While I may not have spring fever, one thing I love is the sight of blossoms and blooms everywhere!  I’ve come to enjoy flowers more in the past few years, and Peanut has always loved them.  So the chance to pick flowers directly from the field is a huge treat for her, and I love the sight of flower fields exploding in color.  Longtime friends might recall that we went tulip picking at Burnside Farms out in Haymarket, Virginia, back in 2017.  We couldn’t go in 2018 because a freak storm killed all of the flowers – the farm calls it “the great tulip tragedy of 2018” – so I really wanted to make the trip in 2019.  But as it turned out, the only day that ended up working out was at the very tail end of the season.  The tulip fields were picked over and what remained was barely worth picking.  But the farm put out a note on social media that “the daffodils are the star of the show” at the end of the season, and encouraged would-be pickers to come on out and grab some golden blooms.  That sounded good to me, and we loaded up and drove out to Prince William County for a day of sunshine overhead and at our feet.

We had a little trouble finding the field, but once we finally located it, it was brimming over with golden blossoms!

Nugget consented to pose for a couple of pictures in the flower fields, then handed me his basket, asked me to pick him some flowers, and wafted off toward the bounce house and playground with Daddy.

Just the girls, then?  Works for us.

Peanut had a glorious time choosing daffodils and picking them.  She struggled a little with the tulips two years ago – picking a lot right near the head of the flower – but was able to remember to pick near the base this year.  She even got a couple of bulbs, and since it was the last weekend of the season, we had the option to buy the bulbs too.  I did, and planted them in my front garden a few days later.

Peanut wanted to head over to the tulip fields and see what was left.  I warned her that she wasn’t going to find much, but she was able to spy a couple of tulips that looked good enough to take home.  So with our large bouquet of daffodils, we brought back a small posy of tulips.

After she’d had her fill of picking, we joined the boys in the play area.  They had a bounce house, a bounce pad, a big inflatable slide, a playground, tractor swings and a playhouse.  Nugget was in his element.

After playing for awhile, the kiddos had a snack and then we headed over to sort and wrap our flower haul.  Look at this glory!

Definitely another successful year in the flower fields.  I love this activity and am so glad that we found a flower farm and have been able to make the trip out there twice now!  I’d love to make it a spring tradition, weather permitting.

Thank you for a glorious morning, Burnside Farms!  We’ll see you in a few months for the Summer of Sunflowers!