Days of coastal fog can be so annoying as the temperatures drop and the air is damp. One positive result is how condensation is formed on the tulips in the courtyard. The jewel-like colours sparkle with diamonds.
Sarah Raven lily-flowered tulip
Purple Dream lily-flowered tulip
Ballerina lily-flowered lightly fragrant tulip
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Earth laughs in flowers 
… and your photography pulls out those sparkly bits beautifully!
Aw, thank you Jo.
Seems to have been a fabulous spring for tulips even here where we don’t get coastal fogs.
The heat killed off a few very quickly I believe. I still have half a dozen flowering at the front, but all the rest have finished.
oh ours seem to last ages this year, maybe it was warmer in the west?
I think you guys got the really hot weather. Maybe your tulips are better established, or in the shade?
hmmm . . . .not sure. I did water them lots and lots as noticed they closed up better at night when I did.