So, I went up to the Skagit Valley to check out the tulips fields. I have known about the tulip fields since I was a kid visiting the same in Holland and I remarked that there was not much land for as many bulbs they reportedly ship. Ah, I find out, they grow in Washington State where there is tons of land! In Holland they do research and breeding of new varieties, then ship the bulbs for bulb production! Made sense.
But, since I had seen the fields in Holland, I never actually felt compelled to ever see another tulip ever again! Well, with amnesia, why not? Might be fun.
And it was.
The farm that I went to was about a mile by a mile in size - vast fields of color and about 100 acres were groomed, arranged, pretty. Many walked the trails through the fields, I stuck close to the groomed area, at least there was some shade there.
Interestingly, no memories of Holland were stirred, but I was a fount of knowledge! I would hear people say, "I wonder what that is .... " and I could tell them! It was like having ESP or something! I "knew" and yet, I know nothing, not even what I was telling them! So, I can identify flowers it seems ... but it is also just head knowledge it seems, no ownership of the data .... sigh.
I thought a great deal about this as I drove the three hours back to my little berg in the woods. I have to accept that I may never remember more than just random pieces. And I guess I will have to just be delighted to "know" something with no apparent basis of history.
Now, where to plant those new bulbs ... ?
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