Travel theme: Grow

The vernal equinox has arrived in the northern hemisphere, infusing the countryside with a flush of early blossom and a burst of fresh green growth. Here are a few travel shots that sprang to mind, starting off at the very beginning, with seeds, or in this case, seed heads, which make for gorgeous winter interest in New York’s High Line Park.

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high line park new york piet oudolf

Tulips grow as far as the eye can see at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

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Sugar cane growing by the roadside in Guatemala.

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Growing microgreens on the windowsill to keep my green thumbs busy over winter.

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❤ Ailsa

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.  – Ralph Waldo Emerson

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. – e. e. cummings

We don’t grow older, we grow riper. – Pablo Picasso

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