Saturday, February 9, 2013

Farming: Tulip Mania Edition

Dorothy: [has just arrived in Oz, looking around and awed at the beauty and splendor]
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more.

Dorothy: [after a pause]
We must be over the rainbow!

[a bubble appears in the sky and gets closer and closer. It finally lands, then turns into Glinda the Good Witch wearing a spectacular white dress and crown, holding a wand]

Dorothy: [to Toto]
Now I... I know we're not in Kansas! 
From the Daily Mail:

Kaleidoscope: Tens of thousands of tourists have flocked to catch a glimpse of these spectacular quilted farmlands before they are cut and sold to florists and supermarkets around the world
Kaleidoscope: Tens of thousands of tourists have flocked to catch a glimpse of these spectacular quilted farmlands before they are cut and sold to florists and supermarkets around the world

Attraction: Many flower-gazers are so excited by the views that they have parked caravans along the bulbfields in a bid to soak up every last hue
Attraction: Many flower-gazers are so excited by the views that they have parked caravans along the bulbfields in a bid to soak up every last hue