tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post1586633763689432099..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: First Daffodilsalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-87915034956190352302008-01-14T21:09:00.000+00:002008-01-14T21:09:00.000+00:00Great minds think alike - I picked up some of thes...Great minds think alike - I picked up some of these lovelies at the village shop and they are cheering up the living room - very bleak after the decorations came down.<BR/><BR/>Our early daffs will be out in the garden before we know it. I deliberately plant the earliest blooming ones (I very nearly wrote "bloomers" but thought better of it. Oh, whoops)dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-28308819228650280602008-01-14T03:31:00.000+00:002008-01-14T03:31:00.000+00:00One of my favourite memories of living in London w...One of my favourite memories of living in London was going on the bus into the city past Hyde Park and seeing the daffs blooming.<BR/><BR/>Bit early for Spring yet but those daffodils opening up will certainly give you a lift.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-37953907919586234192008-01-13T23:45:00.000+00:002008-01-13T23:45:00.000+00:00I suppose in some places February is daffodils, b...I suppose in some places February is daffodils, but we don't see them till May. Tulips actually bloom first here (Southern Minnesota - USA) ..although where I grew up they bloomed first (northern Ohio - USA. We're still doing citrus from other places.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957439866764235491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-48130474330777304312008-01-13T22:18:00.000+00:002008-01-13T22:18:00.000+00:00Lovely photo - the drops of moisture on the daffs ...Lovely photo - the drops of moisture on the daffs are just perfect.Fairlie - www.feetonforeignlands.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145612102935177016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-16043091913824110722008-01-13T21:16:00.000+00:002008-01-13T21:16:00.000+00:00"Trapped sunshine. Released."So perfect, Alice! ..."Trapped sunshine. Released."<BR/><BR/>So perfect, Alice! You always delight me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856059092385320470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-40095415157724459682008-01-13T19:18:00.000+00:002008-01-13T19:18:00.000+00:00My mom had daffodils the other day too -- tiny lit...My mom had daffodils the other day too -- tiny little ones! She's really heralding spring early this year!carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-71902104116421420022008-01-13T13:32:00.000+00:002008-01-13T13:32:00.000+00:00When I was pregnant with Johnny, Mark kept asking ...When I was pregnant with Johnny, Mark kept asking all through the winter when the baby would arrive. I told him he would be here when the daffodils arrived - they were in bud outside the house when I went into labour and open by the time we returned home. They never fail to make me smile and think of Johnny.<BR/><BR/>Why do all your fower posts always have some kind of birth association for me? Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-44767240514660157732008-01-13T10:20:00.000+00:002008-01-13T10:20:00.000+00:00Snap! I bought my first bunch of British daffs ye...Snap! I bought my first bunch of British daffs yesterday and they are brightening up my kitchen windowsill this very moment. I love it when you go to bed and they are tightly wrapped buds and when you come down the following morning they have burst open in an explosion of yellow.dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956813648763032057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-74135746389403296632008-01-13T09:40:00.000+00:002008-01-13T09:40:00.000+00:00a hint of spring - lovely.a hint of spring - lovely.tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908739057086813722noreply@blogger.com