Tulips may not mean the 8th of March....

...but the 8th of March means - tulips in Russia!!!! For as long as I remember myself men have been trotting with tulip bunches (now much bigger, but in old days with just 3 in a bouquet) on this day to hand them over to the dearest and loved as well as to female colleagues and romantic acquaintances. The ladies would then carry the flowers home basking in the first lights on cautious springs sunshine. Well, here is this day again!