I've always been a bit of a cheapskate when it comes to buying flowers. I once gave my mother a bunch of daffodils for Mothering Sunday which I'd picked from her garden. I was only little at the time and she feigned delight at the offering. In much the same spirit I walked around the village this morning and photographed some of the daffodils that grow abundantly on the roadsides, in the wood, by the river, in hedgerows and, yes, in other people's gardens (I hope they don't mind).
As you enter the village at North End
Down by the riverside
Near the stocks
By the fence
In the churchyard
In Melwood
Near the old pump
From the footpath near Topcliffe Mill
All this gardening produces lots of garden waste
which goes into the green bins
and is collected for recycling.
Now all you have to do is feign delight at this unexpected gift! I hope the sight of all these golden daffodils cheers everyone else up as much as it lightens my steps on my frequent ambles around the locality.
Take care.
What a nice gift, John. I love it!
ReplyDeleteHi John - I suspect many of us picked flowers from our gardens for our mothers especially in those early days. Beautiful daffs though - they are really coming out now - just would appreciate a little more sun! This cheers us all up ... take care and here's to many more of your wonderful photos and storylines - all the best Hilary
ReplyDelete"please drive carefully" ... and slowly to see the beautifull daffodils ... merci pour les belles images printanières
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with taking photos in peoples gardens, at least yur not borrowing they to give away. Funny you mentioned what you did for your Mum because I did the same
ReplyDeleteIt is a little before dawn here (another hour and a half). Seeing this display of sunshine on stalks has left me smiling broadly. Many thanks. On this side of the world the bulb catalogues (garden porn) are arriving thick and fast. I will succumb to temptation and hope to create similar displays.
ReplyDeleteAhhh...spring flowers. Not so here.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be weeks before they show up here. End of April, but likely early May.
ReplyDeleteSigns of Spring! We welcome them here as well.
ReplyDeleteThe for sure lift the spirits!
ReplyDeleteWonderful gift! I sure wish we had your long spring/summer/fall season!
ReplyDeleteWhat an uplifting post this is! We won't be seeing such flowers for a few more weeks here. Saw my first Snowdrops yesterday and was thrilled.
ReplyDeleteDaffodils are always cheery, and they smell nice, too. And nothing eats them, so all round a happy plant!
ReplyDeleteLovely gardens and I appreciate your walking along capturing the pictures of them!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! The daffodils are blooming where I live too.
ReplyDeleteWell that was a delighful gift this morning, daffodil heaven. It is time for the garden wheelie bin collections to start again:)
ReplyDeleteAt this time of year we can start to hope for daffodils too. We have a few green things poking through in the garden.
ReplyDeleteAll these beautiful daffies are such a joy to look at. Thank you. You have a wonderful day, hugs, Edna B.
ReplyDeleteThere is something about daffodils that lifts our winter-weary hearts into joyous bursts of spring.
ReplyDeleteNo feigning here John :) Daffodils are such a lovely sign that spring is on the way how can you not love them.
ReplyDeleteP.s. go on, surprise someone with a bunch of flowers today :)
They really are cheering, aren't they? And we can do with it!
ReplyDeleteBits of sunshine.
DeleteSo pretty! Wordsworth comes to mind ...
ReplyDeleteI 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....
What a wonderful sight. One of the things I like about blogs is seeing spring flowers as we are heading into autumn and winter.
ReplyDeleteWhat with all the negative news going around these days, this was definitely a bright post to see, John. There is absolutely nothing in bloom here in New Hampshire, not even the trees are budding yet so we have a way to go. I enjoyed your floral-filled amble.
ReplyDeleteI echo this.
DeleteHow perfect for this day! But please tell me, what are the stocks?
ReplyDeleteOn the green at one of the junctions in our village are the village stocks, where miscreants of the past used to be put. I'll show you a picture some time; they're the usual design, two boards with holes for the legs.
DeleteI love daffydowndillys.
ReplyDeleteFake delight? Daffodils are a sunshine in a rain.
ReplyDeleteThese are so cheerful! We are still covered in snow and spring flowers seem so far away.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your daffodil post at this time of year, and here I’ve found. The sight reminds me of Daffodils by Wordsworth I used to know by heart.. My favorite photo is “By the fence”.
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