April 21st, 2010
Photographer Nick Boren Photography tells us about this April 17, 2010 composition: The image was captured at The Gorge White House near Hood River Oregon. The Hood River valley is known for its delicious fruits such as apples, and pears. Every spring the fruit tree blossoms come out in full bloom as shown in the image…
You can see more of Nick Boren’s work on his website Nick Boren Photography (http://www.nickborenphotography.com).
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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April 19th, 2010
Well, that’s about it for this year’s daffodil season. We’ll be back in December 2010, finding photographs of first daffodils in California and Europe.
We hope you’ll plan to post your “first daffodil” photograph on our Facebook page next year. Go to Facebook and search for “First Daffodils”.
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Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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April 19th, 2010
Photographer Jean Arf tells us about this April 14, 2010 photo: It was taken in Highland Park in Rochester, New York, which is a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park (he also designed Central Park, the Emerald Necklace in Boston, many others). It is a botanical park/arboretum with collections of many types of trees and plants, some rare, but it is most famous for its lilac collection.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park,_Rochester,_New_York
Can’t tell you anything about the daffodils really. I find that spot particularly beautiful and probably photograph it hundreds of times during the spring.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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April 7th, 2010
We will be away from this blog for several days (or a week) while we finish our taxes – April 15 deadline. We’ll be back soon.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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April 6th, 2010
Photographer TruppPhoto tells us about this March 21, 2010 image: I snapped this picture of a bed of daffodils in the center of Time Square in New York City. The flowers almost seem out of place when surrounded by all the lights and activity of this area, but these daffodils are definitely holding their own.
This image was taken with my brand new 35mm lens at f/4.8. These flowers were the perfect test subjects.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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April 6th, 2010
Photographer Oystercatchergirl tells us about this March 1, 2010 photo: The photo was taken at Holland Point, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, looking south to the Olympic Mountains in Washington state. It’s been daffodil paradise for about a month!
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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April 2nd, 2010
Photographer TopBeater tells us about this March 21, 2010 image: It was taken in Longparish, Hampshire, England.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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April 1st, 2010
Photographer Eden Project tells us about this March 20, 2010 image: The photo was taken at the Eden Project near St. Austell in Cornwall, UK, on the Vernal Equinox (March 20th) this year.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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April 1st, 2010
Photographer Snowyowl144 tells us about this golden March 20, 2010 image: The photo was taken in the middle of March at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC. They are the cultivar “February Gold” hence the pun of the photo.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 31st, 2010
Photographer macjammer tells us about this March 21, 2010 image: The picture was taken at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville VA. It is a composite of two images – one that has the daffodils in sharp focus and a second that has the house in sharp focus. The gardeners at Monticello maintain year round plantings of seasonal flowers. The next to bloom will be tulips, which are spectacular.
For more Monticello photos generally, including an aerial from a hot air balloon, see macjammer’s Monticello set.
Daffodils are definitely out in Virginia – macjammer has also posted two beautiful daffodil photos from the University of Virginia Pavilion here and here.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 31st, 2010
Photographer snowwhite2115 tells us about this March 14, 2010 image: It was taken at Ms. Lee’s Daffodil Garden just outside of Gladewater, Texas. I’ve enclosed the link if you would like some more info: www.daffodilgarden.com/daffodils_home.htm
It is a 4 mile drive through the daffodil gardens with several spots to pull over and take photos. It is free to the public and definitely worth the trip.
Here is information about the Daffodil Garden, from our website Daffodil Festivals Fields and Gardens 2010.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 30th, 2010
Photographer Dean Forbes tells us about this artistic March 20, 2010 image: I was shooting around a daffodil field when I saw the painter on the side of the road set up in a ditch between the road and a fence. I asked him whether I could photograph him working and he consented. I took several images using a wide-angle lens.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 30th, 2010
Photographer Dean Forbes tells us about this mellow yellow image: The image was taken in the Skagit Valley of Washington state on March 20. I don’t know the name of the variety. I used a 80-200mm telephoto zoom lens set at 80mm and cropped the image to eliminate an obvious horizon to help give the “endless” effect.
The area farms grow daffodils and tulips for the cut flower industry and are a major tourist draw. The valley is about an hour north of Seattle.
Here is information about the Skagit Valley blooms, from our website Daffodil Festivals Fields and Gardens 2010, with a link to the Skagit Valley Bulb Festival hotline.
Here is information about the Daffodil Festival in Washington State, from our website Daffodil Festivals Fields and Gardens 2010.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 30th, 2010
Photographer caljesse tells us about this February 2010 image: This picture was taken at the Martinelli Vineyard in Windsor, CA in February 2010. I used a Canon 70-200mm F2.8 IS lens.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 30th, 2010
Photographer Miranda Lotte tells us about this heavenly March 18, 2010 image: I live in Nice on the French Riviera, and this shot was taken in front the Salesian church of Our Lady Auxiliary. I love daffodils, after the winter, they’re like little suns on the ground.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 29th, 2010
Photographer Betwixt N’ Between tells us about this March 23, 2010 image: The photo was taken in Gonzales Bay, Victoria BC. I don’t know anything about the person who decorated their garage with river stones, but they also meticulously covered a lot of other objects in their yard with the same stone…The Daffodils are a standard variety that grow all over Victoria.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 29th, 2010
Photographer laujhil tells us about this March 22, 2010 image: It was taken in Regents Park, London, UK. I’m not an expert on flowers so I can’t tell you much about the daffodils except that we have had such a cold winter that they are late blooming this year. The geese were eating them so I guess they appreciated them as well.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 29th, 2010
Photographer pheony1 tells us about this March 18, 2010 image: The photo was taken in Chilliwack, BC Canada taken on March 18, 2010. We were going for a drive in the countryside from Vancouver and happened to spot this beautiful combination of Cherry trees blooming next to a daffodil field!
