When I was 18 years old I packed my bags and left rural Illinois. It had been my home my entire life, but I thought in leaving I would find the perfect place for myself elsewhere. In the city everything and everyone I knew was very different from what I knew back home and yet at the same time familiar. The wild and restless days of my youth were in full swing. But when I awoke those mornings I still expected to see my old Midwestern life...

We’re excited to showcase the 2023 winners of our Catch The Color Photo Contest with Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm.

We selected among hundreds of entries to choose the best and brightest photos taken at the 2023 Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, celebrating the best time of the year when the tulips are in bloom. Thank you to all the applicants for sharing your beautiful images this year and congratulations to the winners. We're looking forward to next year already.