The Dahlias

The famous
Dahlia Dell at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is doing its thing again!

Each year the dahlias in this amazing garden burst into bloom. The first time I saw them I was shocked and awed by their size (some of the blooms are as large as a person's head), the intensity of their colors, and the dizzying mathematical patterns of their petals. Some are hot pink, some are brilliant orange, some are electric purple, some are even white with red tips; they remind me of Betty Boop. On an overcast early morning, the colors really pop, and the experience is almost surreal. You may feel as if you're falling headlong into the pages of a Dr. Seuss book.

Have you read The Lorax? I think Theodore Seuss Geisel was influnced by dahlias when he designed the truffula trees...