ahhhhh.
Yes indeed. There are some talented gardeners here~ π·
Wow Spring is so colorful! Beautiful
Cheers to you my friend and happy spring!
Isn’t that a famous place for healing baths?
Yes!
Did some later Saint get healed there or something famous happen. It’s 7:12 here.. What time is it there?
I don’t know about a saint, a lot of European Royalty came here for “the cure” back in the day. Queen Victoria and her son, the future king, came each year. Clara Shuman lived here. I am home now and was in transit, it is 11:32 in Germany now. I think it’s about a nine hour time difference that creates horrific jet lag when I return home.
Oh I could get lost there for hours and hours!! π·π·π·
I would then have company! π·
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Grateful for your kind thoughtfulness my friend and Happy Spring! ππ
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So kind of you & so appreciated too! Thank you and Happy Spring~ π
You are welcome!
Wow beautiful
So happy you enjoyed & cheers to you~
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Whoever designed this garden has an artistic eye for sure. Those colorful, staggered arrangements really engage the eyes and keep them moving around – a matter of composition which I learned once in an art class. This happens especially in the 6th image down from the top (4th from the bottom) thanks to your expert framing Cindy! <3
You are exactly right about the staggered arrangements, plus the landscape designer cut ovals in the grass, and just planted the tulips with no edging. Something I did once and got some flack for! The creativity and the vastness of the gardens make them quite impressive. Happy Spring Lynn~ π
The tulips look amazing, everything actually. How can I exclude any ?
The colour of the tulips is lovely.βΊ
I loved the striped tulips especially and the feathered ones. Unusual and lovely! π
How wonderful, Cindy. I always think the name ‘Baden-Baden’ makes the place sound so dull, but I am clearly wrong!! π
Thank you Liz. It is a remarkably beautiful city due to the architecture, the landscaping, and the Black Forest. Happy Saturday my friend~ π
A symphony of colors to adorn life. They are divinely taken by a magical eye.
Your lovely comment brightened my morning! <3 π
Lovely rows of colour
Thanks much Derrick~ π
Few sights more magical than endless, gorgeous tulips! We have banks of them at Bamburgh right now. Pip and the boys
I wish I could beam myself over to see them! Cheers back to you~ π
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Not only are the flowers gorgeous but the landscaping is excellent. Great pictures, Cindy. π — Suzanne
The landscaping was phenomenal and so extensive! The gardens went on forever~ π
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This is a combination of gorgeous flowers and excellent landscaping.
Thank you for noticing, the landscaping was truly beautiful~ π
so beautiful π π great work as always π
Very kind & much appreciated! π
you are very welcome π
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These flowers are incredible, Cindy.
Very happy you enjoyed them! π
Wow wow wow I think I just died and went to heaven. Off to fly with the designer ducks once again π
PS THANK YOU!!!!
The designer ducks (love this phrase) picked a designer garden so they feel right at home!!! π π
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Glorious Blumen Baden, Cindy. Happy travels!!
Danke schoen mein lieber Freund! π
Cindy they are breathtaking. I love tulips for all the variety of color and their simple, yet lovely blossoms. Mega hugs.
Visa versa 2UX2 Teagan! π
How wonderful Cindy to wander the fields of exotic flowers, filled with beauty and joy! Thanks for sharing. π
Happy Spring & Happy Saturday Brad, and thank you! π
Thanks Cindy. π
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Gorgeous scenes of pure colors – wonderful photographs Cindy.
I am very happy you enjoyed them Mary and thank you!
Lovely!!!
Sending virtual πππ to you Rebecca!
What delight for the soul!
Fields of tulips are exactly that! So happy you enjoyed them & cheers to you~
Perfect timing, Cindy. Tulips are gracing our dining room table. π βCurt
Synchronicity in tulips~ π·
Absolutely. π
Wow, what a riot of colour. These are gorgeous, Cindy. π
The π·π·π· and I thank you! <3
Oh my gosh! What a blessing to walk among exquisite tulips. My favorite flower. The romantic tulip – the eleventh wedding anniversary flower. Your photos display a banquet of colors.My eyes indulged each glorious shade. Thank you for taking me on this surreal never-ending dance via these splendid photographs.π
I am so glad you came with me and reacted to the π·π·π· just as I did! Hugs to you Nancy~ <3
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Cindy Knoke is traveling and sharing all the lovely photos she’s taking along the way. She’s currently in Baden-Baden, and these gorgeous flowers are on the Lichtenthaler Alle along the River Oos.
Baden-Baden is a spa town in southwestern Germanyβs Black Forest, near the border with France. Its thermal baths led to fame as a fashionable 19th-century resort. Alongside the Oos River, park-lined Lichtentaler Allee is the townβs central promenade.
ENJOY!
You know the town! You described it like a local. Thank you dear Tina for being such a lovely friend and thoughtful person. Cheers & hugs to you!