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 28th, 2010
Photographer Sideshow Bruce tells us about this March 20, 2010 image: I took the picture on our way to the 2010 Daffodil Festival held at the Long Tom Grange, west of Junction City, Oregon. www.junctioncity.com/news/daffodils/index.htm We were just headed down the road and the setting with the barn, flowers, and sun caught our eye, so we had to stop and take a picture. Curiously, this was one of the places that still had good bloom – most were past their prime. This year has been unusually warm and most of the daffodils have been blooming for quite some time already. I can’t recall the exact date, but I had been seeing some blooming around our neighborhood since early February.
Here is information about the Daffodil Drive Festival (March 20-21, 2010), from our website Daffodil Festivals Fields and Gardens 2010.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 28th, 2010
Photographer Delta Whiskey – The Old Folkie tells us about this March 19, 2010 photo which is a followup to his image posted here on First Daffodils earlier in the month: I was there again this morning and took a couple more photos as it had been raining. Raindrops on flowers always seems to add a certain something.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 28th, 2010
Photographer Ursula Haigh tells us about this March 18, 2010 image, which is geotagged on the flickr page: It’s hard to tell the type, since this photo was taken from Best Road on our way to La Conner, WA, but the unmistakable colour is proof that these are the beginning of many more daffodils & narcissus that will fill the Skagit Valley bulb fields prior to the arrival of the tulips later this month!
According to the Skagit Valley Bulb Festival hotline, the Daffodils are about a month ahead of schedule due to the unseasonably warm weather. They said the tulips are up and should be in colour at the end of March. If you plan to attend ~ don’t delay the beauty in these lovely fields is fleeting!
Here’s a photo set posted by Ursula Haigh titled “Road Trip to Skagit Valley”, if you would like to see more photos of the daffodil fields and the La Conner area.
Here is information about the Skagit Valley blooms, from our website Daffodil Festivals Fields and Gardens 2010, with a link to the Skagit Valley Bulb Festival hotline.
Here is information about the Daffodil Festival in Washington State, from our website Daffodil Festivals Fields and Gardens 2010.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 27th, 2010
Photographer terrijane01 tells us about this lively image taken on March 17, 2010: The daffodil photos were taken at St. Placid’s Priory in Lacey, Washington. St. Placid’s is a Benedictine Monastery for nuns. I am not a nun, but I was taking a retreat there.
These daffodils were growing in the garden that the nuns keep. The last time I was here, the garden was overflowing with vivid summer colors. I was not expecting to see the beautiful yellows of the daffodils when I went there on a retreat in mid-March. Most of the garden was barren.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 25th, 2010
We do not include indoor compositions very often, but this delicious photo caught our eye, er stomach. We love the yellow of the corn muffins, foretelling the yellow of the daffodils still to bloom.
Photographer Squidge:) tells us about this image, taken on March 11, 2010: The photo was taken in my kitchen in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. It was my day off and I’d spent the day doing some shopping and lots of cooking including the sweetcorn muffins that are also in the shot. Daffodils are late coming in England this year because it’s been so cold but luckily for me Cornwall is warmer than the rest of the country so our daffs are out now 
On the flickr page, Squidge:) says: Couldn’t resist buying some daffodils today… it’s been so sunny this week, feels like spring is here at last!
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 25th, 2010
Photographer Nick Boren Photography tells us about this March 6, 2010 image: The image was taken near Brownsville Oregon in the beautiful Willamette Valley of Western Oregon. These daffodils that you see in this image are the very first ones to show themselves in the valley and they were growing wild in a farmers field by that old oak tree you see off in the distance.
I have other daffodil images that were captured previously, if you want to have a look at them. They are in my landscape set.
Note from the editor: Here are four pre-2010 daffodil photos from Nick’s landscape set on flickr:
Click here for “Spring”, click here for “They Dot the Landscape”, click here for “Willamette Valley Spring Landscape”, and click here for “Too Late”.
Click here for Nick Boren photography website.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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March 24th, 2010
Central Park Conservancy tells us about this March 8, 2010 image: It was taken in Central Park in New York City. Please credit the Central Park Conservancy in the blog, as it was our staff that took the photo (and planted the flowers!).
The photo caption on flickr says: Daffodils peek through a rustic fence in Shakespeare Garden in Central Park on a warm March morning. Photo by the Central Park Conservancy. Visit www.centralparknyc.org.
Note from the editor: If you are hoping to see daffodils this spring, take a look at our resource listings of
Daffodil Festivals, Fields, and Gardens here (U.S. and Canada currently, international will be added next season).
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