Let's face it though, they are very beautiful. They are fleeting, here one day gone a few days later. They have their season and they are gone.
Apparently tulips are the symbol of perfect love. There is something of perfection about a tulip.
Tulips originate from Persia, they are grown now extensively in Holland and various other parts of Europe. At one time the Dutch got over excited by tulips, its much reported I have no need to go further into this.
There are some myths about tulips: one from Iran is that when a young solder dies patriotically a red tulip will grow on his grave. Another is that a Persian legend of a young man who threw himself off a cliff when he heard his love was dead. Tulips grew where his body fell. Sadly apparently his lover was not dead as a jealous rival had lied to him. So not many cheerful myths on tulips unfortunately.
They are, however, a moment of beauty.