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You’re welcome, and hugs, dear friend Cindy π
Bloomen in regimentum is a fine balance. So well captured Cindy!
Thanks much Val & happy you enjoyed!
Our daffodils and tulips have just about gone by for this year. I dug out a wheel barrow of the daffodils to thin them. Some went to a neighbor, the rest along the road. I see a couple more wheel barrows of daffodils that need thinning in the next couple of weeks. Lovely photos of the tulips. — Oscar
Wow! It must be gorgeous. I saw your lovely porch. Why don’t you photograph these beauties and post! π
More to come. Thanks.
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Gorgeous tulips, wow!
I wish I could grow but the climate won’t permit! Cheers to you Terri! π
These pics are beautiful!
Thanks so much Charles and wonderful to hear from you! π
Beautiful…and I am SO happy I don’t have to plant and lift and store all of those bulbs!!
I have never done that with bulbs. I put them in the ground and leave them and they multiply like nobodies business, and I grow lots of bulbs. But I have never grown tulips! That would be deal breaker for me too!
Bunnies love them. If we leave ’em in…they are history!
Breathtaking…<3
Awww, you make me happy Sriram. Thank you~
Very beautiful, Cindy π
WIsh I could give you a bouquet! π
Thank you Cindy, I would love to have π
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Splendid work!
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from Cindy Knoke
Sending you oodles of virtual ππππ dear friend~
Oh wow has Spring sprung! So many tulips!
I didn’t have to tip-toe through them, I could just stride! π
LOL. π
Toda una explosiΓ³n de color que anuncia la primavera. Preciosas fotos. Un abrazo, miga <3
Abrazos, besos y flores por tu mi amiga! πππ
Very beautiful, and since I have worked as a gardener they might hire me.
It would be a pleasure gardening here! π
It is amazing to me how they plant the brown bulbs in such an organized method to assure the vibrant colors are patterned the way they plan out ahead of time.
I never thought of this, but now that I am, thanks to you, I see that it is quite amazing! And nary one mistake!
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I don’t often reblog, but if you love tulips, you need to check out Cindy’s post. Beautiful!
Tulip lovers unite! Thank you and sending you lots of πππ!
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Cindy went tip-toeing through the tulips and shared these lovely photos. Beautiful!
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Wishing I could send you real bouquets, but these virtual ones will have to suffice! πππ
Virtual bouquets are just as welcomed as real ones, especially since the thoughts and care behind them are treasured. Thank you!
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Virtual hugs are flying to you too!
Thank you kindly!
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beautiful always and thank you kindly for allowing us to see such beauty
Thank you much more for your kind appreciation! π
most welcome π
Great to see my favourite tulips still standing tall … We planted so many beautiful tulips this spring and the birds love them to death …
Oh I hope you are going to post photos of both the birds and the tulips! π
Oh lord, those are gorgeous!!!
The ππ and I, thank you!
My pleasure! π
No words to describe this beauty!
You just did describe it beautifully!
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Beautiful, bright and colourful blooms to brighten up the Mayday holiday! Now if Wolfie would just wake up and “smell the roses!” lol π
Wake that wolf child up, better yet, bring him sleeping to The Holler. He won’t sleep for days here!
That’s true π He won’t sleep at all for the whole time he’s there lol better let sleeping wolves lay for now I guess!
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Absolutely gorgeous. I just love tulips! π
Happy Spring my friend~ π
It is indeed! π
Beautiful!!!
Is it just me or are you losing your So Cal accent?
xxx ooo
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Laughing! Ich spreche Deutsch so sehr schlecht! I am speaking German VERY BADLY!
So beautiful!!
Vielen dank!
It is indeed lovely in Baden Baden. Specially in Spring! Beautiful pictures.
It snowed the day I took these photos! It started sunny with bees buzzing everywhere. They disappeared, and down came the snow!
Yes I heard from my mum , they had snow , also in Munich. VEry seldom it snows in April, but I do recall it too as a child.
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A wonderful way to welcome in May with a glorious display of the most beautiful tulips and exotics in Baden.. courtesy of course of Cindy Knoke who shares her travels with us.. Please comment on the original post to let Cindy know your thoughts. thanks
Sending you oodles of virtual πππ Sally! Thank you for your thoughtfulness and Happy Monday! <3
And returned to you Cindy.. thank you for the wonderful blooms. hugs β₯
Stunning! Makes my tiny display of tulips look rather pathetic, though.
Awww, even tulips is small displays are lovely! π
You capture the beauty everywhere you go Cindy! Oh La La
Thank you Lara. I love the fact that beauty is everywhere, just waiting for us to find it! π
Gorgeous bloonms, Cindy. You brightened my day! We can’t grow tulips in North Carolina – the soil, the weather? Never been able to get them to bloom more than the first year after I’ve planted the bulbs.
Same here. They won’t grow at The Holler and if I buy cut tulips, they wilt. So it is always a thrill to see them in large numbers. So pleased you enjoyed and thank you! π
W-wowww!
