Photo-A-Day: April 18, 2014 - Purple

I love rhododendrons.  We had bushes across our second house in New Jersey; my favorite house of all those in which we lived.  Rhododendrons have always had a slightly special place in my heart. 

While I was on Whidbey Island, WA, I had hoped to visit the Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens.  Unfortunately, I was just ahead of the flowering season.  Imagine my delight, however, when we stopped at a Starbucks and outside the window was the fabulous rhododendron in full purple bloom.  Thank you, Oak Harbor.