There has been a dramatic change in the landscape this week. The weather seems little changed but the daffodils have appeared. As a young man growing up in Canada, daffodils were not seen. We had tulips but they appeared in May and June. When I moved to the American South in the 1970’s, I witnessed the magic of daffodils. It reminded me of the Wordsworth poem that I learned in grade school and that I memorized.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
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There is more appearing in the garden. A little more appears each day. Isn’t it marvelous!
After the dreary after Christmas doldrum, here comes the spring. It is not yet relentless but it is persistent. My mood is so much better.
Happy Gardening friends!
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Plus the insects are returning, I see a hover fly of sorts with your crocus. Wonderful.
It is a hover fly. My usual apps (iNaturalist and Seek) could not identify it.
I couldn’t help but smile when I read about Wordsworths poem, I repeat it nearly every day when I’m in my woodland at the moment, surrounded by “his” daffodil, our wild one, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, I spread the seed each year so hopefully I will soon have a drift of them, not as many as he saw though! Spring is definitely just around the corner, a lovely feeling. Really like your Narcissus Barrett Browning, lovely colour.
I rarely see a daffodil without thinking of his poem. It puts me in a “pensive mood”.
Nice choice of daffodils! And the big photo is really very arty
Thank you. My iPhone camera has some wonderful features.
which mine also has indeed 😉 ( 12>15 : better pics! )
I am hard pressed to select any single flower as my favorite, but daffodils are so cheery, and are an early spring feast for the eyes. Some daffs in my area started to push up a little, Mine are staying underground for now as they should. Dangerous business being a daffodil if you get tricked into breaking out too early.
Beautiful pictures, it’s lovely to see the spring flowers doing so well.
No daffodils here yet, but how lovely to see yours. Soon we will have that host of golden daffodils growing in a nearby area and I must remember to go down to capture a few photos when they’re in bloom.
A lovely selection – particularly ‘Barrett Browning.’
Beautiful pictures of your daffodils! Lovely selection.
As anxious as I am to see my daffodils, I am glad they did not get fooled by the warm weather we had. Thanks for sharing yours in the meantime!
Is spring really here?
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