That is what I said when I first saw them! π
It certainly is a wonderland of color. So pleasing to the eye. Heavenly bliss to a photographer. <3
Yes, tulip fields like this are bliss to wander in and photograph. It gives us an excuse to linger in them! π
Gorgeous tulips, it looks a beautiful place.
I love the creative lay and the striped tulips! So happy you enjoyed them too & cheers to you~
Gorgeous! π
Vielen dank! π
Beautiful Tulips. It reminded me of my father. He used to plant hundreds of Tulips every year. They were beautiful when they bloomed. I didn’t appreciate all the hard work he put into it then but the beauty has stayed with me for all these years. I wish I would have told him how beautiful he made our property look. I hope he can hear me now. Thank you for sharing. βΊβΊβΊ
Oh, very moving! What a labor of love. A person who plants hundreds of tulips every year adds joy to the world. I would have loved to see his garden and meet him~ π <3
Totally fabulous. Tulips are my favourite flowers, so these photos have made my day! Thank you, Cindy π
I wish I could send you some bouquets, but virtual πππ will have to suffice!
Thank you, Cindy. Those bouquets are much appreciated π
Those plantings are stunning Cindy!! Can hardly believe they are real– so much color and life! Thanks for sending them along to us. Wondering where you are off to next… happy travels!! xox
Home now for four months! Happy to be back with The Holler birdies. Happy Tuesday to you Rhonda & cheers too~ π
What a trip you had Cindy!! a real variety of beautiful places– thankful to be able to follow along… xo
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Such breathtaking beauty!
I am touched by your kind thoughtfulness. Thank you very much & lovely to meet you and your blog! ππ
Cindy these pictures are so pretty. The explosion of color is so vivid they take my breath away.
Yay! Your comment makes me happy~ π
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So pretty, Cindy. I love spring. π
Blessings ~ Wendy
Blessings back to you dear one~ π·
This place is paradise on earth. Beautiful!
Between the mandarin ducks and the tulips, it was paradise. I wanted to go here for a long time. I was pretty sure I would like it and I did!
I’ll have mine with whipped cream please. aka yummy. π
Yes they did look good enough to eat!
your pictures are absolutely beautiful. reminded me of mum and her garden many years ago.
Ahhh, I am so happy to triggers such lovely memories!
Cindy dearest, your Peerless Peregrines is not loading.. we are getting oops messages
That is because I made a big boo-boo! So sorry! I am working on posts about three types of falcons, not peregrines and somehow I messed it up!
Hi Cindy, I looked to see if I had an email address for you and I could not find one, so I am writing here to let you know, I went to read and like your new post “Peerless Peregrines~” and it says the post cannot be found on your site. Just wanted to let you know.
Yes. Thank you. I deleted it because I made a mistake. I didn’t intend to post that one on peregrines, but I was putting together three posts on other types of falcons, and mixed them up. So sorry for the confusion.
No need to be sorry Cindy, I just wanted to you be aware that it did not post right. π
I appreciate you taking the time. Thank you.
very pretty indeed. I wonder, do they have to dig up the bulbs to replant with summer flowers? I know they can be left in the soil, even here in chilly Canada. But then you have to plant around them and that could be tricky. They’re so great planted in masses like this! x K
I don’t know. I leave all my bulbs in the ground and they self propagate. But, seeing have perfect these are, I suspect they dig them up!
These are so beautiful … they literally take my breath away!
Ahh, I am so glad!
Very nice
Thank you.
Gorgeous post!
Danke schoen!
Hi Cuz,
The gardens in Baden Baden are lovely. They defy description entirely…., such color ! And the Mandarins are absolutely beautiful. They can’t be real. Some artist (Mother Nature) had to have taken the brightest colors available and painted them.
Baden Baden is the home of my mother’s ancestors. Was planning a trip there but a heart transplant interfered with those plans.
I know I haven’t been on the scene much lately. No reasons or excuses. Just needed to be gone for a while. Hope you are thoroughly enjoying your trip. It seems that you are. Hugs ! π
What a treat to hear from you! It is good to take a break when you need one. But it is wonderful to have you back. This part of the world is so beautiful. So many of us in the US have relatives who came from Germany and other parts of Europe, like you and I. I can well understand your desire to visit your homelands. Cheers to you Paul and so happy you stopped by~
Cindy! I just found this post through Tina’s reblog of it and have to say those rows of tulips are beautiful π π π
Ooh, gorgeous tulips! Smiles, Robin
Thanks much my friend.
Lovely! A hug from God.
Thanks.
Indeed! <3
Stunning, Cindy!!!
Thank you Maiko. I keep popping over to your blog looking for new posts. Do you have recent post menu or calendar of recent posts I am not seeing? I don’t want to miss your posts!
Nature is so amazing as is your photography Cindy π . Please note I am at a new URL:
https://houseofheartweb.wordpress.com/